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Originally Posted by Cally Conan-Davies
(Ignorance on display!) I have never seen that poem before, Philip. It's incredible!
Earthgrip - wow, what a word. I never knew such a word. It holds me, too!
Is it Anglo-saxon - old??
Thank you for this. Wow.
(Mark - you know how I feel about that DHL! So glad you posted it!)
Cally
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Cally
The Ruin is a well-known penning of Anon from the AS canon - supposedly about the Roman City of Bath (Aquae Sulis if I remember right?).
cf discussion on another thread "earthgrip" or "gravesgrasp" are true kennings for the state of death.
check out the audio of this on Michael Drout's excellent site:
http://michaeldrout.com/
Philip
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