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		IAmYourDensity on March 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Study sheds new light on Tutankhamun’s mysterious ... > Wheeler called upon J.R.R. Tolkien, as Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, to investigate the etymology of the name "Nodens" referred to in the curse. Whaat..?!

exdsq on March 13, 2022 | [–]

You might like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inklings

wolverine876 on March 13, 2022 | [–]

What is your question? Separately from the public career of writer, Tolkien was a leading scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language (also called Old English).

joebergeron on March 13, 2022 | [–]

The author of the parent post is expressing an emotion commonly referred to as “surprise”.

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