- cosmology,
Midgard (an
anglicised form of Old
Norse Miðgarðr; Old
English Middangeard, Old
Saxon Middilgard, Old High
German Mittilagart, and
Gothic Midjun-gards;...
- fantasy. The term is
equivalent to the Miðgarðr of
Norse mythology and
Middangeard in Old
English works,
including Beowulf. Middle-earth is the oe****ene...
-
particularly inspired by the
Crist lines: éala éarendel
engla beorhtast / ofer
middangeard monnum sended Hail Earendel,
brightest of angels, over Middle-earth to...
-
Crist I (104–108): Eala Earendel,
engla beorhtast, ofer
middangeard monnum sended, ond soðfæsta
sunnan leoma,
torht ofer tunglas, – þu tida
gehwane of...
-
weorc Wuldorfæder; ēce Dryhten, Hē ǣrest gesceōp
heofon tō hrōfe, ða
middangeard, ēce Dryhten, fīrum foldan, / heofonrīces Weard, / and his mōdgeþonc...
- his
legendarium and is one of many
examples of the Old
English word
middangeard which partly inspired Tolkien's
fantasy world:
Tolkien wrote "There was...
-
world called Arda, and Middle-earth (derived from the Old
English word
middangeard, the
lands inhabitable by humans) in particular,
loosely identified as...
- mythology, the
world of Men is
known by
several names. The Old
English middangeard is
cognate with the Old
Norse Miðgarðr of
Norse mythology, transliterated...
-
Crist 1 also gave
Tolkien the term Middle-earth (translating Old
English Middangeard). Accordingly, the
medievalists Stuart D. Lee and
Elizabeth Solopova...
- hit your head"). Also "the world",
whether expressed with
weorold or
middanġeard. Note that "sea" is
still sometimes used
without "the" in
Modern English...
