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'''''Sellic Spell''''' (meaning "wondrous/strange tale" in [[Old English]]<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.lotrplaza.com/showthread.php?77011-Beowulf|articlename=Beowulf|dated=|website=Plaza|accessed=19 March 2014}}</ref>) is | '''''Sellic Spell''''' (meaning "wondrous/strange tale" in [[Old English]]<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.lotrplaza.com/showthread.php?77011-Beowulf|articlename=Beowulf|dated=|website=Plaza|accessed=19 March 2014}}</ref>) is a short story by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse ''[[Hrólfs saga kraka]]''. The manuscript is held by the [[Bodleian Library]].<ref name=MB>{{HM|MB}}, pp. 256-60, 281-2 (note 8)</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary]]'' | |||
*''[[The Saga of Hrolf Kraki]]'', translation by [[Stella M. Mills]] | *''[[The Saga of Hrolf Kraki]]'', translation by [[Stella M. Mills]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:15, 9 November 2015
Sellic Spell (meaning "wondrous/strange tale" in Old English[1]) is a short story by J.R.R. Tolkien, re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse Hrólfs saga kraka. The manuscript is held by the Bodleian Library.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Beowulf", The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza: Forum (accessed 19 March 2014)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Mr. Baggins, pp. 256-60, 281-2 (note 8)
