Eric Zhao 2022 12 1 https://mustardfox.org/zzhaoe-000G/ zzhaoe-000G /zzhaoe-000G/ on bealuwara weorc musings In lines 78-80a of the "Dream of the Rood": Nu ðu miht gehyran, hæleð min se leofa, þæt ic bealuwara weorc gebiden hæbbe, sarra sorga. Roughly modernised, the Cross speaks: Now you may hear, my dear warrior, that I have endured the works of wicked men, grevious sorrows. Here, the neuter acc. weorc is roughly Mdn.E. "work", and bealuwaraThis is perhaps the pl. gen. of an unrecorded *bealuware, compounding bealu ("baleful", "wicked") and ware ("inhabitant"). has been translated variously as "miscreants", "wicked men". Bosworth Toller's gives "baleful inhabitants", "criminals". But apparently this bit has caused philologists some trouble.Britton 1967. As noted by Christopher Tolkien,The Shaping of Middle-earth, p. 209. one can compare also "Balrog", which in Sindarin comes from BAL ("power") + raug/rog ("demon") but also seems to echo bealu-wearg ("outlaw", "wolf") or bealu-broga ("monster", "terror"). References Context Backlinks Related Joseph Bosworth 2014 https://mustardfox.org/bosworth-toller-anglo-saxon-dictionary/ bosworth-toller-anglo-saxon-dictionary /bosworth-toller-anglo-saxon-dictionary/ Bosworth Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary reference https://bosworthtoller.com J.R.R. Tolkien Christopher Tolkien 1986 https://mustardfox.org/tolkien-the-shaping-of-middle-earth/ tolkien-the-shaping-of-middle-earth /tolkien-the-shaping-of-middle-earth/ The Shaping of Middle-earth reference 978-0-04-823279-3 G.C. Britton 1967 https://mustardfox.org/britton-1967/ britton-1967 /britton-1967/ "Bealuwara Weorc" in the "Dream of the Rood" reference unknown https://mustardfox.org/dreamoftherood/ dreamoftherood /dreamoftherood/ Dream of the Rood reference Contributions