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Writer for the Fellowship of Fans

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@FellowshipFans The names Vidugavia and Vidumavi have long been understood to be Gothic names, but the name Vinitharya has given scholars pause. Here I show how it, too, may be understood as a name that is Gothic in form.

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Just how much of a word-nerd was Tolkien? In this analysis by @austrawandil, we see how Tolkien crafted names for kings in Middle-earth over a millennia before Westron was spoken, using the real-world, now-extinct Gothic language.

#Philology #Tolkien #LOTR

https://t.co/weUVFgn3kX

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New article on the meaning of the name "Vinitharya", created by Tolkien. An explanation that has previously been overlooked, as far as I am aware.

https://t.co/uhRL11NwJU

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I don't suppose Alistair Campbell's "Old English Grammar" counts, so for Tolkien Reading Day I decided to read "Sellic Spell", Tolkien's idea of what Beowulf might have looked like if it was originally a folktale, before being elevated to a heroic-elegiac lay.

#TolkienReadingDay

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Happy birthday to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien! A brilliant author and scholar who brought us the magical world of Middle-earth and more ✨️

A toast to "The Professor!!" 🍻

Which of Tolkien’s works is your favourite?

#Tolkien #HappyBirthday

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After that, I don't even need a second breakfast, so I'll just have something to drink.

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For my Hobbit Day breakfast: tea cake. Presumably so-called because it's meant to be served with tea, though usually people eat them for breakfast. Made of glutinous rice with minced pork and sauce inside. #worldslargestsecondbreakfast2025

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Join FoF for the world's largest second breakfast. #worldslargestsecondbreakfast2025

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Join us in 2 hours at 6:30 PM UK Time to celebrate Hobbit Day with our Second Breakfast themed livestream where we will be disucssing (and cooking Hobbity food) whilst discussing the latest #LOTR & #TheRingsOfPower news.

Join us for a chill stream!

https://t.co/QtKpImFylU

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[ARTICLE] UPDATE on the Wheel of Time rights situation

By David Roberts
https://t.co/kQRgAoaKal

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Don’t forget to share your Second Breakfast for our “World’s Largest Second Breakfast” stream this Sunday!!

You can either send us your submission by creating a social media post and tagging our account or using the hashtag #worldslargestsecondbreakfast2025

or you can send us a video submission at [email protected]

We wait for you!
#thelordoftherings #secondbreakfast #lotr #hobbitday

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Unfortunately my article on the Wheel of Time situation contained some inaccurate information. The original Reddit post claimed the rights had reverted to iwot, but Jennifer Liang apparently didn't notice and was thinking of Sony. We have an update here:

https://t.co/CqTcVgX8bc

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Help us celebrate this year's Hobbit Day with a stream - “The World’s Largest Second Breakfast!” Join us a day early on Sunday, September 21st at 2pm EST as we share our favorite hobbity food creations and tolkien memories!

To submit, simply record a short 15-30 second video introducing yourself, your contribution to the second breakfast, and what Tolkiens works mean to you🧝🏼‍♂️🧙🏼‍♂️🧌

You can send your videos to us at [email protected]

we look forward to celebrating with you✨

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New article on the situation with The Wheel of Time. Sony and Amazon have relinquished the rights, and the current rights-holders are not interested in shopping the series around to another streamer. It is *an* end.

https://t.co/HbPOxA3aKs

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@FellowshipFans By the way, today is the centennial of Tolkien's election to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. There were three applicants. One was Kenneth Sisam. The third was previously unknown, as far as I am aware. Thanks to the Bodleian, we now know.

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[ARTICLE] J.R.R. Tolkien: Professor of Anglo-Saxon

By @austrawandil
https://t.co/aUXMSrnyT6

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100 years ago today, J.R.R. Tolkien was elected the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. He would remain in that post for 20 years, during which time he wrote The Hobbit and 2/3 of LotR. I have an article to commemorate the event:

https://t.co/Kc6Fsr1xPq

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100 years ago today, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter of application to the electors of the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. W.A. Craigie, the previous professor, had resigned to go to the University of Chicago. Tolkien was at Leeds at the time.

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[ARTICLE] What is Philology? – Part I: Traditional Philology

By @austrawandil
https://t.co/wEH3IXe8qz

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Many fans have heard that Tolkien was a philologist, but what is a philologist, exactly? In fact, the word has at least two distinct meanings, although both could be applied to Tolkien. In my latest article, I take a look at the older meaning of the word:

https://t.co/BppewXQ0j9