Image: Orcus glossed as Orc, Thyrs, or Hel-deofol in Cleopatra Glossary
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Description: Entry in Cleopatra Glossary for Latin Orcus, glossing it as Orc, Thyrs, or Hel-deofol ("Goblin, Spectre, or Hell-Devil"). Folio 69 verso. The entry influenced J.R.R. Tolkien in his description of Orcs.
Title: Orcus glossed as Orc, Thyrs, or Hel-deofol in Cleopatra Glossary
Credit: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_cleopatra_a_iii_fs001r
Author: Anonymous Old English author of Cleopatra Glossary
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