The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary

The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary is a book by O.E.D. editors Peter Gilliver, Edmund Weiner, and Jeremy Marshall, published in 2006 by Oxford University Press.
== Summary ==
After explaining how editions of the Oxford English Dictionary are written and formed, The Ring of Words details J.R.R. Tolkien's role as assistant to editor Henry Bradley from 1918 to 1920 - giving further information of this period than preceding biographies written of Tolkien. As Henry Bradley's assitant, Tolkien was tasked with finding etymologies for words in the 'W' section. Such were mostly of Germanic origin.
The book gives a history of the change of English prose-styles and assesses some 19th century English literature bearing parallels to unique or archaic word tendencies in Tolkien's fantasy writing.
In the last section, studies are given of over 40 words which Tolkien either coined or drew from the past (such as 'warg', 'moot', 'carrock', 'Mannish', and 'Arkenstone') that exemplify his craftsmanship with Anglic roots.
==External links==
*The Ring of Words at Amazon.com
*Book review by John Garth
*Synopsis by Pieter Collier at TolkienLibrary.com
== See also ==
* Hobbit Place-names: A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire
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