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* If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetQuadibloc
+* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetQuadibloc
|`* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetDorothy J Heydt
| +- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetMichael F. Stemper
| `- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetAndrew McDowell
+* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetChristian Weisgerber
|+* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetQuadibloc
||`* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetQuadibloc
|| `* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetQuadibloc
||  `* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetRobert Woodward
||   `- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetQuadibloc
|`- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetQuadibloc
`* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetJack Bohn
 +- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetMichael F. Stemper
 `* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetDorothy J Heydt
  +* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetWilliam Hyde
  |`* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetDorothy J Heydt
  | `* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetWilliam Hyde
  |  `* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetStephen Harker
  |   `* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetWilliam Hyde
  |    `- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen Yetpete...@gmail.com
  +- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetTitus G
  `* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetThe Horny Goat
   +* Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetRobert Woodward
   |`- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetRobert Carnegie
   `- Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen YetDorothy J Heydt

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Re: If the Sons of Aryas Haven't Risen Yet

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 by: pete...@gmail.com - Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:31 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 3:31:31 PM UTC-4, William Hyde wrote:
> On Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 5:36:55 PM UTC-4, Stephen Harker wrote:
> > William Hyde <wthyd...@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > On Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 12:16:30 PM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> > >> In article <527bf50b-1a5d-4528...@googlegroups.com>,
> > >> William Hyde <wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 4:21:29 PM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> > >> >> In article <7a50c5bf-a956-47bd...@googlegroups.com>,
> > >> >> Jack Bohn <jack....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >> >On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 2:53:23 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
> > >> >> >
> > [...]
> > >> >> Yes. Deep in Appendices, Tolkien says that, contrary to English
> > >> >> (and other modern European) usage, -o was a feminine marker and
> > >> >> -a a masculine one.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> So the great Hobbits were actually named Bilba and Froda.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> And when I realized that, my hair tried to stand on end. Because
> > >> >> Froda was a legendary king of the Northlands; his lifespan was
> > >> >> contemporary with that of Christ; the _frodafrith_ was a time of
> > >> >> universal peace durinh which a virgin carrying a bag of gold
> > >> >> could walk unmolested from shore to shore (a tale that's also
> > >> >> attributed to other legendary kings).
> > >> >
> > >> >I can recall the same claim being made for a real king of Northumbria,
> > >> >or one of it's component parts, Bernicia or Deria in Bede's day or
> > >> >slightly earlier. Reference was made to the days of an earlier king,
> > >> >who may have been your Froda. I think this king was the Bretanwalda
> > >> >during Bernicia's brief possession of that title.
> > >> Hmmm! As I said above, the same claim is made of many kings, the
> > >> more legendary the better. I have a copy of Bede, translated
> > >> into modern English; if I can lay hands on it I'll see if I can
> > >> find him.
> > >
> > > The wikipedia article on kings of Northumbria and Bernicia mentions no
> > > such legend. The closest match was Oswiu, who was Bretanwalda after
> > > the death of Penda, considered wise and just, and presided at the
> > > synod of Whitby.
> > It is, indeed, in Bede and is attributed to King Edwin (of Bernicia and
> > Northumbria) in a section which, in the Penguin Classics edtion is book
> > two, chapter 16. It is slightly different from the above claim.
> >
> > "So peaceful was it in those parts of Britain under King Edwin's
> > jurisdiction that the proverb still runs that a woman could carry her
> > new-born babe across the island from sea to sea without any fear of
> > harm."
> Thanks.
>
> I seem to recall that he also had a series of roadside watering stations built, and it was considered
> remarkable that the equipment was not stolen.

There's another variation involving a jeweled golden goblet left sitting unguarded and
unmolested for decades on the edge of a fountain for the relief of weary travelers.

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