og hérna koma nokkrar hugmyndir um hvar tolkien fékk hugmyndina frá hans eiginorðum Tolkien's own statements about the real-world origins of his use of the word “orc” are as follows: * “the word is as far as I am concerned actually derived from Old English orc ‘demon’, but only because of its phonetic suitability” (The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, #144, 25 April 1954.) * “I originally took the word from Old English orc (Beowulf 112 orc-neas and the gloss orc = þyrs ('ogre'), heldeofol...