Er þetta rétt hjá mér?
Heh, ókei.
en warcraft orkareru góðir en voru bara “corruptaðir” af vondum gaurumcorruptadir? their voru thad aldrei
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 ('hell-devil'). This is supposed not to be connected with modern English orc, ork, a name applied to various sea-beasts of the dolphin order.” (Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings.)
* “The word used in translation of Q urko, S orch is Orc. But that is because of the similarity of the ancient English word orc, ‘evil spirit or bogey’, to the Elvish words. There is possibly no connection between them. The English word is now generally supposed to be derived from Latin Orcus.” (The War of the Jewels, p. 391.)