And now...for the rest of the poem
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» Michael_Martinez - Thanks to all for looking up 'sigaldry'
A number of people who have access to books I don't have determined that Tolkien's word "sigaldry" comes from the 13th century poem "King Alisaunder", which is a fanciful retelling of the life of Alexander the Great.That poem, it seems, may have had another influence on Tolkien. It is the source for "dwerew", which Tolkien modernized as "dwarrow", his preferred "modern" English form for "dwarf".
I'm making some inquiries about whether this poem has been researched by the Tolkien scholarly community. It may well be worth looking into for a future essay here.
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