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Saturday, June 9, 2012
The Shining God
Nisus dove deeper and deeper, searching the kelp forest for the lost talisman, but Tyrik decided he'd be the wiser one (and drier) as he began to comb the tidepools and crevices in the rocks for any flotsam from the wreck . . . . Mask and Kelp II.
My favorite word--garsecg--from the Old English Beowulf is a kenning or poetic riddle-word for the sea. It means "the spear-man," perhaps the echo of a figure like the Norse Aegir or some other surly northern Neptune. In other texts, garsecg seems to be an adjective meaning "sea-like," "stormy" or "tempestuous."