Lucilla Zalusky
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Who invented the fictional Orc?
As far as what otherwise might have influenced Tolkien, the OED lists a 1656 use (see below) of an English word ‘orke’ in a way reminiscent of giants, ogres and the like.
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