Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Tolkien was an expert of the AB Dialect. Today I go over some of the recently published translation he did of the early 13th century homily written in said dialect. Ironically, it is an allegory.

Open access article from Cossio and Georing: academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgag038/8698084?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv4_a1dennhb5dc8um&login=false

METS Edition of Sawles Warde: metseditions.org/read/60ldwY7vC5mPt4D7f1N35IZvDzx2P54

Telegraph article (there is a paywall here): telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/05/lost-tolkien-work-discovered-in-bodleian-archives/?msockid=0547e6789fee643f06b1f0349ec3655b

Andoni Cossio's LinkedIn post that tipped me off originally: linkedin.com/posts/andoni-cossio-791556a5_nelson-goering-and-i-have-uncovered-a-new-ugcPost-7468988800199872514-QdYC/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAC648V8BzwNgtCJi-bl3P1qTgpdnM6Lklro

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