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Scholars solved a 130-year literary mystery and it hinged on one word

Scholars solved a 130-year literary mystery and it hinged on one word

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·July 18, 2025
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WarOnPrivacy

    Cambridge researchers have reinterpreted the long-lost Song of Wade,
    revealing it to be a chivalric romance rather than a monster-filled myth.

    The twist came when “elves” in a medieval sermon were correctly
    identified as “wolves,”
The article adds substantive detail; IMO it didn't need a teaser headline.

fsckboy

what you have quoted leaves the wrong impression, a clearer picture emerges describd thus:

The breakthrough, detailed on July 15 in The Review of English Studies, involved working out that the manuscript refers to 'wolves' not 'elves', as scholars previously assumed.

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