Hmmmm ... JRRT & Azi could have had great discussions on language and religion and fable and Story and ale and warfare (and its effects on people) and .... gee, lots of things that don't have to be rendered in genuine Old English.

Now you've got me pondering: Tolkien was in active duty at the Somme, then invalided out with trench fever. I wonder if he met up with either of them then ...?