I have a question concerning the form _hlonite_: In VT48:29, Patrick Wynne cites the form _hlonite_ "phonetic"; from a Tolkien manuscript. He notes that this...
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Patrick H. Wynne
pa2rick
Mar 6, 2006 2:08 pm
It is perhaps worth noting that S. *_brui_ 'loud' (as in _Bruinen_ 'Loudwater') bears a striking resemblance to the Esperanto verb _brui_ 'make a noise' (in ...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Mar 6, 2006 11:50 pm
I am very pleased to announce the publication of a new article in _Tengwestië_, the online journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship: "Intensifying Prefixes...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Mar 7, 2006 12:25 am
... That should be Helios De Rosario Martinez, of course. (Sorry, Helios!)...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Mar 9, 2006 1:05 pm
Marquette University Press have announced the publication of _The Lord of the Rings 1954–2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder_, sc., the...
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Ales Bican
Ales_Bican
Mar 11, 2006 2:10 pm
Some thoughts on the Quenya pronominal endings for "they", 3rd person plural: Commenting on the form _tiruvantes_ "they will guard it", Tolkien indicates that...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Mar 13, 2006 1:51 am
... _-nte_ could be analysed similarly to _*lte_, namely as containing a plural marker _n_ (as seen in case endings: loc. pl. _-sse-n_, gen. pl. _o-n_) and...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Mar 13, 2006 12:39 pm
Diego Segui has very kindly provided his index of _Vinyar Tengwar_ for publication on the ELF website, in both English ...
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DiegoSeguí
tirachinas
Mar 25, 2006 1:38 pm
Hello, According to Ake Bertenstam's 'Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien': http://www.forodrim.org/arda/tbchron.html an earlier...
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Beregond. Anders Sten...
j_beregond
Mar 27, 2006 12:59 pm
... It does not match closely. The old version is much shorter, six four-line stanzas. What is similar is the described finery: "gossamer shot with gold", and...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Apr 4, 2006 6:04 pm
In _The Hobbit_ (p. 236 and footnote) we find mentioning of an Orc chieftain by the name of _Bolg_ son of _Azog_. He is an Orc of the Misty Mountains, about...
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varavilindo
Apr 22, 2006 11:56 pm
It is said that _orthanc_ has two major meanings (in two different tounges): in "elvish" (Sindarin) "stony heart, [?tormented] Hills" (VIII:35), "Stone Fangs"...
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varavilindo
Apr 23, 2006 5:48 pm
Erratum for PE15 (p. 42): "The implication is that the forms _sit_ and _sinte_ in Table D, ..." The forms _sit_ and _sinte_ are actually found in Table A. ...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Apr 23, 2006 5:50 pm
... More so, perhaps, because there is _gûr_ (VT41;11) 'heart, inner mind', said (loc. cit.) to derive from CE _3ôrê_. Of course, Tolkien's idea about the...
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Beregond. Anders Sten...
j_beregond
Apr 24, 2006 4:48 pm
... For 234 read 243. The gloss "forked-height" in the unfinished index would (if that index had been completed and appeared in the book) have been a...
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hisweloke
Apr 29, 2006 11:59 pm
VT 46:16, entry SUD- lists the N. words _thund, thonn; thonnas_ (first written _sunn, sonnas_). The -nd/-nn variation often occurs in the _Etymologies_ (e.g....
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
May 17, 2006 12:10 pm
I'd like to draw your attention to some fragments published in VT27: (1) _dakar {dakaro} no giliar_ (VT27:17) (2) _vári to vanimar_ (VT27:35) Of course they...
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varavilindo
May 21, 2006 12:39 pm
In the _War of the Ring_ on page 50 we find various forms for the treeish beings later known as _Huorns_ (s. a. RC:425). The first form reads _Galbedirs_,...
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raeno@...
May 24, 2006 11:38 pm
Hello! In the second part of _The Book of Lost Tales_ (p. 288) it is said that Tavrobel, the city of elves, is situated near the conjunction of two rivers,...
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Patrick H. Wynne
pa2rick
Jun 30, 2006 2:28 pm
In _The Return of the Shadow_ (HoME Vol. VI) we are introduced to Trotter, Tolkien's original conception of the character who would eventually become Aragorn....
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Jun 30, 2006 10:46 pm
... Actually, some steps were already taken half a year ago, here: http://middangeard.org.uk/aglardh/?q=node/49&from=0&comments_per_page=70 And here: ...
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Philipp Marquart
varavilindo
Jul 3, 2006 4:44 pm
While Arda still grew and flourished, and the two Lamps stood at the north and south sides of the world, there was an island in the midst of Arda. Tolkien, now...
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Patrick H. Wynne
pa2rick
Jul 3, 2006 9:15 pm
Of the two Noldorin names of Trotter remaining to be discussed, neither actually means 'Trotter'. DU-FINNION In Chapter XI of the 'third phase' of composition...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Jul 4, 2006 4:57 pm
... _Ekkaia_ 'the Outer Ocean, the Encircling Sea' seems to show the same development. The Sindarin voiceless spirants also presuppose -TK > KK and -TP > PP....
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Jul 10, 2006 5:14 am
Please excuse this off-topic message, but I would like list members to consider assisting in a cause to help the bereaved family of the late Tolkien...
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Jerome Colburn
jcolburn@...
Jul 11, 2006 11:25 am
... ...although that too looks like a compound in *_et-_ with intensive meaning (*"out far away" > "farthest away"). The commonly encountered formation that...
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Patrick H. Wynne
pa2rick
Jul 11, 2006 10:56 pm
[In VT 17 (May 1991), Carl Hostetter and I began a column called "Words and Devices", the purpose of which was "to examine words and other linguistic features...
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Patrick H. Wynne
pa2rick
Jul 25, 2006 11:17 pm
In the manuscript version of J.R.R. Tolkien's _Early Qenya Grammar_ (EQG), composed around 1923 and published in _Parma Eldalamberon_ 14, there is a long Qenya...
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Philipp Marquart
varavilindo
Jul 30, 2006 7:30 pm
"On the far (East) Horn of the Gates is a tall white tower. _Minas Ithil_ now _Minas Morghul_... It had been called [_Neleg Thilim_ >] _Neleglos_ [the Gleaming...
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dirk_math
Aug 6, 2006 9:48 pm
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