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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-13-2003, 11:15 PM
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Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting "There were four goblin-soldiers of greater...

"There were four goblin-soldiers of greater stature, swart, slant-eyed, with thick legs and large hands. They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs:...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-13-2003, 11:10 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting Letter 78 and the essay Quendi and Eldar in WotJ...

Letter 78 and the essay Quendi and Eldar in WotJ provide the possiblity of an attested to translation for 'Uruk-hai'. Letter 78 says "Urukhai is only a figure of speech. There are no genuine Uruks,...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-18-2002, 08:10 PM
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Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting Yes, one Olog-hai is an Olog. One thing to note...

Yes, one Olog-hai is an Olog.
One thing to note though is that it was only later in the Third Age that Uruk, began to apply more specifically to the 'great soldier-orcs'. By implication it applied...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-17-2002, 07:27 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting Uruks is the anglicized plural. S is not a...

Uruks is the anglicized plural.
S is not a plural marker in the Black Speech.
The word Uruk-hai applies to all Uruks.
Uruk is the singular form . Uruk-hai is a plural form indicating a group of...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-16-2002, 10:19 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting There is a little bit in Morgoth's Ring (HoME 10)...

There is a little bit in Morgoth's Ring (HoME 10) page 418 and 419 of the Houghton Mifflin edition which mentions Sarumans breeding program, but otherwise UT and LotR are the places to go (I dont...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-16-2002, 08:15 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting There is no such thing as "an Uruk-hai". Uruk-hai...

There is no such thing as "an Uruk-hai". Uruk-hai is a plural form. Saying "an Uruk-hai" is equivilent to saying "a Men" or "an Elves".
Uruk is the word "applied as a rule only to the great...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-16-2002, 01:13 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting Are Sarumans Uruk-hai and Saurons really that...

Are Sarumans Uruk-hai and Saurons really that different? Note for example the 'huge' orc chieftain in Moria (one of the 'black Uruks of Mordor'). By his discription he seems larger than Saruman's...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-16-2002, 01:07 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting The axe armed orc-men would be Saruman's...

The axe armed orc-men would be Saruman's 'half-orcs'.
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-15-2002, 12:19 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting Uruk-hai is _a_ plural form. Uruks is an a...

Uruk-hai is _a_ plural form. Uruks is an a anglicization. 'S' is the English plural marker. Uruk is a Black Speech word. Uruks is not.


Note that Uruks (the anglicized plural) is used in...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 12-14-2002, 09:52 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting Uruk is a singular, Uruk-hai is a plural form...

Uruk is a singular, Uruk-hai is a plural form (meaning something like 'Orc-folk'), 'Uruks' is the anglicized form of Uruk-hai. JRRT used the terms interchangeably (see, for example, Letter 78)....
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 11-27-2002, 11:53 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting "In the last year of Denethor I the race of...

"In the last year of Denethor I the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of Mordor, and in 2475 they swept across Ithilien and took Osgiliath."
LotR, App. A, (iv) Gondor...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 11-27-2002, 10:33 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 52,470
Posted By Tar Elenion
Sting Orc and Goblin are two names for the same...

Orc and Goblin are two names for the same creature. JRRT used them interchangeably.
Saruman did not cross Men and Orcs to create the Uruk-hai. Saruman did have Half-orcs (made by crossing Men and...
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