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Forum: The Books
09-09-2015, 10:59 AM
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William Cloud Hicklin
Most likely Tolkien simply replaced the early...
Most likely Tolkien simply replaced the early collective-plural ending -thlim with -rim, -drim (*rimbe, 'host, folk'). The latter of course is very familiar: Rohirrim, Onodrim, Haradrim etc etc. |
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Forum: The Books
09-09-2015, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 21,997
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William Cloud Hicklin
Problem there is that the LTs' primitive "caves...
Problem there is that the LTs' primitive "caves of the Rodothlim" evolved in the Turin poem into the great fortress of Nargothrond, a new conception with a new name; Rodothlim or variants thereof... |
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Forum: The Books
08-27-2015, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 21,997
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Remember however that a great deal of the...
Remember however that a great deal of the "history" was a later ret-con; when Tolkien wrote Chapter II he had no idea what Gil-Galad's story was (and never really wrote any more of it than what... |
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