One more vocabulary question: Would you discuss 'rede' and why Tolkien might have chosen to use it instead of a more common word such as 'counsel' or 'scheme'.
It came to my notice reading about the Fall of Gondolin in the Book of Lost Tales II, where Idril uses it quite often when talking about what she thinks needs to be done.
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Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.
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