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Hmmm, it may be interesting to note that the word ofermod sounds very similar to the Dutch word overmoed, which in modern Dutch has the same meaning Tolkien ascribed to ofermod. It seems quite likely that the professor was right on this one.
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'I am the Elder king: Melkor, first and mightiest of all the Valar, who was before the world, and made it. The shadow of my purpose lies upon Arda, and all that is in it bends slowly and surely to my will.'
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