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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I must confess myself a little bit stuck. I had some thoughts that the last one could be Fingon, because "missing" = "gone", and he sings nigh to Angband when rescuing Maedhros. But I can't explain the first part, and it certainly doesn't start with C.
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Fingon is wrong, but you're right that you need a synonym for 'missing', and that he sings outside Angband. Which... really, there's only like one other person who does that I think. Maybe another one if I'm forgetting something.
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Back in the days when I was a regular on Palantir of Fortune, that was my favourite letter to guess, and I dedicated a fair bit of time looking for sentences with no Es. There are quite a few such, but most are along the lines of "it was raining hard", not quotable material. But then I found it, the best quotable E-less gem in Tolkien. " Uglúk u bagronk sha pushdug Saruman-glob búbhosh skai."  |
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Presumably both ULMO and UINEN had something to do with the AINULINDALE, but the U clue doesn't fit with either.
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It is in fact Ulmo (
on his horns). U + a run of four letters, LMNO, less N for nitrogen. I'm so sorry. ^_~
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
I'm guessing the remaining two answers are obscure ones that don't appear in the Encyclopaedia of Arda. Probably from Lost Tales or something.
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The final character is very well known, and this particular name appears on EoA both in the original Elvish and in translation. Two pages for the price of one!
MAGLOR - Of the fall, mad glory is his, but the day neither begins nor ends.
ULMO - You run of four, less nitrogen upon the horn.
SAM - In the tower, the same without the most common.
IVARE - The weaver's eye is forward for the most magical, beside the sea.
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C - That which sits upon the shaft is missing nigh to Angband.
hS