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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2007
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William Womack seems to have coined a Neo-elvish word.
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Anyway I think you would be safe with rómen (the one that looks like a y), based on The King's Letter, an English version where JRRT wrote rekkoning for example. Arden Smith notes (Vinyar Tengwar 29) on the usage with respect to this version in general: Quote:
I would choose the letter-doubling tehta in general, as the third copy of the English version uses this for will (line 5) though all (line 11) still shows alda. The tehta looks sort of like this ~ though perhaps more like a dash, and goes 'inside' lambe. JRRT himself did not publish these versions of the King's Letter, but they now appear in both Vinyar Tengwar and The History of Middle-Earth series. They are versions of King Elessar's letter to Master Samwise. Arden Smith writes: 'Each of the six texts (three in English, three in Sindarin) is unique in one way or the other, and all six employ symbols and conventions not found in any other published example of the Tengwar.' In any case I'm not an expert but maybe this might help. Usually with a tattoo I recommend people pick something they like that's already attested or published by Tolkien. Of course that limits people, but just to toss it in
Last edited by Galin; 10-10-2008 at 08:10 PM. |
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