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Keeper of Dol Guldur · 08-02-2004, 02:24 PM

My name means "Keeper of Dol Goldur".

I keep Dol Goldur nice, I am it's keeper. Unfortunately waaaaaaay back when I stumbled across the Barrow Downs and the Wights beckoned me in, I mispelled Guldur as Goldur.

What does Dol Guldur mean? It means ... Hill of Black Magic. Guldur means Black Magic, Dol means Hill. Easy enough? Actually, Dol means "head" but it's used figuratively to describe high places, such as Dol Guldur and Dol Baran, or Dol Amroth.

Firefoot · 08-02-2004, 02:36 PM

Well, let's see. "Fire", as in "pretty flame". I have some slightly pyro tendancies when the mood takes me. (Not usually, just occaisionally). And "foot" as in 12 inches. So I'm a 12 inch flame.

Seriously, though, Firefoot is the name of Éomer's horse and I have no idea why I picked that at the moment. It just sounded cool, I guess.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-02-2004, 02:48 PM

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I have some slightly pyro tendancies when the mood takes me.

Don't I know that mood... I have the same one. Remember "Fiery Spirit"? Hoo-boy... I was the one who sits in the back of the Chemistry room playing with the sparkers (for the bunsen burners). My entire lab thought I was nuts. That's okay though, since it was mutual.

For a little more history of Fea's name, the "of the" comes from a stage I went through when all of my creative writing characters were of some place or group. Example: Princess Miriam Anamaeri Julietta Sarafina of Ayviaron. Usually I just called her Miri.

So my name turns into Half-elven Fiery Spirit Who Likes The Word "Of". I could call myself Hefswltwo...

Fea

Gil-Galad · 08-02-2004, 05:50 PM

funny how people have Pyro tendacies but i mainly have Aqua tendacies...i sometimes get carried away and make the whole bathroom sink wet (when i was young of course)

Elennar Starfire · 08-02-2004, 07:18 PM

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Meela is just an ordinary name. I can't find a meaning for it.

I found this whilst trying to find a website to learn Gaelic...

Mile (pronounced meela)

Sorry, I can't remember what it means at the moment, but ye could probably look it up somewhere. I just remembered it because it made me laugh, which got me in trouble, as I was at the library.

Kransha · 08-02-2004, 08:19 PM

Kranshaa: The solar plane of Kahanah, controlling the Grinhilam Ray. The Pale Blue Ray of Recording and Foresight, and who is known as the Recording Lord, The Lord of the Tenth Solar Plane. One of the Twelve Solar Planes discussed in the belief system of the Holy Order of Graal, a religion which I have, in fact, never heard of, and sounds like a load of Oliphaunt manure (apologies to any BD-Members of the Holy Order of Graal enclosed herein).

Kranshanism: An obscure division of uncongregated Hinduism revolving around the worship of Krishna, one of Vishnu's numerous avatars. Unlike Krishnaism, Kranshanism is more liberal, but more strict with its liberalism, ironically. Despite they're teachings of dismissal involving their believers' adherance to Krishnaism, they enforce 'being liberal' more strictly that Krishnaists. I'm not Hindu, by the way, nor am I Krishnaist or Kranshanist.

Koransha: A series of late Qing Dynasty Porcelain vases that were constantly reproduced in factories in Southern China throughout the 19th Century. Many were exported illegally to Korea, and later stolen by North Koreans nearly a century afterward, after the communist division of the country. The Northern Koreans still hold the Koransha Vases, which have risen steadily in value. They claim that the Koranshas they hold are the authentic vases from the Qing Dynasty, but a foreign inspector revealed that they were falsified, one of the many reproduced copies, and the real Koranshas were either still in South Korea, or had remained in China.

Kransha Gora: A rather eccentric scholar from Luxembourg who wrote Le Seigneur des Annaeux, Un Critique, a particularly bizarre Tolkien review. I've actually read this, the guy's utterly insane. He has a very soft spot in his heart for Mr. Friedrich Nietzche...that's Post-Insane-Asylum-Commitment Nietzche.

Kransha: A mild-mannered, relatively unintelligent young man, not yet old enough to be called old, not young enough to be called young, who doesn't mind being called an 'orc' and has been known to relish the fact that he is a villainous individual. Some say he has demon blood in him, others say he has Lenin's blood in him, but nobody really thinks he's evil...just...misunderstood...

Encaitare · 08-02-2004, 08:26 PM

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I was the one who sits in the back of the Chemistry room playing with the sparkers (for the bunsen burners).

Same here, except it was our whole table. If you get a lot of the flint powder built up in the bottom of the sparker and then fling it into the flame, it sparkles! My chem teacher kept scolding us for doing that; fortunately he's not a very good disciplinarian...

But that's OT! Now for something actually pertaining to the thread, I have a question for those familiar with Quenya. Which syllable in Encaitare gets the stress?

08-02-2004, 02:24 PM	#1
Keeper of Dol Guldur Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 315, CNY Boys and girls. Posts: 405	My name My name means "Keeper of Dol Goldur". I keep Dol Goldur nice, I am it's keeper. Unfortunately waaaaaaay back when I stumbled across the Barrow Downs and the Wights beckoned me in, I mispelled Guldur as Goldur. What does Dol Guldur mean? It means ... Hill of Black Magic. Guldur means Black Magic, Dol means Hill. Easy enough? Actually, Dol means "head" but it's used figuratively to describe high places, such as Dol Guldur and Dol Baran, or Dol Amroth. __________________ "I come from yonder...Have you seen Baggins? Baggins has left, he is coming. He is not far away. I wish to find him. If he passes will you tell me? I will come back with gold." - Khamul the Easterling

08-02-2004, 05:50 PM	#4
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	funny how people have Pyro tendacies but i mainly have Aqua tendacies...i sometimes get carried away and make the whole bathroom sink wet (when i was young of course) __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

08-02-2004, 08:19 PM	#6
Kransha Ubiquitous Urulóki Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The port of Mars, where Famine, Sword, and Fire, leash'd in like hounds, crouch for employment Posts: 747	Kranshaa: The solar plane of Kahanah, controlling the Grinhilam Ray. The Pale Blue Ray of Recording and Foresight, and who is known as the Recording Lord, The Lord of the Tenth Solar Plane. One of the Twelve Solar Planes discussed in the belief system of the Holy Order of Graal, a religion which I have, in fact, never heard of, and sounds like a load of Oliphaunt manure (apologies to any BD-Members of the Holy Order of Graal enclosed herein). Kranshanism: An obscure division of uncongregated Hinduism revolving around the worship of Krishna, one of Vishnu's numerous avatars. Unlike Krishnaism, Kranshanism is more liberal, but more strict with its liberalism, ironically. Despite they're teachings of dismissal involving their believers' adherance to Krishnaism, they enforce 'being liberal' more strictly that Krishnaists. I'm not Hindu, by the way, nor am I Krishnaist or Kranshanist. Koransha: A series of late Qing Dynasty Porcelain vases that were constantly reproduced in factories in Southern China throughout the 19th Century. Many were exported illegally to Korea, and later stolen by North Koreans nearly a century afterward, after the communist division of the country. The Northern Koreans still hold the Koransha Vases, which have risen steadily in value. They claim that the Koranshas they hold are the authentic vases from the Qing Dynasty, but a foreign inspector revealed that they were falsified, one of the many reproduced copies, and the real Koranshas were either still in South Korea, or had remained in China. Kransha Gora: A rather eccentric scholar from Luxembourg who wrote Le Seigneur des Annaeux, Un Critique, a particularly bizarre Tolkien review. I've actually read this, the guy's utterly insane. He has a very soft spot in his heart for Mr. Friedrich Nietzche...that's Post-Insane-Asylum-Commitment Nietzche. Kransha: A mild-mannered, relatively unintelligent young man, not yet old enough to be called old, not young enough to be called young, who doesn't mind being called an 'orc' and has been known to relish the fact that he is a villainous individual. Some say he has demon blood in him, others say he has Lenin's blood in him, but nobody really thinks he's evil...just...misunderstood... __________________ "What mortal feels not awe/Nor trembles at our name, Hearing our fate-appointed power sublime/Fixed by the eternal law. For old our office, and our fame," -Aeschylus, Song of the Furies

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08-02-2004, 02:36 PM	#2
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Well, let's see. "Fire", as in "pretty flame". I have some slightly pyro tendancies when the mood takes me. (Not usually, just occaisionally). And "foot" as in 12 inches. So I'm a 12 inch flame. Seriously, though, Firefoot is the name of Éomer's horse and I have no idea why I picked that at the moment. It just sounded cool, I guess.