The Silmarillion in one word - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Macalaure · 12-20-2006, 08:10 AM

I'm a little surprised nobody made a thread like this after the two other 'in one word' went so well.

Since the Sil is not as universally loved as the LotR, I'm looking forward to some controversy!

I'll be starting with:

Terse

(hope it means what I think it means, since I had to look for a fitting word in a dictionary...)

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-20-2006, 08:12 AM

Formidable

(Great idea, Mac!)

Selmo · 12-20-2006, 09:24 AM

Mythic

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Lalwendë · 12-20-2006, 09:57 AM

Glacial

Anguirel · 12-20-2006, 10:57 AM

Fateful

Bêthberry · 12-20-2006, 11:09 AM

(a) jewel

ninja91 · 12-20-2006, 11:15 AM

Deep

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 12-20-2006, 12:54 PM

Better

The Might · 12-20-2006, 01:27 PM

magic

mormegil · 12-20-2006, 01:43 PM

Disjointed

Mithalwen · 12-20-2006, 02:17 PM

Fey

Valier · 12-20-2006, 04:08 PM

Engaging

Brinniel · 12-20-2006, 04:16 PM

complex

symestreem · 12-20-2006, 05:41 PM

Depressing.

Lhunardawen · 12-20-2006, 06:04 PM

Unfortunate

littlemanpoet · 12-20-2006, 07:54 PM

Tragic

Firefoot · 12-20-2006, 09:13 PM

Multi-charactered.

littlemanpoet · 12-21-2006, 04:08 AM

Sweeping

Captain Grishnahk · 12-21-2006, 11:02 AM

Overpowering

littlemanpoet · 12-21-2006, 06:51 PM

Splintered

Bêthberry · 12-21-2006, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Splintered

light?

alatar · 12-21-2006, 08:54 PM

Not to buck the system, but in lieu of having to post thrice, here are my three one words:

cyclical

"totally"

tome-ish

piosenniel · 12-23-2006, 09:03 AM

preliminary

**The Saucepan Man** · 12-23-2006, 10:21 AM

demanding

Encaitare · 12-24-2006, 11:52 PM

Long.

Child of the 7th Age · 12-25-2006, 10:07 AM

- Morgoth

If it's cheating to use a proper name, then I opt for this one:

- medieval

Gil-Galad · 12-27-2006, 12:18 AM

Interesting

Lhunardawen · 12-27-2006, 03:48 AM

Challenging

littlemanpoet · 12-27-2006, 08:46 AM

Bold

The Might · 12-27-2006, 08:57 AM

lore

High King Fingolfin · 12-27-2006, 11:18 AM

Epic

mormegil · 12-27-2006, 11:47 AM

Stupendous

Guinevere · 12-27-2006, 01:32 PM

Doomed !

Liriodendron · 12-27-2006, 07:56 PM

Dry......

Guinevere · 12-28-2006, 08:49 AM

sombre

Galadel Vinorel · 12-30-2006, 06:55 PM

colossal

The Might · 12-31-2006, 04:30 AM

fate...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-31-2006, 04:33 AM

Convincing.

Amras Oronar · 01-01-2007, 03:25 PM

Sacred

piosenniel · 01-01-2007, 03:26 PM

bare-boned

12-20-2006, 08:10 AM	#1
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	The Silmarillion in one word I'm a little surprised nobody made a thread like this after the two other 'in one word' went so well. Since the Sil is not as universally loved as the LotR, I'm looking forward to some controversy! I'll be starting with: Terse (hope it means what I think it means, since I had to look for a fitting word in a dictionary...)

12-20-2006, 08:12 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Formidable (Great idea, Mac!) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

12-20-2006, 09:57 AM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Glacial __________________ Gordon's alive!

12-20-2006, 10:57 AM	#5
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Fateful __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

12-20-2006, 11:09 AM	#6
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12-20-2006, 09:24 AM	#3
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	Mythic .

12-20-2006, 12:54 PM	#8
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	Better __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

12-20-2006, 01:27 PM	#9
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12-20-2006, 01:43 PM	#10
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	Disjointed __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

12-20-2006, 02:17 PM	#11
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Fey __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

12-20-2006, 04:08 PM	#12
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	Engaging __________________ grand return?........

12-20-2006, 04:16 PM	#13
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	complex __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

12-20-2006, 05:41 PM	#14
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 728	Depressing. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

12-20-2006, 06:04 PM	#15
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Unfortunate

12-20-2006, 07:54 PM	#16
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Tragic

12-20-2006, 09:13 PM	#17
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Multi-charactered.

12-21-2006, 04:08 AM	#18
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Sweeping

12-21-2006, 11:02 AM	#19
Captain Grishnahk Wight Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 106	Overpowering __________________ "Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens." --J.R.R. Tolkien

12-21-2006, 06:51 PM	#20
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Splintered

12-21-2006, 08:54 PM	#22
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Not to buck the system, but in lieu of having to post thrice, here are my three one words: cyclical "totally" tome-ish __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

12-23-2006, 09:03 AM	#23
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	preliminary __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

12-23-2006, 10:21 AM	#24
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	demanding __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

12-24-2006, 11:52 PM	#25
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Long.

12-25-2006, 10:07 AM	#26
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	- Morgoth If it's cheating to use a proper name, then I opt for this one: - medieval __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

12-27-2006, 12:18 AM	#27
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Interesting __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-27-2006, 03:48 AM	#28
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Challenging

12-27-2006, 08:46 AM	#29
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Bold

12-27-2006, 08:57 AM	#30
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	lore __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-27-2006, 11:18 AM	#31
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12-27-2006, 11:47 AM	#32
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	Stupendous __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

12-27-2006, 01:32 PM	#33
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Doomed ! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-27-2006, 07:56 PM	#34
Liriodendron Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 527	Dry...... __________________ http://www.lizmargason.com

12-28-2006, 08:49 AM	#35
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	sombre __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

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12-31-2006, 04:30 AM	#37
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