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Okay - just found something cool - you know the word simbelmynë, the flower that grows in Rohan on the graves of the people. The flower's name means The Evermind.


I just took a closer look at that word. I was looking at something in Old English and saw the connection.

The word simble is Ever or always. That word is close to the Latin word Simpre which means always. OE takes most of it's roots from the Germanic/Teutonic language, but it did take some from Latin.

Also, the last part of sibelmynë is mynë. This word in OE is the word for mind.

The flower, that has such an Elvish sounding name, is not Elvish at all. It is Old English through and through. This was the language that was most dear to Tolkien in his life. This was the language that, in it's discovery, fulfilled him the most.

Just an interesting observation that I made today. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]