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feonor · 09-27-2005, 06:26 PM

ok. thank you but in my book(turkish translate) it is hard to understand the sentence. also i found it unclear in english. i can't explain the translation completely but it is like that "all they sank into a dark pit of fear except the mightiest". the mightiest is in the singular form. it's unclear to who is the mightiest he talked about. we know that the mightiest is the melkor (and then manwe). is he really talking about manwe? is it clear? why tolkien didn't refer manwe directly if it is so clear to manwe is the second mightiest?

09-27-2005, 06:26 PM	#3
feonor Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eriador Posts: 11	ok. thank you but in my book(turkish translate) it is hard to understand the sentence. also i found it unclear in english. i can't explain the translation completely but it is like that "all they sank into a dark pit of fear except the mightiest". the mightiest is in the singular form. it's unclear to who is the mightiest he talked about. we know that the mightiest is the melkor (and then manwe). is he really talking about manwe? is it clear? why tolkien didn't refer manwe directly if it is so clear to manwe is the second mightiest? __________________ There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Iluvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.