Rings of Power in Quenya??? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Zoe · 05-10-2001, 03:23 AM

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Re: Rings of Power in Quenya???

The poem wasn't written in Quenya, but in the Black Speech, using elven letters. If you look in the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf is quoted for two of the lines (in his address to the Elrond et. al.), but the rest are only given in English "translation".

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05-10-2001, 03:23 AM	#2
Zoe Wight Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 223	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 360</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Rings of Power in Quenya??? The poem wasn't written in Quenya, but in the Black Speech, using elven letters. If you look in the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf is quoted for two of the lines (in his address to the Elrond et. al.), but the rest are only given in English "translation". "This sig is proudly quote-free." -Me. (Also known as eoz, and now has a non-Tolkien forum, called http://pub57.ezboard.com/beverythingelse45161everything else</a>.) </p>