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Pervinca Took · 04-07-2019, 10:41 AM

Wondering if the theme is stone.

And if 5 is RAMMAS.

Pervinca Took · 04-07-2019, 10:44 AM

2 seems to have bits of ARGONATH, but in the wrong part of the clue (the bit hS says isn't really cryptic).

Could password be STONES?

Pervinca Took · 04-07-2019, 12:21 PM

'Bagme Bloma, '

Trying to put the the last bit of 'bulb' backwards ...

'or*Flowers of the Trees, is a poem written by*J.R.R. Tolkien*in*Gothic. It was published in*Songs for the Philologists. It tells of the strength of the*birch, defier of wind and lightning.[1]'

[edit]*Poem

The text reads as follows:[2]

Brûnáim baíriþ baírka bôgum*
láubans liubans liudandei,*
gilwagrôni, glitmunjandei,*
bagmê blôma, blauandei,*
fagrafahsa, liþulinþi,*
fráujinôndei fairguni.

Wôpjand windôs, wagjand lindôs,*
lûtiþ limam láikandei;*
slaíhta, raíhta, hveitarinda,*
razda rôdeiþ reirandei,*
bandwa baírhta, rûna gôda,*
þiuda meina þiuþjandei.

Andanahti milhmam neipiþ,*
liuhteiþ liuhmam laúhmuni;*
láubos liubái fliugand láusái,*
tulgus, triggwa, standandei.*
Baírka baza beidiþ bláika*
fráujinôndei faírguni.

[edit]*External links

Huinesoron · 04-07-2019, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Wondering if the theme is stone.

And if 5 is RAMMAS.

No and no.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

2 seems to have bits of ARGONATH, but in the wrong part of the clue (the bit hS says isn't really cryptic).

Could password be STONES?

And no and no.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

'Bagme Bloma, '

Trying to put the the last bit of 'bulb' backwards ...

'or*Flowers of the Trees, is a poem written by*J.R.R. Tolkien*in*Gothic. It was published in*Songs for the Philologists. It tells of the strength of the*birch, defier of wind and lightning.[1]'

And I thought I was being obscure! o.O That's a fantastic guess, and you're spot on to be looking at a headless bulb... but the answer isn't in Gothic (I believe it's in Qenya [sic]), and 'backwards we fall' just means that you want the last letter of the answer rather than the first.

hS

Pervinca Took · 04-07-2019, 12:45 PM

ULBANDI.

I needed Tolkien Gateway to find that one, too!

Pervinca Took · 04-07-2019, 01:54 PM

Perhaps GIANTS for the password?

Huinesoron · 04-07-2019, 02:21 PM

1. G I save a third of a dwarf for last; seek me at the meeting of man and Eru.
2. ULBANDI - Backwards we fall, the headless onion and I; are we an ogre or ent we?
3. A Wearyhearted, I splash through the water with the Mariner, second in line.
4. N But for my sword, you might think me an aged woman; I am not a number.
5. T From paved road and shortened speech, I build and become white.
6. STONE GIANTS - We're tall and we rock! And some of us are more or less decent.

Well... when you're right, you're right!

Ulbandi is either the name of Morgoth's ogress consort and the mother of Gothmog, or the Qenya term for 'wood-giants' - though they probably ent Ents, as Treebeard would never say.

... but you've still got four to go, and Ulbandi was not the most obscure.

hS

04-07-2019, 10:41 AM	#1
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Wondering if the theme is stone. And if 5 is RAMMAS. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

04-07-2019, 10:44 AM	#2
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	2 seems to have bits of ARGONATH, but in the wrong part of the clue (the bit hS says isn't really cryptic). Could password be STONES? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 04-07-2019 at 11:19 AM.

04-07-2019, 12:21 PM	#3
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	From 'Tolkien Gateway' 'Bagme Bloma, ' Trying to put the the last bit of 'bulb' backwards ... 'orFlowers of the Trees, is a poem written byJ.R.R. TolkieninGothic. It was published inSongs for the Philologists. It tells of the strength of thebirch, defier of wind and lightning.[1]' [edit]Poem The text reads as follows:[2] Brûnáim baíriþ baírka bôgum láubans liubans liudandei,* gilwagrôni, glitmunjandei,* bagmê blôma, blauandei,* fagrafahsa, liþulinþi,* fráujinôndei fairguni. Wôpjand windôs, wagjand lindôs,* lûtiþ limam láikandei;* slaíhta, raíhta, hveitarinda,* razda rôdeiþ reirandei,* bandwa baírhta, rûna gôda,* þiuda meina þiuþjandei. Andanahti milhmam neipiþ,* liuhteiþ liuhmam laúhmuni;* láubos liubái fliugand láusái,* tulgus, triggwa, standandei.* Baírka baza beidiþ bláika* fráujinôndei faírguni. [edit]External links __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."*

04-07-2019, 12:45 PM	#5
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	ULBANDI. I needed Tolkien Gateway to find that one, too! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

04-07-2019, 01:54 PM	#6
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Perhaps GIANTS for the password? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

04-07-2019, 02:21 PM	#7
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,972	1. G I save a third of a dwarf for last; seek me at the meeting of man and Eru. 2. ULBANDI - Backwards we fall, the headless onion and I; are we an ogre or ent we? 3. A Wearyhearted, I splash through the water with the Mariner, second in line. 4. N But for my sword, you might think me an aged woman; I am not a number. 5. T From paved road and shortened speech, I build and become white. 6. STONE GIANTS - We're tall and we rock! And some of us are more or less decent. Well... when you're right, you're right! Ulbandi is either the name of Morgoth's ogress consort and the mother of Gothmog, or the Qenya term for 'wood-giants' - though they probably ent Ents, as Treebeard would never say. ... but you've still got four to go, and Ulbandi was not the most obscure. hS