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**The Saucepan Man** · 07-16-2003, 05:01 PM

Could it be Orcrist?

I'm not altogether clear how it works but "old king" could give O and R, abbreviations for old and rex (king) respectively.

And if the confused word is stricken, but losing ken, a synonym for know, that gives "crist".

Putting them together gives Orcrist, a weapon used by a (nameless) hero of Gondolin in the wars against Morgoth and which witnessed the fall of an old king, Turgon.

As for the rest of it ... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Am I anywhere near?

07-16-2003, 05:01 PM	#11
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Could it be Orcrist? I'm not altogether clear how it works but "old king" could give O and R, abbreviations for old and rex (king) respectively. And if the confused word is stricken, but losing ken, a synonym for know, that gives "crist". Putting them together gives Orcrist, a weapon used by a (nameless) hero of Gondolin in the wars against Morgoth and which witnessed the fall of an old king, Turgon. As for the rest of it ... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Am I anywhere near? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!