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'''''lár''''' means "a stop or pause" in [[Quenya]].<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}, note 9</ref> | '''''lár''''' means "a stop or pause" in [[Quenya]].<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}, note 9</ref> | ||
The word also referred to a [[Númenórean]] linear measure roughly equivalent to, and translated in the text as, a league. Whereas our "league" is 5280 yards (4828 metres), the ''lár'' is 5277 yards, 2 feet and 4 inches (4825 metres), or 5000 ''[[Ranga|rangar]]''. It was called "pause" because Númenórean military units on the march usually paused every 5000 ''rangar''.<ref>{{UT|Linear}}</ref> | The word also referred to a [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] linear measure roughly equivalent to, and translated in the text as, a league. Whereas our "league" is 5280 yards (4828 metres), the ''lár'' is 5277 yards, 2 feet and 4 inches (4825 metres), or 5000 ''[[Ranga|rangar]]''. It was called "pause" because Númenórean military units on the march usually paused every 5000 ''rangar''.<ref>{{UT|Linear}}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:56, 13 March 2016
lár means "a stop or pause" in Quenya.[1]
The word also referred to a Númenórean linear measure roughly equivalent to, and translated in the text as, a league. Whereas our "league" is 5280 yards (4828 metres), the lár is 5277 yards, 2 feet and 4 inches (4825 metres), or 5000 rangar. It was called "pause" because Númenórean military units on the march usually paused every 5000 rangar.[2]
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References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", note 9
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", "Appendix: Númenórean Linear Measures"
