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It was called "Pause" because [[Gondor]]ian military units usually paused every 5000 ''rangar''. | It was called "Pause" because [[Gondor]]ian military units usually paused every 5000 ''rangar''. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
From [[PQ]] *''dâr(a)'' | From [[PQ]] *''dâr(a)'' [[root]] [[DAR]] | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[daur]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[daur]]'' | ||
Revision as of 10:13, 25 October 2009
Lár means "pause" in Quenya
The word also referred to a Númenorean linear measure roughly equivalent to, and translated in the text as, a league[1], or 5000 Rangar.
It was called "Pause" because Gondorian military units usually paused every 5000 rangar.
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- ↑ Whereas our league is 5280 yards (4828 metres), the Lár is 5277 yards, 2 feet and 4 inches (4825 metres)
