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*Phrase on a draft of [[Thrór's Map]]: "'''''Lheben''' [[teil]] [[brann]] [[i]] [[annon]] [[ar]] [[neledh]] [[neledhi]] [[gar]] [[godrebh]]''" ("Five feet high the gate and three by three they go through together"<ref name=AI/> or "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast"<ref>{{H|1}} (translation by [[Gandalf]] of the [[Old English]] [[runes]] on the map)</ref><ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/~glaemscrafu/texts/cartedethror-a.htm Thrór's map inscription] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 27 June 2011)</ref>) | *Phrase on a draft of [[Thrór's Map]]: "'''''Lheben''' [[tâl|teil]] [[brann]] [[i]] [[annon]] [[ar]] [[neledh]] [[neledhi]] [[gar]] [[godrebh]]''" ("Five feet high the gate and three by three they go through together"<ref name=AI/> or "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast"<ref>{{H|1}} (translation by [[Gandalf]] of the [[Old English]] [[runes]] on the map)</ref><ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/~glaemscrafu/texts/cartedethror-a.htm Thrór's map inscription] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 27 June 2011)</ref>) | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 20:39, 27 June 2011
lheben is a Noldorin word meaning "five".[1][2][3]
Etymology
Examples
- Phrase on a draft of Thrór's Map: "Lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh" ("Five feet high the gate and three by three they go through together"[2] or "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast"[4][5])
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 368
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)
- ↑ Rhona Beare, "Conjectures on the Origin of Quenya", in Parma Eldalamberon, issue 6
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party" (translation by Gandalf of the Old English runes on the map)
- ↑ Thrór's map inscription at Jrrvf.com (accessed 27 June 2011)
