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'''Perhael''' 'half-wise, simple' is [[Sindarin]] for <b>[[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]]</b> and is used in the below quote from [[The Return of the King]]:
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'''Perhael''' was a [[Sindarin]] name that [[Aragorn II]] used for [[Samwise Gamgee]],<ref>{{HM|LR}} [[The Return of the King]], [[The Field of Cormallen]]</ref><ref>{{HM|SD}} pp.129</ref> a translation of [[Westron]] name ''[[Banazîr]]''.
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:''Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn, eglerio!''
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==Etymology==
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:Frodo and Sam, princes of the west, glorify (them)!
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From the [[Sindarin]] root ''[[per]]'' "half" and ''[[sael]]'' meaning "wise"
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Here the name is in form <b>Berhael</b> due to the <i>soft lenition</i> which changes <i>p</i> > <i>b</i> after the particle <b>a</b> closely connected to the name (see, e.g. <i>Letters</i>, p. 279, footnote [Letter 211]).
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The name also appears in the [[King's Letter]] ([[Sauron Defeated]], p. 129 cf. p. 126):
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:<i>Cherdir Perhael (i sennui [[Panthael]] estathar aen)</i>
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:Master Samwise (who should be called Fullwise)
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See also: <i>Letters</i>, p. 308 [Letter 230]; Thorsten Renk: [http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/mutations.html Mutations in Sindarin], Part II - Grammatical (G)-mutations.
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==Other forms==
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*Berhael: [[lenition|lenited]] form in the phrase ''Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn, eglerio!''<ref>{{HM|L}}, [[Letter 211]] footnote</ref>
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*{{HM|L}} [[Letter 230]]
 
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Revision as of 10:49, 25 October 2009

Perhael was a Sindarin name that Aragorn II used for Samwise Gamgee,[1][2] a translation of Westron name Banazîr.

Etymology

From the Sindarin root per "half" and sael meaning "wise"

Other forms

  • Berhael: lenited form in the phrase Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn, eglerio![3]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings The Return of the King, The Field of Cormallen
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated pp.129
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter (ed.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211 footnote
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