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''' | '''Perhael''' is [[Sindarin]] for [[Frodo]] and is used in the below quote from [[The Return of the King]]. | ||
:''Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn, eglerio!'' | :''Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn, eglerio!'' | ||
:Frodo and Sam, princes of the west, glorify (them)! | :Frodo and Sam, princes of the west, glorify (them)! | ||
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 <i>a</i> closely connected to the name (see, e.g. <i>Letters</i>, p. 279, footnote [Letter 211]). | |||
[[Category:Sindarin words]] | [[Category:Sindarin words]] | ||
[[Category:Hobbits]] | |||
Revision as of 21:30, 19 December 2007
Perhael is Sindarin for Frodo and is used in the below quote from The Return of the King.
- Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn, eglerio!
- Frodo and Sam, princes of the west, glorify (them)!
Here the name is in form Berhael due to the soft lenition which changes p > b after the particle a closely connected to the name (see, e.g. Letters, p. 279, footnote [Letter 211]).
