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<center>{{quote|The '''Lord of the Ring''' is not [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], but the master of the [[Dark Tower]] of [[Mordor]]...|[[Gandalf]], ''[[Many Meetings]]''}}</center>
<center>{{quote|The '''Lord of the Ring''' is not Frodo, but the master of the [[Dark Tower]] of [[Mordor]]...|[[Gandalf]] in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[Many Meetings]]"}}</center>


'''Lord of the Ring''' or '''Lord of the Rings''' was a title for [[Sauron]], the master of the [[One Ring]]. The singular form appeared only once, uttered by [[Peregrin Took]], who was ignorant of its meaning. The plural form appeared only thrice; once in [[Gandalf]]'s correction of the above mishap, once by [[Glorfindel]] during the [[Council of Elrond]], and once by Gandalf there.  
'''Lord of the Ring''' or '''Lord of the Rings''' was a title for '''[[Sauron]]''', the master of [[the One Ring]]. The singular form appeared twice when [[Peregrin Took]] tried to apply it to [[Frodo Baggins]], but the [[Istari|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] corrected him.<ref>{{FR|Meetings}}, p. 226</ref> The plural form appeared also twice: once in the mentioned conversation with Gandalf, and another by [[Glorfindel]] during the [[Council of Elrond]].<ref>{{FR|Council}}, p. 266</ref>


==References==
==Elvish translation==
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There are two known translations by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] of ''the Lord of the Rings'' into [[Quenya]]:
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[Many Meetings]]"
 
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Council of Elrond]]"
*'''''Heru Imillion'''''<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Åke Bertenstam]]|articleurl=http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/mdtci.html|articlename=DTS 54 - Heru imillion|website=[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_home.html Mellonath Daeron]|accessed=22 December 2020}}</ref>
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*'''''i Túrin i [[corma|Cormaron]]'''''<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Letter to Philip Brown]]" (letter)</ref>
 
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The name The Lord of the Rings refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see The Lord of the Rings (disambiguation).
"The Lord of the Ring is not Frodo, but the master of the Dark Tower of Mordor..."
Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings"

Lord of the Ring or Lord of the Rings was a title for Sauron, the master of the One Ring. The singular form appeared twice when Peregrin Took tried to apply it to Frodo Baggins, but the Wizard Gandalf corrected him.[1] The plural form appeared also twice: once in the mentioned conversation with Gandalf, and another by Glorfindel during the Council of Elrond.[2]

Elvish translation

There are two known translations by Tolkien of the Lord of the Rings into Quenya:

References