Visit The *EVEN NEWER* Barrow-Downs Photo Page |
08-06-2013, 02:53 AM | #361 |
Shade of Carn Dűm
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Henneth Annűn, Ithilien
Posts: 462
|
Belegorn is the 4th Steward of Gondor. I forgot why I chose it, but it means Mighty Tree in Sindarin.
__________________
"For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche |
08-08-2013, 05:28 PM | #362 |
Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
Posts: 4,511
|
Turns out I haven't replied on this thread.
Aganzir means death love in Adűnaic. I had an RPG character by that name when I was 14-ish, which is also when I started frequenting forums and chatrooms. The character was left behind long ago but the name stuck, and it's still very appropriate for me.
__________________
He bit me, and I was not gentle. |
08-25-2013, 07:30 PM | #363 |
Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 49
|
It's what Gollum calls fish
|
10-19-2013, 08:50 PM | #364 |
Shade of Carn Dűm
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Henneth Annűn, Ithilien
Posts: 462
|
haha, maybe juicy, I doubt sweet.
__________________
"For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche |
10-28-2013, 10:11 PM | #365 |
Shade of Carn Dűm
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Toronto
Posts: 479
|
Read Gollum’s poem “Alive without breath” which ends with the lines (with emphasis by me):
For the whole poem, see http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...5&postcount=18We only wish Juicy-Sweet is one of the newer members on this site and does not post a great deal, but she is one whose posts are not to be doubted without reason. |
11-24-2013, 06:42 PM | #366 |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion
Posts: 551
|
Pretty much self-explanatory. Though, I'm not entirely sure why I chose Galadriel when my favourite character is Maglor. Maybe it was my attraction to Lórien.
__________________
"Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?" – Tom Bombadil |
11-24-2013, 06:57 PM | #367 | |
Shade of Carn Dűm
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Henneth Annűn, Ithilien
Posts: 462
|
Quote:
__________________
"For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche Last edited by Belegorn; 11-24-2013 at 07:02 PM. |
|
07-11-2014, 10:32 AM | #368 |
Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 36
|
Im pretty sure mine is Adunic for Jason.
__________________
Fingolfin.....He passed over Dor-nu-fauglith like wind amid dust, and all that beheld his onslaught fled in amaze, thinking Orome himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar. Last edited by Yregwyn; 07-19-2014 at 06:10 PM. |
12-08-2014, 02:18 PM | #369 | |
Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
Posts: 4,511
|
Quote:
Not complaining.
__________________
He bit me, and I was not gentle. |
|
12-08-2014, 05:54 PM | #370 |
Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 50
|
Hey cool thread!
Okay, my name has nothing to do with Lotr. But with a very beautiful prose poetry/philosophy book called "The Prophet" by the Lebanese author Kahlil Gibran. I am neither Lebanese nor a follower of the Islamic faith, but I was given the book by a friend. It is very melancholic and beautiful, the titular Prophet Almustafar has lived in the city of Orphalese for many years and prepares to return to his home. On the way to his ship, he discusses philosophy with a group of people. To me it always seemed the "journey home" of Almustarfar was a metaphor for his death and he tried to impart his wisdom on others before passing on. I also fell in love with the name Orphalese and want to use it as a name for a city, somewhere, somehow. Orphalesion cam from Orphalesian (which I presumed a citizen of Orphalese would be called in modern English, though Orphalesan would have also worked) and then changed the a into an o for aesthetic reasons. Theoretically it could be semi Quenya/Sindarin for "son of Orphalese" |
12-08-2014, 08:16 PM | #371 |
Wight
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Armenelos, Númenor
Posts: 205
|
When I was young, I was playing some of those classic stock Windows games on a 98, and when I finished a game, it asked me to put in a name. I randomly hit the keyboard and Jex appeared. That stuck with me.
The circumflex e is used in Welsh (uncommon) and is a long, stressed e, like in air. Tar, as we know, was the prefix used for kings of Númenor, and my personality matches that of a leader/dictator, so I decided that it was fitting in the context of Tolkien. |
12-10-2014, 07:37 AM | #372 |
Shade of Carn Dűm
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 344
|
I picked this name for no particular reason, really. No deeper meaning behind it. I probably just liked the way it sounds and was in a hurry.
|
11-25-2015, 04:57 AM | #373 |
Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Mt Gundabad
Posts: 23
|
It's just my radio name. It sounds cool.
Feel a bit left out! Everyone else has some well thought out elvish name or something
__________________
Orc of Mt Gundabad |
11-30-2017, 10:09 AM | #374 |
Overshadowed Eagle
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea
Posts: 3,909
|
Literally, my name is the Quenya words for 'shadow' and 'eagle' smooshed together into something that's surprisingly hard to pronounce ('hui' not coming naturally to the English-speaking tongue). My usual translation is 'Eagleshade' these days. More figuratively?
It means the moment when you feel a shadow pass over you, and look up to see the great wings of a Messenger flying on some grand errand. It means the servant of the West who keeps to the shadows, dark-feathered and secret-hearted, but still ever faithful. It means the black murk where even the Eagles dare not go, the darkness that you can taste on every breath as it oozes into you. (It means I was at least bright enough to pick two words from the same language, even if they don't exactly sit together that well...) Ultimately, pretty much exclusively on the internet as far as I know, Huinesoron means... me. Hi. ^_^ hS |
01-09-2018, 09:08 PM | #375 |
Wight
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 118
|
Always been a fan of the easterlings especially the whole Balchoth and wainriders. The image is the one from Peter Jackson's two towers(which was a pretty awesome depiction of the most elite of the easterlings).
|
01-12-2018, 01:25 AM | #376 |
Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North-East of the Great Sea
Posts: 38
|
Saurondil = “friend of Sauron”. I wanted something simple, that I could remember, and a bit unusual.
|
01-21-2018, 11:47 AM | #377 |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials
Posts: 5,035
|
I am hobbitlike, but also a lover of elves with a strong dash of Took. And I like the name Pervinca.
I'm sure I'm not the only Downer with a hobbit name, but I seem to be the only one who's a regular poster.
__________________
"Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." |
01-22-2018, 06:53 AM | #378 |
Emperor of the South Pole
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: The Western Shore of Lake Evendim
Posts: 632
|
Name
I have seen this thread appear on top over the years since 2004, and for some reason thought I had replied to it somewhere. But I scrolled through 10 pages and nothing. Anyway... Snowdog. It was a moniker I started using when I first got online and in to ye olde BBS. My email has been Snowdog something since 1994. The reason I used it was I wrote a novel back in the 1970's based on the tale told on the band Rush's 2nd album, By-Tor & The Snowdog. When I first got onto message boards (EZ board?) in '99, I used the name. I think I registered on Barrow Downs in its EZ board days but didn't particapate much. Anyway, it's still my email, and its still my user name here, Entmoot, and Minas Tirith. Snowdog has been banned from The One Ring.Com for 15 years now.
|
01-22-2018, 07:47 AM | #379 |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials
Posts: 5,035
|
I remember the Entmoot bulletin board, from long ago, but thought it had disappeared. Just googled and found it again. Glad it's back/still around.
__________________
"Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." |
01-24-2018, 04:51 AM | #380 | |
Wisest of the Noldor
|
Quote:
__________________
"Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo. |
|
01-24-2018, 05:52 AM | #381 |
Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
Posts: 8,037
|
Hear, hear. You can't throw that out and not deliver.
__________________
Music alone proves the existence of God. |
03-14-2018, 09:34 PM | #382 |
Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Maryland, United States
Posts: 22
|
"Son of the star-land" in Sindarin. It was the name of a role-playing character I briefly played on the LOTR Plaza many years ago. I remember the RPing with some embarrassment but the name stuck, though typically abbreviated to Eldo.
|
06-16-2018, 10:28 PM | #383 |
Wight
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 118
|
Two parts-the charioteer part is in reference to the wainriders and Rhun is of course a reference to Rhun.
My screen avatar is a depiction of a Rhunish soldier from Jackson's two towers-I always liked Jackson's interpretation of easterling forces-good if somewhat fancy looking armor, discipline, devotion to Sauron(you can hear them chanting), with halberds and poleaxes. Out of all the unexplored areas of middle earth Rhun has always struck me as fascinating. Edit: Already posted on this thread and forgot-well this is just a more detailed explanation. Last edited by Rhun charioteer; 06-16-2018 at 10:29 PM. Reason: Clarification |
07-04-2018, 04:58 AM | #384 | |
Odinic Wanderer
|
Quote:
There is always room for elaboration and afterthoughts. |
|
09-25-2018, 05:14 AM | #385 |
Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
Posts: 4,511
|
Come on, Snowdog, you've kept everyone in suspense for over eight months!
__________________
He bit me, and I was not gentle. |
10-23-2018, 03:13 PM | #386 |
Odinic Wanderer
|
It is exhilarating...
|
10-23-2018, 04:02 PM | #387 |
Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
Posts: 8,037
|
If he ever does come out with it, it'd better be spectacular.
__________________
Music alone proves the existence of God. |
02-22-2019, 08:55 PM | #388 |
Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Old Saybrook, CT
Posts: 14
|
My name is rather obivious choice; it’s the same name as my old Edain mod account before i deleted it. Although originally I had plans on using a name in Black Speech to match my beautiful icon...
As you can tell by my icon, I’m more of an orc than hobbit, despite what my name implies |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|