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tom the eldest · 05-01-2014, 07:10 AM

Ah,what a shame.

Guinevere · 05-01-2014, 07:29 AM

Now I suddenly can "see" it!

"Hither shall the flowers of Symbelmynë come never unto world's end" he murmured "nine mounds and seven there are now green with grass, and through all the long ears he has lain at the door that he could not unlock."

Aragorn in the Paths of the Dead

Mithalwen · 05-01-2014, 08:10 AM

Wow! I am impressed. I thought i would take another letter or two. Well done! It is years though...not ears

Guinevere · 05-02-2014, 01:54 PM

Thank you,Mithalwen!

(and sorry for the typo)
The letter "U" was useful after all, it helped me guess "unto world's end" . I also suspected that the second word was "shall", and after trying out several possibilities for the first word, suddenly "hither" popped up from my unconscious, and then I recognized the quote.

OK, here is the next one:

"---/ ---/ --/ --/ ----/ --/ ---/ ---/, ---/ ---------/ ----/ ---/ ---/ ------/ --------/."

tom the eldest · 05-03-2014, 12:23 AM

'A' word for starter

Guinevere · 05-03-2014, 02:36 PM

"---/ ---/ --/ --/ -a--/ --/ ---/ ---/, a--/ ---------/ ----/ a--/ ---/ -a----/ --------/."

Mithalwen · 05-04-2014, 09:39 AM

D please, Guinevere

Galadriel55 · 05-04-2014, 11:51 AM

Eee's pleese!

Guinevere · 05-04-2014, 02:10 PM

ADE

"--e/ -e-/ --/ --e/ -a--/ d-/ ---/ --e/, a-d/ --e-e---e/ --e-/ a-e/ ---/ ea----/ de-e--ed/."

tom the eldest · 05-04-2014, 09:18 PM

R please

Guinevere · 05-05-2014, 01:36 AM

READ

"--e/ -e-/ --/ --e/ -ar-/ d-/ ---/ --e/, a-d/ --ere--re/ --e-/ are/ ---/ ea----/ de-e--ed/."

Mithalwen · 05-08-2014, 09:58 AM

I think I have worked out the quote but I don't have LOTR on me and can't place the quote (bad Tolkienista!) without it off the top of my head. Is it "The men of the Mark do not lie, and therefore they are not easily deceived?" which is probably Eomer or possibly Aragorn or Faramir describing them...

Guinevere · 05-08-2014, 01:41 PM

Yep, that's the quote, and it's Eomer who says it allright! Well done,Mithalwen!

Mithalwen · 05-17-2014, 11:58 PM

Thank you. So let's try another.

"--- / -- / ---- / --- / -- / --- / --- / ---/ ----- /; --- / -- / ---'- / -- / ---- / -- / ------- / ---/ -------- /. "

Guinevere · 05-18-2014, 02:57 PM

Are there any O's?

Mithalwen · 05-18-2014, 03:17 PM

Thank you. So let's try another.

"--- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / --- / --- / ---/ ----- /; --- / -- / -o-'- / -- / -o-- / -- / ------- / ---/ -------- /. "
Two err three!

Wousides · 05-19-2014, 04:10 PM

I'd say "S"..

Mithalwen · 05-20-2014, 02:44 AM

SO

"--- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / --- / --- / ---/ ----- /; --- / -- / -o-'- / -- / -o-- / -- / s------ / ---/ -------- /. "

Just the one. welcome to the game and the Downs.

Belegorn · 05-20-2014, 09:48 AM

'r' plz.

Mithalwen · 05-20-2014, 01:45 PM

ROS

"--- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / -r- / --- / ---/ ---r- /; --- / -- / -o-'- / -- / -o-- / -- / s------ / ---/ -------- /. "

Just two...

Tuor in Gondolin · 05-21-2014, 02:25 PM

"u"s?

Guinevere · 05-21-2014, 03:20 PM

N please

Mithalwen · 05-21-2014, 03:41 PM

SUN OR

"-u- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / -r- / -n- / ---/ ---r- /; -n- / -- / -on'- / -- / -on- / -- / s----n- / -n-/ ---n--n- /. "

Tuor in Gondolin · 05-21-2014, 03:46 PM

"T"s, please.

Mithalwen · 05-22-2014, 03:47 AM

NO RUST

"-ut / -- / ---- / -ot/ t- / tr- / -n- / --t/ t--r- /; -n- / -t / -on't/ -- / -on- / -- / s-tt-n- / -n-/ t--n--n- /. "

This may be decisive..

Belegorn · 05-23-2014, 04:28 PM

'd' plz

Mithalwen · 05-23-2014, 07:24 PM

RUNTS DO

"-ut / -- / ---- / -ot/ t- / tr- / -nd/ --t/ t--r- /; -nd / -t / -on't/ -- / don- / -- / s-tt-n- / -nd / t--n--n- /. "

Tuor in Gondolin · 05-25-2014, 12:23 PM

"B"s, please.

Guinevere · 05-25-2014, 01:06 PM

Hmmm, still doesn't ring a bell...

G please

Mithalwen · 05-25-2014, 01:11 PM

TROD BUNS

"But / -- / ---- / -ot/ to/ tr- / -nd/ --t/ t--r- /; -nd / -t / -on't/ b- / don- / b- / s-tt-n- / -nd / t--n--n- /. "
Sorry added a missing o too...

Mithalwen · 05-25-2014, 01:15 PM

STRONG BUD

"But / -- / ---- / got/ to/ tr- / -nd/ g-t/ t--r- /; -nd / -t / -on't/ b- / don- / b- / s-tt-ng / -nd / t--n--ng/. "

Guinevere · 05-25-2014, 01:34 PM

Well, I see the quote now, but no idea (yet) where to look for it!

Mithalwen · 05-25-2014, 11:46 PM

Oh Guinevere, you are so good at this , I tried to find you a challenge... I don't think I woud know it if I hadn't set it, sorry.

Tuor in Gondolin · 05-26-2014, 10:54 AM

"e"s, please.

Mithalwen · 05-26-2014, 12:27 PM

BUT RED SONG

"But / -e/ ---e/ got/ to/ tr- / -nd/ get/ t-ere/; -nd / -t / -on't/ be / done/ b- / s-tt-ng / -nd / t--n--ng/. "

Belegorn · 05-26-2014, 03:00 PM

'w' plz

Mithalwen · 05-26-2014, 11:10 PM

BUT WRONGS ED

"But / we/ ---e/ got/ to/ tr- / -nd/ get/ t-ere/; -nd / -t / won't/ be / done/ b- / s-tt-ng / -nd / t--n--ng/. "

Guinevere · 06-03-2014, 02:28 PM

Found it at last, in an unlikely place, after much searching in wrong places...

"But we have got to try and get there; and it won't be done by sitting and thinking."

Frodo, when taking leave of Farmer Maggot, about getting to the ferry in spite of pursuing Black Riders.

Galadriel55 · 06-03-2014, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guinevere

Found it at last, in an unlikely place, after much searching in wrong places...

...Frodo, when taking leave of Farmer Maggot, about getting to the ferry in spite of pursuing Black Riders.

Ha! Who would'a thunk it? I was keeping an eye on this thread (though somewhat irregularly, hence my lack of participation), and I was sure it would be the Mordor chapters. I would never have guessed it! Good find!

Mithalwen · 06-04-2014, 12:18 PM

I thought it sounded more like Sam and Oroduin which is why I chose it!

05-01-2014, 07:10 AM	#15561
tom the eldest Wight Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: far away,in the southern arda Posts: 153	Ah,what a shame. __________________ Fly,you fools!-gandalf,the bridge of khazad dûm

05-01-2014, 07:29 AM	#15562
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Now I suddenly can "see" it! "Hither shall the flowers of Symbelmynë come never unto world's end" he murmured "nine mounds and seven there are now green with grass, and through all the long ears he has lain at the door that he could not unlock." Aragorn in the Paths of the Dead __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-01-2014, 08:10 AM	#15563
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Wow! I am impressed. I thought i would take another letter or two. Well done! It is years though...not ears __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-02-2014, 01:54 PM	#15564
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Thank you,Mithalwen! (and sorry for the typo) The letter "U" was useful after all, it helped me guess "unto world's end" . I also suspected that the second word was "shall", and after trying out several possibilities for the first word, suddenly "hither" popped up from my unconscious, and then I recognized the quote. OK, here is the next one: "---/ ---/ --/ --/ ----/ --/ ---/ ---/, ---/ ---------/ ----/ ---/ ---/ ------/ --------/." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat! Last edited by Guinevere; 05-02-2014 at 01:55 PM. Reason: a typo

05-03-2014, 12:23 AM	#15565
tom the eldest Wight Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: far away,in the southern arda Posts: 153	'A' word for starter __________________ Fly,you fools!-gandalf,the bridge of khazad dûm

05-03-2014, 02:36 PM	#15566
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	"---/ ---/ --/ --/ -a--/ --/ ---/ ---/, a--/ ---------/ ----/ a--/ ---/ -a----/ --------/." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-04-2014, 09:39 AM	#15567
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	D please, Guinevere __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-04-2014, 11:51 AM	#15568
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Eee's pleese! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

05-04-2014, 02:10 PM	#15569
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	ADE "--e/ -e-/ --/ --e/ -a--/ d-/ ---/ --e/, a-d/ --e-e---e/ --e-/ a-e/ ---/ ea----/ de-e--ed/." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-04-2014, 09:18 PM	#15570
tom the eldest Wight Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: far away,in the southern arda Posts: 153	R please __________________ Fly,you fools!-gandalf,the bridge of khazad dûm

05-05-2014, 01:36 AM	#15571
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	READ "--e/ -e-/ --/ --e/ -ar-/ d-/ ---/ --e/, a-d/ --ere--re/ --e-/ are/ ---/ ea----/ de-e--ed/." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-08-2014, 09:58 AM	#15572
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	I think I have worked out the quote but I don't have LOTR on me and can't place the quote (bad Tolkienista!) without it off the top of my head. Is it "The men of the Mark do not lie, and therefore they are not easily deceived?" which is probably Eomer or possibly Aragorn or Faramir describing them... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-08-2014, 01:41 PM	#15573
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yep, that's the quote, and it's Eomer who says it allright! Well done,Mithalwen! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-17-2014, 11:58 PM	#15574
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Thank you. So let's try another. "--- / -- / ---- / --- / -- / --- / --- / ---/ ----- /; --- / -- / ---'- / -- / ---- / -- / ------- / ---/ -------- /. " __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-18-2014, 02:57 PM	#15575
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Are there any O's? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-18-2014, 03:17 PM	#15576
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Thank you. So let's try another. "--- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / --- / --- / ---/ ----- /; --- / -- / -o-'- / -- / -o-- / -- / ------- / ---/ -------- /. " Two err three! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-19-2014, 04:10 PM	#15577
Wousides Newly Deceased Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 9	I'd say "S".. __________________ free home improvement

05-20-2014, 02:44 AM	#15578
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	SO "--- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / --- / --- / ---/ ----- /; --- / -- / -o-'- / -- / -o-- / -- / s------ / ---/ -------- /. " Just the one. welcome to the game and the Downs. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-20-2014, 09:48 AM	#15579
Belegorn Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Henneth Annûn, Ithilien Posts: 462	'r' plz. __________________ "For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche

05-20-2014, 01:45 PM	#15580
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	ROS "--- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / -r- / --- / ---/ ---r- /; --- / -- / -o-'- / -- / -o-- / -- / s------ / ---/ -------- /. " Just two... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-21-2014, 02:25 PM	#15581
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"u"s? __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

05-21-2014, 03:20 PM	#15582
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	N please __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-21-2014, 03:41 PM	#15583
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	SUN OR "-u- / -- / ---- / -o- / -- / -r- / -n- / ---/ ---r- /; -n- / -- / -on'- / -- / -on- / -- / s----n- / -n-/ ---n--n- /. " __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-21-2014, 03:46 PM	#15584
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"T"s, please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

05-22-2014, 03:47 AM	#15585
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	NO RUST "-ut / -- / ---- / -ot/ t- / tr- / -n- / --t/ t--r- /; -n- / -t / -on't/ -- / -on- / -- / s-tt-n- / -n-/ t--n--n- /. " This may be decisive.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-23-2014, 04:28 PM	#15586
Belegorn Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Henneth Annûn, Ithilien Posts: 462	'd' plz __________________ "For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!" - G.S.; F. Nietzsche

05-23-2014, 07:24 PM	#15587
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	RUNTS DO "-ut / -- / ---- / -ot/ t- / tr- / -nd/ --t/ t--r- /; -nd / -t / -on't/ -- / don- / -- / s-tt-n- / -nd / t--n--n- /. " __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-25-2014, 12:23 PM	#15588
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"B"s, please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

05-25-2014, 01:06 PM	#15589
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Hmmm, still doesn't ring a bell... G please __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-25-2014, 01:11 PM	#15590
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	TROD BUNS "But / -- / ---- / -ot/ to/ tr- / -nd/ --t/ t--r- /; -nd / -t / -on't/ b- / don- / b- / s-tt-n- / -nd / t--n--n- /. " Sorry added a missing o too... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-25-2014, 01:15 PM	#15591
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	STRONG BUD "But / -- / ---- / got/ to/ tr- / -nd/ g-t/ t--r- /; -nd / -t / -on't/ b- / don- / b- / s-tt-ng / -nd / t--n--ng/. " __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-25-2014, 01:34 PM	#15592
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Well, I see the quote now, but no idea (yet) where to look for it! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-25-2014, 11:46 PM	#15593
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Oh Guinevere, you are so good at this , I tried to find you a challenge... I don't think I woud know it if I hadn't set it, sorry. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-26-2014, 10:54 AM	#15594
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"e"s, please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

05-26-2014, 12:27 PM	#15595
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	BUT RED SONG "But / -e/ ---e/ got/ to/ tr- / -nd/ get/ t-ere/; -nd / -t / -on't/ be / done/ b- / s-tt-ng / -nd / t--n--ng/. " __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace