Famous Words :)

elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo!

exclamation of surprise uttered by Mr. Frodo Baggins when his torch batteries failed in the middle of the night while camping in the Shire with a group of friends [AG]
Lord of the Rings, book 1, chapter 3


sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?

"who will buy me a drink?" lamented Lady Galadriel [AG]
Lord of the Rings, book 2, chapter 8


aiya Earendil, elenion ancalima!

Frodo asking Earendil, the Elven rock-star, for his autograph [KDM]
Lord of the Rings, book 4, chapter 9


et earello endorenna utúlië...

opening words of prof. Elendil's dissertation on the Theory of the Evolution, misquoted by Strider [AG]
Lord of the Rings, book 6, chapter 5


Anar caluva tielyanna!

"you need a tan", a polite greeting when addressing Elves [EN]
Unfinished Tales, page 22


Auta i lómë!

cried the people, when the Fifth great power failure of Beleriand finally ended [SSH]
Silmarillion, chapter 20





AG Alex Grigny
EN Eddin Najetovic
KDM Kagan D. MacTane
SSH Seo Sanghyeon

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Alex Grigny de Castro
xelag@3dee.nl
March 2002