Nenya

[Lindril Arvilya]

What is meant by "the Ring of Adamant"? What's Adamant and how's it come into play?

[Iargwath]

As you may know Nenya was one of the three elven rings borne by Galadriel. Names for the ring include: Ring of Water and Ring of Adament.
Adament is an old english word for diamond. In this case it is used to descibe Nenya's precious stone within the ring.

[busybee]

oh for some wierd reason unknow to mankind i thought the ring was made of Adament...... any way thanx

[Galorme]

They are elves, why couldn't they make a ring totally out of Diamond? That would look very pretty, especially when light shinned through it.

[engwaalphiel]

it would be very pretty if made out of diamond and very hard . I've always wondered about Nenya's names so thankyou for this post !

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[Gwaihir the Windlord]

Very hard? Diamond? Mithril was better; probably as hard and more magical. And anyway, it was Ring of Power, not a trinket.