that did it! thanks! (as I thought dünnyögte to mean 'chant' I was after singing species in all the books. But all guessed riddles are so easy in an afterthought, and so hard to break from the start 

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That was Tom Bombadil, reflecting sad story of the Kings of Arnor:
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				Few now remember them,' Tom murmured, 'yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folk that are heedless
			
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 PS Who is Dinaan and why is his car dead?