Thank you for the link, Piosenniel!
I always wondered about "confusticate and bebother these dwarves!" in the Hobbit... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
If some of Tolkien's expressions are unfamiliar even for English-speaking people, you can imagine how it is for the others! (e.g. words like "fey" can't be found in a normal dictionary.)
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Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat
our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!
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