I think he could have, but he WOULDN'T have. The prophecy that says "No man can kill him" simply seales someone's fate, IMO. He is killable by a male, but a male will NOT kill him.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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Nīn o Chithaeglir, lasto beth daer; 
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