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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
Ah Orodretn...how stupid I have just been reeding about the issues about Gil~galad's parentage and I did not even notice because was thinking it would be a female name cos od Elbereth..
I am afraid i have forgotten much Hamlet and never di much old English but I remembered that the cross is called the rood as in Holyrood and suddenly an anagram made so much more sense.
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That's what I find usually happens with cryptic clues. I try to think of all possibilities but it's like there's a solid wall between my eyes and the right one. "Absurdly simple
when you know the answer ...."
Correct on Orodreth. And the Hamlet quote is, (after Gertrude's "Have you forgot me?"), Hamlet's brutal answer: "No, by the rood, not so. You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife, and, would it were not so, you are my mother." Although I was thinking more of The Dream Of The Rood.
1. Informal home hesitates before example of a wise man disturbed for a rustic chap.
ORODRETH: Crooked cross joins almost completed march in the Shire, to reveal a Calaquendë.
3. Approval heard (or maybe not) in an ancient character reveals a flawed hero.
HALDIR: Escort through Lothlorien? Dial human resources initially, and mingle accordingly.
MIRABELLA: Braille letters in a reversed morning produce an Elf-Friend’s grandmother.
ORI: Alternatively one might find him in the Elder Edda.
7. A liquid enters a leisurely pursuit. A warrior is born.
So - how about a shot at the password?