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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Do you mean h is smaller than s in Tengwar?
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Officially no, but when I used Tengwar for a signature I put the
hyarmen inside the hoop of the
silma (which I think was upside-down anyway).
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
I looked up DAUR and you're right. I think it has a Quenya cognate, but I guess mist Sindarin words do? And it seems to mean wise, not old.
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From Tolkien Gateway:
'When analyzing the song of praise, Tolkien derived*Daur*from*dāra*"wise" with a*Quenya*form*tāra. This replaces an earlier version from*ndāra*with*Quenya*nāra. He also queried the possibility of*daur*coming from lenition of base*t.[8]'
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Well, the Gateway derives 'Frodo' from 'fród = wise by experience', so old-wise is a fuller translation, I guess? But for an off-the-cuff rendering, just 'wise' isn't too bad.
Oh, right, password! For #4, it looks like the first element is 'king'; for a placename with a 'sleepy town' element, how about KING'S NORBURY?
I love the feel of these clues - #3 especially - even if I don't have any thoughts on them as yet.
hS