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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
6. TELPERION: tone + peril.
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Yep.
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7. ILEXES? (Anagram of 'exiles'). Even if it is a 'real world' tree, there are plenty of those in Tolkien's Middle-earth. They're probably mentioned in Ithilien or somewhere.
... quick google ...
It's Latin for holly. OK. I daresay there were ilexes in Hollin, then.
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Indeed. Ilexes *are* mentioned by name in Ithilien, though, so I thought it would work as a reference to either. And I needed an "I".
There! All done!
NESSAMELDA Boys and sailors scrambled for this Númenórean beauty.
ILEXES Evergreens found among the doubly displaced.
MALLORN Evil and lonely? In these fair woods?
LEBETHRON Carved up, more high and honorable article gives support to a quest and guards a crown.
OLD MAN WILLOW Another senior citizen sung better, and gave him something to weep over.
TELPERION A sound of danger troubles its branches.
HUORN A sleeping shepherd, one rating away from a Tasmanian conifer.