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**lindil** · 06-13-2001, 01:47 AM

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Re: A project ~~~~Revising the Fall of Gondolin

p.189 HB ...led by Legolas Greenleaf of the House of the
Tree.

looking legolas up in the name list on p.216 I
read:'named by the eldar there [in Tol Eressea]
Laiqalasse'
So he has already been given a 'Quenya' name by JRRT!
there is then a reference to an extended note in I
wherein we read CRT saying <blockquote>Quote:<hr> 'the following Note is of
great interest' "Laigolas =green-leaf,......legolast
i.e.keen-sight...but perhaps both were his names as the
gnomes delighted to give similar sounding namesof
dissimilar meaning, legolas-the ordinary form is a
confusion of the 2." <hr></blockquote>

So we are given 2 options that I can see [and I do not
excpect anyone to rely on me for linguistic skills!]

A 'quenya' - Laiqalasse'
or an uncorrupted 'sindarin' - Laigolas Legolast.
a third option could be just Laigolas -

this is different enough to pass my 'aesthet- o'meter'
test <img src=smile.gif ALT="

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other thoughts- please.

-lindil

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06-13-2001, 01:47 AM	#19
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,681	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 641</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: A project ~~~~Revising the Fall of Gondolin p.189 HB ...led by Legolas Greenleaf of the House of the Tree. looking legolas up in the name list on p.216 I read:'named by the eldar there [in Tol Eressea] Laiqalasse' So he has already been given a 'Quenya' name by JRRT! there is then a reference to an extended note in I wherein we read CRT saying <blockquote>*Quote:<hr> 'the following Note is of great interest' "Laigolas =green-leaf,......legolast i.e.keen-sight...but perhaps both were his names as the gnomes delighted to give similar sounding namesof dissimilar meaning, legolas-the ordinary form is a confusion of the 2." <hr></blockquote> So we are given 2 options that I can see [and I do not excpect anyone to rely on me for linguistic skills!] A 'quenya' - Laiqalasse' or an uncorrupted 'sindarin' - Laigolas Legolast. a third option could be just Laigolas - this is different enough to pass my 'aesthet- o'meter' test <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> other thoughts- please. -lindil </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 6/13/01 4:18:36 am* __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.