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Aha! A guess at 'Harthad' for the ending turns up BRONWE ATHAN HARTHAD, "Endurance Beyond Hope", a name given to Frodo by Gandalf. Bronwe is a variant of 'Bronwen', ie Voronwe ('Steadfast').
Where in the draft does Gandalf come up with it? It sounds like a post-Quest name, maybe?
(I'm honestly not sure if it counts as less obscure than the various First Age answers. As someone who can both name the Balrog of White Flame and say why he probably wasn't one, I'm probably not best placed to speculate. ^_^)
#2... I was about to say that it must be an anagram, because while 'little Beatrice' is probably 'bea', there's only three Abba songs starting with R, and I can't fit 'bea' into 'Rock Me', 'Rock'n'Roll Band', or 'Ring Ring'.
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It's 'RING BEARING', isn't it?
#14: Based on the R, is this something like 'Rohirric chants'?
#10: It starts with an A... I would guess it's a nice place which is an anagram for a word meaning slum, but it could be the other way round. No guesses, though.
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