All three syllables are accented evenly in the 'Song of Arwen' - and she ought to know!! Unfortunately, it was changed when Julie Andrews sang it in 'Sound of Music'; originally it went like this:
"El-es-sar, El-es-sar, you look happy to greet me..."
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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