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Old 04-16-2009, 03:01 PM   #92
Aran e-Godhellim
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Aran e-Godhellim has just left Hobbiton.
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saw {Blodrin Bor's son}[traitorous Mîm] __ by a {beech} [tree] standing
This option sits well with me. I can't think of anything better for now.


I did however realize I have two other problems:

1. This is a small thing, but the editorial bridge must either go or be altered, because Tolkien stressed at least twice that the Narns were not "sung."

2. This is more major. How can we justify having this portion of the Lay at all? After all, the later conceptions of the lay ended before the Wanderings of Húrin! I don't see where this fragment comes in.
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