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Old 04-30-2009, 03:56 AM   #59
Findegil
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The question is which text is realy the original Tolkien text. Is it the one given in the Sil77 or the one given in CoH? The 'historical' correter form is that given in the Sil77, but that could very well be an editorial change by Christopher Tolkien. The source for these texts seems to be the Grey Annals in which we find the same text as in CoH. So the failure is one JRR Tolkien made himself which means for us that we would not neccessarly correct it.

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