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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'
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other thoughts- please.
-lindil
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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