Earendilyon wrote:
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I assume you meant Thingol?
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I should hope so! Seems that I was typing a trifle too hurriedly. Thanks.
Davem:
With regard to Frodo and Sam - I don't deny that Sam swore an oath, certainly. But he did not swear it to Frodo. First he accepted Gandalf's charge to accompany Frodo. Then he accepted the Elves' charge not to leave him. In neither case did Frodo officially accept Sam's oath, as Denethor did Pippin's and Theoden Merry's. A person cannot be bound by an oath that he or she has not made - therefore Frodo cannot be bound by Sam's oath. This is in contrast to Denethor or Theoden who have accepted the service of their respective Hobbits. That's my line of reasoning, anyway.