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[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Sorry to break up the flow of this quiz, but I couldn't resist.

Hail Dayspring, brightest of angels,
sent to men upon Middle-earth,
and the sun's righteous radiance,
of a brilliance exceeding the stars;
you by your own self continually illumine every hour

Christ I, lines 104-8, tr. S.A.J. Bradley.

Tolkien thought that Earendel was a name for one of the stars, possibly Venus as the morning star. Although here it refers to Christ, he notes that in the Blickling Homilies (mid tenth century) it is used to refer to John the Baptist.