Fall of Doriath - Outlaws in Menegroth

[Findegil]

RD-EX-40 Okay, then we skip the last sentence leading to the following §:

§28d (§9) RD-EX-39 <TN Now {come}[came] the Dwarves{ nonetheless over the bridge and} before the chair of {Tinwelint}[Thingol], and behold, the things of their workmanship they had conveyed thither in silken cloths, and boxes of rare woods carven cunningly. In other wise had {Úrin}[Húrin] haled the treasure thither{, and half thereof lay yet} in his rude sacks and clumsy chests}; yet when the gold was once more revealed, then did a cry of wonder arise, for the things the {Nauglath}[Naugrim] had made were more wondrous>. RD-EX-40<TN Now when all was done and their smithcraft given to the king, then said {Ufedhin}[the Dwarves]: ‘O {Tinwelint}[Thingol], richest of kings, dost thou think these things fair?’ And he said: ‘Yea’; but {Ufedhin}[they] said: ‘Know then that great store of thy best and purest gold {remaineth still, for} we {have husbanded it}[did husband], {having a boon to ask of thee, and it is this: we would}[to] make thee a carcanet and to its making lay all the skill and cunning that we have, and we {desire}[desired] that this should be the most marvellous ornament that the Earth has seen, and the greatest of the works of Elves and Dwarves.{ Therefore we beg of thee to let us have that Silmaril that thou treasurest, that it may shine wondrously amid the Nauglafring, the Necklace of the Dwarves.}’>

As for the chapters: Yes it is a general question that we need not to answer now and here. I will for now leave the (sub-)heading called RD-EX-21 in the text and we can later skip if it doesn't sweet our chapter structure any longer.

As fare as I can see, we are done with this section.

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Findegil

[Aiwendil]

RD-EX-40

I just realized that in my haste I've been continually misreading this:

Know then that great store of thy best and purest gold{ remaineth still, for}[did] we have husbanded{ it},

It is not grammatic incorrect. However, I would still use my version. This version ("did we have husbanded") changes the grammatical structure. In the original, "husband" is the main verb and "have" is just an auxiliary verb used to indicate the perfect tense. A straight conversion to past tense would be "did we husband" or "we husbanded". A change to "did we have husbanded" makes "have" the primary verb and "husbanded" an appositive participle.

A somewhat obscure point, but I think we should go with "did we husband".

Other than that, I think there are no further issues with this section. I will give the next one a look when I get a chance.

[Findegil]

It seems in such matters I am of little use. So is it okay to use "we did husband" instatt of "did we husband"? Or should I change the text given in post #19?

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Findegil