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Mithalwen · 05-09-2005, 10:58 AM

No thank you.... given that the clue was very helpful.....

Erm try this...

Lonely lady dwarf after Elvish woods, I hear?

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-09-2005, 11:29 AM

Elvish woods, I hear = Eren (sounds like Eryn, Elvish for woods)
lady dwarf = Dis

The whole is Erendis, a lonely lady.

Mithalwen · 05-09-2005, 11:44 AM

That is it..... a whole half an hour.... does that make it a good clue or a bad clue I wonder.... lol

NB Erendis means lonely lady/bride in elvish but that is probably trying too hard...

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-09-2005, 05:14 PM

Thanks Mithalwen.

I would say that it was a good clue as it followed the usual conventions.

Next one should be fairly simple.

Wretched fellow is sad taking look around.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-25-2005, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Wretched fellow is sad taking look around.

Taking a look can, of course, be "tour"ing, and turning around the spelling of that a bit, you get Tuor. One who took Tuor somewhere was Gelmir. When I started digging up information about Gelmir, it came back to me that the other Gelmir was indeed a wretched fellow, captured by Morgoth during the Dagor Bragollach and whose public maiming begain the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. Taking a look around while that was happening would make any wretched fellow sad.

So... is Gelmir close? Or should I give up entirely...

Mithalwen · 06-25-2005, 11:34 AM

Well I thought wretched mioght indicate an anagram .... but I tend to see signs of anagrams in the same way as McCarthyites saw signs of communists so....

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-25-2005, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

So... is Gelmir close? Or should I give up entirely...

Yup.

Actually, the answer is a lot less complicated.

"Wretched fellow" is the straight clue. The rest is the cryptic clue.

05-09-2005, 10:58 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	No thank you.... given that the clue was very helpful..... Erm try this... Lonely lady dwarf after Elvish woods, I hear? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-09-2005, 11:29 AM	#2
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Erendis? Elvish woods, I hear = Eren (sounds like Eryn, Elvish for woods) lady dwarf = Dis The whole is Erendis, a lonely lady. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

05-09-2005, 11:44 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	That is it..... a whole half an hour.... does that make it a good clue or a bad clue I wonder.... lol NB Erendis means lonely lady/bride in elvish but that is probably trying too hard... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 05-11-2005 at 11:04 AM. Reason: footnote

05-09-2005, 05:14 PM	#4
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Next up Thanks Mithalwen. I would say that it was a good clue as it followed the usual conventions. Next one should be fairly simple. Wretched fellow is sad taking look around. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

06-25-2005, 11:34 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Well I thought wretched mioght indicate an anagram .... but I tend to see signs of anagrams in the same way as McCarthyites saw signs of communists so.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace