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Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-09-2008, 03:58 PM

If you think it'd help...

Thinlómien · 12-09-2008, 04:52 PM

Isn't Agan's hint enough?

Okay, okay...

Three hints. "Mutisi" does not mean "said", it means something else. "Kuninkaiden" is a form of "kuningas" which means king. "Varomattomia" is a form of "varomaton" which means heedless or careless.

Nogrod · 12-09-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

"Mutisi" does not mean "said", it means something else.

"Mut isi" means "but daddy?"

Ilya · 12-09-2008, 06:54 PM

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"Mut isi" means "but daddy?"

Ha! That caught me off-guard.

From king and heedless and pojat, then "mutisi" which means muttered or murmured, I went looking in The Passing of the Grey Company, then I realized there's a Finn who lives on the floor below me.

"Few now remember them,' Tom murmured, 'yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folk that are heedless."

Thinlómien · 12-10-2008, 03:56 AM

That's an inventive way of solving a riddle.

But yes, that's absolutely correct, the thread is yours, Ilya.

Ilya · 12-10-2008, 12:12 PM

Thankee. Now, let's throw some dead language back into the language thread.

"Te non in viam rectem ducebit vel proteget periculis quibusdam, si tamen servabis et in ultimo iterum in donum tuum venies, ita forsan remunerabitur."

Nerwen · 12-13-2008, 10:42 PM

"It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you."

–Galadriel to Sam.

12-09-2008, 03:58 PM	#1
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	If you think it'd help... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-09-2008, 04:52 PM	#2
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Isn't Agan's hint enough? Okay, okay... Three hints. "Mutisi" does not mean "said", it means something else. "Kuninkaiden" is a form of "kuningas" which means king. "Varomattomia" is a form of "varomaton" which means heedless or careless. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-10-2008, 03:56 AM	#5
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	That's an inventive way of solving a riddle. But yes, that's absolutely correct, the thread is yours, Ilya. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-10-2008, 12:12 PM	#6
Ilya Wight Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the cold Posts: 202	Thankee. Now, let's throw some dead language back into the language thread. "Te non in viam rectem ducebit vel proteget periculis quibusdam, si tamen servabis et in ultimo iterum in donum tuum venies, ita forsan remunerabitur." __________________ Arvedui III has walked to Rivendell!

12-13-2008, 10:42 PM	#7
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	"It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you." –Galadriel to Sam. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.