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Galadriel's Prologue 


Galadriel: I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han noston ned 'wilith.

 

 'The world is changed; I can feel it in the water, I can feel it in the earth, I can smell it in the air.

 

I amar  n. 'the world'.

prestar aen  v. pass. 'is changed'; cf. presta- 'affect, trouble' (LR 380).

han   pron. 'it'.

mathon  v. pres. 'I feel'; cf. matha- 'feel, stroke, handle' (LR 371). 

ne, ned  prep. 'in, of'. 

nen  n. 'water'. 

cae, mut. chae n. 'earth'. 

conj. 'and'.

noston v. 'I smell'; *nosta- 'smell'; cf. stem NUS-; Q nusta- 'smell'. In the official recording ennorously (?) nostron, from **nostra-? 

'wilith  n. 'air as a region'; 

 

 Elrond's Battle Cry. 

 

elrond: Tangado haid! Leithio i philinn!

 

 'Hold [your] positions! Fire the arrows!' 

 

 

tangado  v. imper. 'make firm, establish!'; *tangada- 'to make firm' 

haid  n. 'places, spots'; lenited form of said, pl. of sad 'place, spot'

leithio v. imper. 'release!'; cf. leithia- 'set free, release' 

i philinn n. 'the arrows'; nasal mutation of pilinn, sg. pilinn; cf. Q pilin 'arrow'.

 

 

Arwen on Weathertop. 

 

arwen: Frodo, im Arwen. Telin le thaed.

Lasto beth nîn, tolo dan nan galad.

 

'I am Arwen - I've come to help you. Hear my voice... Come back to the light.' [lit. 'Frodo, I [am] Arwen. I come to help you. Listen to my word, come back to [the] light.'] 

 

im  pron. 'I'.

telin  v. 'I come; I have come'; cf. tol- 'come'.

le  pron. 'you'.

thaed  inf. 'to help'; derivative of *STA- 'help'.

lasto  v. imp. 'listen'.

beth  n. 'word; *voice'; lenited form of peth

nîn  pron. 'my'. 

tolo  v. imp. 'come'. 

dan  adv. 'back'.

nan adv. 'to the'; it is derived from na 'to, towards' + i(n) 'the'

galad  n. 'light'; lenited form of calad 'light'. 

 

 

 Before the Bruinen Raid.

 

aragorn: Dartho guin Beriain. Rych le ad tolthathon.

arwen: Hon mabathon. Rochon ellint im.

aragorn: Andelu i ven.

...

arwen: Frodo fîr. Ae athradon i hîr, tûr gwaith nîn beriatha hon.

aragorn: Be iest lîn.