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Downing is a Lewis scholar and was director of the Wade Center for a long time
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Downing is a Lewis scholar and was director of the Wade Center for a long time
🎶 “It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothin' that Erendis or my dad could ever do
I bless the waves down in Numenor…” 🎶 - Aldarion, probably
There's nothin' that Erendis or my dad could ever do
I bless the waves down in Numenor…” 🎶 - Aldarion, probably
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🎶 “It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothin' that Erendis or my dad could ever do
I bless the waves down in Numenor…” 🎶 - Aldarion, probably
There's nothin' that Erendis or my dad could ever do
I bless the waves down in Numenor…” 🎶 - Aldarion, probably
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November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
309 of 365 - #Tolkien Life and Legend @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
beautifully done!
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
beautifully done!
English. But @alas-not-me.bsky.social pointed out that for some reason I was skipping the words “nos in die in” and misreading ”qua” as “tua”. That both solved the awkward translation and pointed to Psalm 19 as what Tolkien was quoting (switching invocaverimus for clamaverimus)
October 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
English. But @alas-not-me.bsky.social pointed out that for some reason I was skipping the words “nos in die in” and misreading ”qua” as “tua”. That both solved the awkward translation and pointed to Psalm 19 as what Tolkien was quoting (switching invocaverimus for clamaverimus)
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October 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM