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Glaer Boromir

Boromir's Riddle
Original English by J. R. R. Tolkien

Tirio 'ni grist ristannen:
Mi Imladris i dorthatha;
Dal lŷth bennin morgul ogol,
O vaerphith athrabedithar.
Mach bîn ennas tírathar
Ar i amarth telitha,
Dagnir Ithildur echuiatha,
ar i berian ethelitha.

Seek for the Sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isildur's Bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.

Reconstructions:

Maerphith
Council. "Good, useful" - "maer" and "words" - "pith".

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