Rhuuoommm … see? … someone around here still understands Entish-Quenya … that’s 1/2 point which was left to be given to you, Master Regalrick. But I would like to pass on the correct translation of the second line:
“Forestmanyshadowed-deepvalleyblack Deepvalleyforested Gloomyland.”
meaning more or less “There is a black shadow in the deep dales of the forest.”
Good old Treebeard was trying to tell this. As he was not a native speaker of Quenya he was not using Entish sounds on that occasion, but used ancient Elvish words mixed up and run together in Entish fashion. The elements are “laure”, “gold” , not the metal but the colour, what we should call golden light; “ndor”, “nor”, land , country; “lin”, “lind-” a musical sound; “malina” yellow; “orne” tree, “lor” dream; “nan”, “nand” valley. So he means with his first line:
“The valley where the trees in a golden light sing musically, a land of music and dreams; there are yellow trees there, it is a tree-yellow land”
Rhuoommm … the same applies to the second line, where the elements are “taure” forest; “tumba” deep valley; “mor” darkness; “lóme” light;
of course I could explain all this more detailed, but I just thought it might be sufficient for giving half a point to Master Regalrick … still I have to carry them owls to Athens … rhuoomm
