If you owned your own magic sword in Middle Earth,what would you call it ?

[KL70]

If you were in possession of your own special magic sword in the Middle
Earth universe, what creatively witty, cool (serious or humorous) name/s
would you give it, if you had to ? It can't be Excalibur, or any names
already in use in The Hobbit and LOTR trilogy books, but it's fine if
any name is taken from another fantasy world you greatly admire.

[Varnafindë]

I'll claim Rhindon - the sword of High King Peter of Narnia.

[Earniel]

Moved to Middle-earth forum.

I've always quite liked Caliburn, which is the far lesser known latinised name of the sword later known as Excalibur.

Another one I've always been partial to is Tyrfing, the magical sword featuring in the Hervarar-saga (I think from the Edda). Impervious to rust, and able to cut through pretty much anything, but cursed by its makers to kill everytime it is drawn. I've named my cat after it, because I liked the name so much. (And his nails are quite sharp.)

[Tinman]

Widow Maker

[Butterbeer]

'Bob'

[Gordis]

Periancrist :D

[Earniel]

Periancrist :D
:eek:

Yes, I'm sure you would. :p

Shouldn't it be Perianrist, by the way? I thought the 'c' was part of the 'orc', not the cleaving part, but then again, my knowledge of the Elven languages is pretty weak.

[Valandil]

Ithilmegil - "The Moon Sword" ... for me, there could be no other.


if anyone here remembers it... ;)

[Valandil]

:eek:

Yes, I'm sure you would. :p

Shouldn't it be Perianrist, by the way? I thought the 'c' was part of the 'orc', not the cleaving part, but then again, my knowledge of the Elven languages is pretty weak.

Both parts have a 'c' - but the letters are not doubled in the final result.

[Insidious Rex]

Vengeance

[Attalus]

Gram, the Sword of Grief.

Oops, that one's taken, innit? :(

[The last sane person]

Ithilmegil - "The Moon Sword" ... for me, there could be no other.


if anyone here remembers it... ;)

You mean the one that you had so much trouble "handling" in the wraith game?:rolleyes:

[Valandil]

You mean the one that you had so much trouble "handling" in the wraith game?:rolleyes:

That's the one!

[Noldori]

Bing Bang DOOM

[Gordis]

You mean the one that you had so much trouble "handling" in the wraith game?:rolleyes:

The chatterbox sword :p


Earniel - you were right about "C" - well done. It should have been "Perianrist", indeed

â€*rista- *S. [rˈistɑ] (*rhista- N.) inf. â€*risto *S. [rˈistɔ] (rhisto N.) v. 1. to cut ○ 2. to rend, rip ◇ Ety/384, X/RH (from Hiswelókë's Sindarin dictionary)

[Valandil]

Maybe it's not as authoritative (I've found it so handy), but in Ruth Noel's book: The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth ;

cleaver = crist, grist, kris, hyando

Looking up those different versions;

crist, grist, kris = cleaver (Sindarin)

hyando - isn't listed the other way. Is that Quenya?

*** btw - I've always wanted to know... which form did the Elves use for 'cleavage'?: 'cristage'? 'hyando-wo-wo'? *** :p

[The Telcontarion]

Jugdment!!!

[Valandil]

With a shield called MERCY? :p

"Mercy triumphs over judgment" James 2:13 ;)

[The Telcontarion]

With a shield called MERCY? :p

"Mercy triumphs over judgment" James 2:13 ;)

Well...I would consider naming the shield, "mercy for the repentant:D." Since the shield would be protecting me, that would make perfect sense.

Another good name for a sword would be "Patience."

I am your king, you owe me your feality...oh rebelious generation.

But crownless, again...shall be king.

[Farimir Captain of Gondor]

I'm goin to go with BB's line of thinkin and name my 'Steve'.

[Gordis]

*** btw - I've always wanted to know... which form did the Elves use for 'cleavage'?: 'cristage'? 'hyando-wo-wo'? *** :p

Imladrist :p

[Valandil]

Interesting. And only one additional letter from "Imladris"...

They must have to be VERY careful of their enunciation when they talk about going to see Elrond. :p

Anyway... I'm drifting OT here - sorry. :o

[Beor]

My sword'd be named either Skeeter or Ben.

"Squire! Fetch me Skeeter! Theres slayin' to be done."

"Sir!"

Awesome...

[Amael]

I'd call my sword ...

Zeeky Boogy Doog! After the Zeeky Bomb that says "Zeeky Boogy Doog" and then a nuclear bomb explodes. So that would be a pretty powerful sword!!:D Of course the name wouldn't be all that intimidating. But it's like saying you don't know anything about Calculus before a big test and the teacher goes easy on the class just because of you, and then sets a minimum curve, and then you break the curve at 100% and everyone's like ... WTF!

[Noble Elf Lord]

It's a good thing we these "lighter" threads as well. :)

My sword... My knowledge of sindarin is limited, but... Forodrúth, Rage of the North! (right? :o)

[The last sane person]

It shall be a longsword.

I shall name it, Nostril.

[brownjenkins]

John Thomas

[Tessar]

I would name mine Head Voice, and have a shield named Chest Voice, BECAUSE WHEN USED PROPERLY IT WOULD BE LIKE A SINGLE ENTITY, but used improperly it would be obvious they were two separate parts! Hahahaha.... musical-lameness... :p

But for reals... I forget, but I think I used to imagine I would have the "Sword of Trees"... and I believe I figured out how that would be said, too... but I can't remember it any more.

[Voronwen]

Hahahaha.... musical-lameness... :p

Tessar... LOL :p :p

Then by that way of thinking, mine would be a swift little short sword named Fioritura ;)

Now i'd just need to translate that into Elvish ... :eek:

[me9996]

Quite truthfully, I'd probably end up naming it "sword", but that's the kind of guy I am!:D