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Okay, I have a ring here that has what I believe to be Cirith runes on it. (They may be some other type, but I dunno)
It says (as far as I can translate):alhzpu. I know nothing beyond that...I will try to post a picture of it, but can someone help me? The first letter looks like an...
I can't remember if I've seen this posted here before or not. It sounds vaguely familiar. So if it has, a mod can delete the thread.
Anyway, I saw this on TORN, and thought the readers here (who don't read TORN) might like it. This site is a translation of the Dwarvish runes in Moria...
From the chapter "Roast Mutton":
Elrond, who can read the runes, later says that they are written in the ancient tongue of Gondolin (Quenya? or Sindarin?). Why was Gandalf not able to read the runes?
I discovered this site just recently: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/runic.htm
What I found interesting is that the symbol for f, is Gandalf's G. Hrmm....
It also shows how Tolkien nearly copied old runes to form his....
Eliot asked me a while back what the runes/leters on the inside and outside of the LotR book read. After giving him an answer I realized there should be a thread with all the Cirth and Tengwar on all of Tolkien's published books transliterated!
So I continued this thread, and so far I have...
If this thread isnt placed right im sry :)
But those anyone knows anything about runes? and maybe could tell me how to make a rune that means The Blue like Gandalf The Gray but with Blue?
I might have a problem I read the swedish version of the book. And i ques that they havnt been translating the "rune" letters. Do you think that is correct?
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