Re: Sindarin Stress?

Jörg Rhiemeier escreva:
>Well, the latter would be expected from the conhistory of the language,
>but as far as I understood it Sindarin follows the same rule as Quenya,
>and indeed _A Elbereth Gilthoniel_ scans perfectly with "Latin" stress,
>but not with the stress pattern that would result if the stress was
>where it would have been expected from the conhistory of the language.
>/a 'elbereT gil'To:niel/?  Yes. /a el'bereT giltho:ni'el/?  No way.
IIRC the linnod in Sindarin (I can't remember the words, except there was
an interesting irregular past form in it) scans as a genuine latin verse form.

Dan

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