Pablo is back, Job, Argentina, Relay, Lord of

--- In conlang@y..., Sally Caves <scaves@F...> wrote:

> Well...  I expected, when I made my return from a
> six month absence, for there to be a lot more foof on the
> film, but I can't get anyone to tell me if there were even
> any past posts.  So far, I've been yacking, in a relative
> sea of silence.  I loved the LotR:FotR.  Legolas:
> "Crebain from Dunland!"  (It's been a while since I've
> read these books, but I know someone else speaks this);
> but doesn't this look like an "Elvish" version of L. corvinus,
> "raven"?  Or am I just fishing in the dark?  What's the
> Irish for "raven"?  Or the Norse?  What language does
> Tolkien make this word come from?  (Lot of catching up
> to do).  I think of middle English _twa corbies_ borrowed
> from Latin via Old French.
For an interesting discussion of the word _crebain_, and a
comparison to crow words in Earth languages, see
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/5032

JDM