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Re: CHAT: Ruth; CHAT: Names, was: Re: Brithenig-heads

From:yl-ruil <yl-ruil@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 18, 2000, 11:01
BP Jonsson wrote:

> My only problem with your name is that I feel _írina_* ought to mean > something in Quenya, but I can't find what. (*I know you're Irína, but > most Quenya words are dactylic, and I always preferred dactylic or > anapestic rythm in words!)
Well, "írima" means nice or lovely, and "mirima" means free. The only word I can think of with the sequence -irin- is "firin", which means dead. ---- Bengesko niamso. Cursed German. ---- Dan Morrison (http://www.geocities.com/yl_ruil/index.html)