john cowan's sig (the earendillinwe) (was Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty)

On Sat, 10 May 2003 02:40:13 -0400 John Cowan <cowan@...>
writes:

> In might the Feanorians / that swore the unforgotten oath
> brought war into Arvernien / with burning and with broken troth.
> and Elwing from her fastness dim / then cast her in the waters
> wide,
> but like a mew was swiftly borne, / uplifted o'er the roaring tide.
>         --the Earendillinwe
mase na hirna sina?
where is this found?

...
ar elving tankierialo morna / san viltaria neninar palle,
nan be maive colna larkabe, / ortane i falmar ravie.

i just noticed something:

quenya _maiwe_ = "gull"

from the american heritage dictionary:
mew (my<oo-macron>) _n._ A sea bird, _Laru canus_, one of the gulls. It
is found in
northern Eurasia and western North America. [Middle English _mew_, Old
English _m<æ-macron>w_, from Germanic _maiwa-_ (unattested), possibly a
pre-Indo-European Atlantic borrowing.

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