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The part of a ship's hull that is sometimes submerged and sometimes brought above water by the rolling of the vessel. bight 1. A loop in a rope or line – a hitch or knot tied "on the bight" is one tied in the middle of a rope, without access to the ends. [2] 2. An indentation in a coastline. bilander. Also billander or be ' landre.
The longest poem in The Lord of the Rings is the "Song of Eärendil", also called Eärendillinwë in a different version. [1] This poem has an extraordinarily complex history. [2] Long before writing The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien wrote a poem he called "Errantry", probably in the early 1930s, published in The Oxford Magazine on 9
Tolkien took Eärendil's name from the Old English name Earendel, found in the poem Crist 1, which hailed him as "brightest of angels"; this was the beginning of Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology. Elwing is the granddaughter of Lúthien and Beren , and is descended from Melian the Maia , while Earendil is the son of Tuor and Idril .
Medieval ships were the vessels used in Europe during the Middle Ages.Like ships from antiquity, they were moved by sails, oars, or a combination of the two.There was a large variety, mostly based on much older, conservative designs.
"Azaghâl was the king of the Broadbeam Dwarves, one of the seven dwarf clans, and Lord of the dwarven realm of Belegost in the Blue Mountains during Middle Earth's First Age. The name comes from a double allusion, first about the region where the species was found, Terra do Meio, freely translated as 'Middle Earth' in English, [the] name of ...
cross – The ultimate source of this word is Latin crux. The English word comes from Old Irish cros via Old Norse kross. crubeens - Pig's feet, from Irish crúibín. cudeigh – A night's lodging, from Irish cuid na hoíche. currach or curragh – An Irish boat made from skins or tarred canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Irish currach.
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Hayasui (速吸) Hayasui-no-Seto is former name of the Hōyo Strait; Ōtomari (大泊) Port of Ōtomari in southern Sakhalin Island; Minesweeper, landing ship, patrol boat, motor torpedo boat, submarine chaser — numbered name Minesweeper No. 1 (第1号掃海艇) Landing ship No. 1 (第1号輸送艦) Patrol boat No. 1 (第1号哨戒艇)