The Lays of Beleriand by JRR Tolkien

Author:JRR Tolkien
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780261102057
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

NOTES

439 Original reading of B:

from gardens of the God of Sleep,

457 Original reading of B:

the Gods drink in their golden halls

467-8 Original reading of B:

who never passed the golden gate

where doorwards of the Gods do wait,

These three changes are late, and their purpose is to remove the word Gods. The change in line 468 also gets rid of the purely metrical do in do wait; similarly did build and fortify > founded and fortified 475 and did raise > upraised 480 look as if they belong to the same time. On the other hand did flutter > were fluttering 523 and did waver > went wavering 533 seem to belong with the early emendations (see C. S. Lewis’s commentary, pp. 320-1), I mention these changes here to illustrate my remarks on this subject, PP- 152-3.

493 elfin- B, emended to elven-. Here and subsequently this belongs with the early changes, as does elfin to elvish at 540, etc.

503 Tinfang Warble A, and B as typed; Gelion an early change in B.

508 After this line A has a couplet omitted in B:

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