u/wallcrawlinghero

I’m starting to learn Tengwar and for a start I decided to transliterate the Lament for the Rohirrim using English mode. I used the Tecendil handbook and omniglot.com as reference, then I found a previously transcribed version here as well as plugged it into Tecendil to have two versions to check against and I feel pretty good about my results. There were a few things I struggled with (like remembering which R to use) and the few differences between the Reddit pot and the Tecendil transcription seem like either personal preference or maybe Tecendil default limitations. I was hoping to get some feedback here for any changes or alterations you might suggest and why. Thanks in advance!

My new Zippo with a custom engraved design arrived today. I used Daniel Steven Smith’s Cirth font for the design. The certh on the front is a combination of my initials (W. H.) in the double stem capitalized style (or the “ui” diphthong according to the “Dwarf Runes for Writing English” table in Treason of Isengard, but I don’t use that)

The back is a quote from Gandalf to Saruman from Unfinished Tales in Erebor mode with the Gandalf “G” rune at the bottom: “You might find that smoke blown out cleared your mind if shadows within.”

My only complaint is that I had planned for the opening to land right between the second and third lines, but the template on the site was a little off. Other than that, I’m extremely happy with how it came out.