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To: Bob Ireland; little jeremiah; bitt; LastDayz

OK - “I ain’t got no time for that!”
would need to go back and re-read old
English literature or just be a better
listener in the ‘frodo’ movie adaptation.

Need somebody to define mithral, closest
my old collegiate dictionary would get is:

mithridate: an antidote against poison

And if that’s what Trump needs then realize
need for the gospel and salvation prayers
so that “All weapons formed against me...
err allofus... will not prosper!”

Allofus <== see I can make up words too.


2,362 posted on 01/10/2026 8:05:55 AM PST by BrandtMichaels ("Hoo Hoo Hoosier - by birth, yet thankful a Boilermaker by God's grace!" )
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To: All; BrandtMichaels
...updating dictionary...
2,363 posted on 01/10/2026 8:10:47 AM PST by foldspace
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To: BrandtMichaels

Mithril is a fictional metal found in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings. It is described as resembling silver, but being stronger and lighter than steel. It was used to make armour, such as the helmets of the citadel guard of Minas Tirith, and ithildin alloy, used to decorate gateways with writing visible only by starlight or moonlight. Always extremely valuable, by the end of the Third Age it was beyond price, and only a few artefacts made of it remained in use.

Impenetrable armour occurs in Norse mythology in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, a story that Tolkien certainly knew and could have used for his mithril mail-coat. Mithril is the only invented mineral in his Middle-earth writings. Chemists[who?] note mithril’s remarkable properties, strong and light like titanium, perhaps when made into alloys with elements such as titanium or nickel, and in its pure form malleable like gold.


2,366 posted on 01/10/2026 8:33:11 AM PST by Melian (🟠✴️ Reminder: Memes are made to make you think or laugh. Verify for yourself before reposting. ✴️🟠)
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To: BrandtMichaels

Mithril also “true-silver” might have helped you out

fictional metal from the LOTR

Think of the hardest metal known to man and increase X2

it can turn a blade with ease, even resistant against those nasty Morgul enchanted knives.

Body Armour par Excellence.


2,385 posted on 01/10/2026 11:49:52 AM PST by Gasshog (the amazing disappearing tag)
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To: BrandtMichaels
In my Tolkien Dictionary, I identify the definition of 'mithril' as simply mith, Sindarin 'grey'; -RIL, Silmarillion etymology 'glitter'.

Mithril had supernatural qualities, not really indicated in the name. In the movie "LOTR", Frodo is hit with a huge spear point by a giant cave troll - and survived without injury. That would seem to imply a 'force field shield' more than an unusual metallic property. 🤷‍♂️ I guess make up your own judgment.

2,390 posted on 01/10/2026 12:14:02 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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