among the “severest storms”
??...most severe...??
Average guy: “I’m not afraid of a little gale.”
Eowyn: “I am no gale.”
“I know your face, Éowyn. Dark have been my dreams of late.”
Does anyone know if the Guinness taps (at the local pubs) are electric?
That may be a problem.
Did J.R.R. Tolkien invent the name Eowyn?
"If there is a Welsh version of “Eowyn” that is a girl’s name then I think it should be spelled “Eowen” (the -wyn spelling is used for masculine names). The Welsh variant of Irish Øwyn is Owain (Cf. Owain ap Urien, a 6th century Welsh prince who fought against the Saxons). Another variation on the name is Ewen, usually translated as “young”.
So this could merely be another of Tolkien’s many linguistic jokes. He devised a name using Old English elements that had an Irish/Gaelic inspiration. In Old English it means “horse joy” or “joy in horses”, which is suitable for one of the Rohirrim; in Gaelic it may mean “young warrior”, which is suitable for Éowyn’s place in Rohirric society as a shield-maiden. And this double-entendre would seem to reflect the close association the Rohirrim have with their Dunlending neighbors, whom everyone seems to agree were somehow modeled on Celtic (probably Gaelic) tribes.
What I think we can say with confidence, however, is that Tolkien did not simply make up the name."
Always the WORST EVER ,LOL
Never stand between a Storm with a Death Wish and The Witch King!
She doesn’t care and she’s not scared of him!
Better Run away!
Worst? I remember a worst storm in Ireland and England back in the days of THE COMING ICE AGE hoax. Used as proof the Ice Age was upon us.