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   > Öjevind Lång wrote:   
   >> There were clearly Ents in Gondor, some of them in prominent   
   >> positions. One of them was Húrin the Tall, Warden of the Keys of   
   >> Minas Tirith. Since "tall" is Swedish for "pine", we can clearly see   
   >> that this is another example of Tolkien's fondness for playing on   
   >> words. The by-name nimbly informs us that Húrin was an Ent related to   
   >> the pines, and at the same time, it also indicates his great height.   
   >> No Enting, he, but a mighty Ent, wise in years.   
   >   
   > Perhaps he was just pining for the fjords?   
      
   Or for a dram. Another discussion here has reminded me that in Meänkieli,   
   the version of Finnish spoken in the north of Swedish, "sup" ("dram") is   
   called "suupu", and that they call a "pine" "talli", not "mänty", as in the   
   Finnish of Finland. A "suuputalli" was a pine where travelling farmers used   
   to stop to have a dram. No doubt they shared their booze with the pine. So   
   Húrin the Tall may have longed for the good old days in the North.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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