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Gloss of the hour
anothrin
adjective. adult (of men), fullgrown; manly
Cognates
- Eq. anuvoite “male, masculine”
Phrase of the day
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Maustallo óravie ná illin únat. Menello liptas síve milya miste cemenna nún, yasse atamána nás: mánatas ye anta, mánatas ye came. Melehta imbi ammelehtar netyas i túru arcanwasse ambe epe i rie. Vandilya tana lúmea cánusse; tannemma nás rá tárien ar áyan yasse aistie yo sosse araniéva. Mal or i vandil-túre óravie same arcanwarya aranion mi óri, ar háras Ea pella as Eru immo; ta hére ambarwa ambe ilyo ve Eruva yá sanyer asya óravie.
"The quality of mercy" occurs during Act 4, Scene 1, set in a Venetian Court of Justice. The speech is regarded as one of the great speeches in Shakespeare. The text was translated by Findegil of Mellonath Daeron.
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