There's a 'B' in my bedroom.

PaulBlay · June 5, 2009, 17:54

'B' that is.

Atarlost · June 5, 2009, 18:59

Um. Why do you have a crow in your bedroom?

PaulBlay · June 5, 2009, 19:13

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Originally Posted by Atarlost

Um. Why do you have a crow in your bedroom?

Actually it's a jackdaw, but they didn't get into Angband.

It's in my bedroom for the usual reasons - fell (or was pushed) out of the nest, too young to fly back. After a day you figure it's going to end up as catfood (or road pizza) if it's not taken care of. It's quite tame, and very stupid (tendency to stand in the middle of the road).

Dubtrain · June 5, 2009, 23:13

Maybe it's a baby Crebain!

Atarlost · June 5, 2009, 23:23

Crebain is the plural dagnabbit. The singular is Creban or possibly Craban.

That's assuming that Legolas is using a Sindarin term which I think is plausable.

Dubtrain · June 6, 2009, 01:10

Aragorn: "Regiments of black crows are flying all over the land between the Mountains and the Greyflood, and they have passed over Hollin. They are not natives here; they are crebain out of Fangorn and Dunland."

Atarlost · June 6, 2009, 04:31

For some reason I thought it was Legolas.

He's still using it as a plural and, having been raised in Rivendell, is allmost certainly fluent in Sindarin. It also looks like a Sindarin plural of the same form as Edain for Adan. If it's in another language we have no idea what the singular is except that it's probably different.

Dubtrain · June 6, 2009, 07:13

Yeah, definitely plural. I forgot to say that I was agreeing with you - oops!

I think that's the only mention of them in the trilogy. Kind of a waste, really; the crebain have a lot of narrative potential!

Faust · June 7, 2009, 00:43

Craban apparently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestiary_of_Middle-earth

pav · June 9, 2009, 18:01

And you trust an "encyclopedia" anyone can edit? Really?

http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/c/crebain.html

No mention of singular here.

June 5, 2009, 17:54	#1
PaulBlay Knight Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 657	There's a 'B' in my bedroom. 'B' that is. __________________ Currently turning (Angband) Japanese.

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Atarlost Swordsman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 441	Crebain is the plural dagnabbit. The singular is Creban or possibly Craban. That's assuming that Legolas is using a Sindarin term which I think is plausable. __________________ One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to bind them. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness interrupt the movie.

June 6, 2009, 04:31	#7
Atarlost Swordsman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 441	For some reason I thought it was Legolas. He's still using it as a plural and, having been raised in Rivendell, is allmost certainly fluent in Sindarin. It also looks like a Sindarin plural of the same form as Edain for Adan. If it's in another language we have no idea what the singular is except that it's probably different. __________________ One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to bind them. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness interrupt the movie.

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pav Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prague, Czech republic Age: 41 Posts: 790	And you trust an "encyclopedia" anyone can edit? Really? http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/c/crebain.html No mention of singular here. __________________ See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

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June 5, 2009, 18:59	#2
Atarlost Swordsman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 441	Um. Why do you have a crow in your bedroom?

June 5, 2009, 23:13	#4
Dubtrain Scout Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 33	Maybe it's a baby Crebain!

June 6, 2009, 01:10	#6
Dubtrain Scout Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 33	Aragorn: "Regiments of black crows are flying all over the land between the Mountains and the Greyflood, and they have passed over Hollin. They are not natives here; they are crebain out of Fangorn and Dunland."

June 6, 2009, 07:13	#8
Dubtrain Scout Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 33	Yeah, definitely plural. I forgot to say that I was agreeing with you - oops! I think that's the only mention of them in the trilogy. Kind of a waste, really; the crebain have a lot of narrative potential!

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Faust Adept Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 129	Craban apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestiary_of_Middle-earth

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