Recurring ill effects from the wound contribute to Frodo's eventual departure to Valinor.

The dark magic of the knife gravely affects Frodo's well-being, threatening to turn him into a wraith, especially because its detachable point migrated in Frodo's body for more than two weeks before it could be extracted, thus causing great damage. The Witch-king of Angmar, leader of the NazgГ»l, used a magical dagger called a ' Morgul-blade' to wound Frodo Baggins at Weathertop. There are some knives in Tolkien's fiction which do not have proper formal names, but nevertheless play important roles in the plot. Boromir's costume design included throwing knives, and Legolas possessed twin fighting knives carried in sheaths near his quiver. Shortly afterwards Saruman's throat was fatally cut with a knife borne by Wormtongue.ДЇor The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Aragorn was gifted with an Elven hunting knife which he held onto at least till the Battle of the Black Gate. In ' The Scouring of the Shire', Saruman attempts to stab Frodo with a knife, but is foiled by the mithril shirt worn under his jacket. Weapons that were only knives or short swords for adult Men or Elves could function as formidable swords in the hands of Hobbits, a diminutive people. However, some individual knives are given more significance through naming (e.g. Knives are mentioned in Tolkien's works, sometimes as backup weapons-such as the unnamed long knife of Legolas the archer. Tolkien often mentions the use of shields together with one-handed swords. Both races have exceptions: Egalmoth of Gondolin used a curved sword and the Uruk-hai of Isengard used short, broad blades. Elves generally used straight swords while Orcs generally used curved swords. Tolkien writes that Elves and Dwarves produced the best swords (and other war gear) and that Elvish swords glowed blue in the presence of Orcs. Swords symbolized physical prowess in battle for Tolkien, following Northern European culture. Legolas's arrows were all-digital, so the actor simply mimed shooting each arrow. Bows were made of urethane with an inner armature of spring steel. 'Extras' swords were cast entirely from urethane, in one piece. 'Stunt' swords, used in combat scenes, were made with soft aluminium blades and urethane grips. In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, 'hero' weapons, used for 'beauty' shots such as close-ups, were made from high-quality materials: sword blades from heat-treated spring steel sword hilts from cast bronze or forged and ground steel. Tolkien devised terms for specific types of weapons, such as lango (broad sword), eket, ecet (short sword), and lhang (cutlass, sword). pilindi (Hooker notes the similarity of the Latin pД«lum, with cognates in the Old High German, Modern German, Old English, late Old Norse, and the Dutch.

Bow: Noldorin Sindarin: peng also poetically cГ» ('arch'), Quenya: quinga.

Axe: North Sindarin: hathol, Quenya: pelekko (Hooker notes the similarity of the Greek ПЂОО»ОµОєП…П‚ pГ©lekys: double-headed axe), Khuzdul: bark, pl.

Dagger, knife: Noldorin Sindarin: sigil, Quenya: cirma, sicil.

Sword: Noldorin Sindarin: magl, magol, North Sindarin magor, Quenya: makil, macil, Noldorin Sindarin: crist.

Tolkien devised several constructed languages with terms for types of weapons.

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