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Rivendell is a direct translation or calque into English of the Sindarin Imladris, both meaning "deep valley". The name Rivendell is formed by two English elements: "riven" (split, cloven) and "dell" (valley). Imladris was rendered "Karningul" in Westron, the "Common Tongue" of Middle-earth represented as English in the text of The Lord of the ...
Rivendell Bicycle Works was founded by Grant Petersen in 1994 in Walnut Creek California. Rivendell operated out of his garage for the first two years. Rivendell Bicycle Works now operates out of a 6,000-square-foot (560 m 2 ) office/warehouse in the same town: 2040 North Main Street #19, Walnut Creek, California 94596.
Elrond was able to retreat north to a secluded valley, where he established the refuge of Imladris, later called Rivendell; he lived there through the Second and Third Ages. [ T 2 ] [ T 3 ] Near the end of the Second Age, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men was formed, and the army departed from Imladris to Mordor , led by Elendil and Gil-galad.
Grant Petersen is a bicycle designer, author, and the founder and owner of Rivendell Bicycle Works. [1] He was U.S. marketing director for Bridgestone Cycle (U.S.A.), Inc. during the 1980s and 1990s, where he designed the XO series of bicycles.
Rivendell (also named Imladris) is a fictional place in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Rivendell may also refer to: Radio Rivendell, an internet radio station which features mainly fantasy music from popular fantasy movies and computer games; Rivendell Bicycle Works, a bicycle manufacturer and retailer based in Walnut Creek, California
The song was recorded by The Tolkien Ensemble on their 2005 CD Leaving Rivendell. [8] The composer Stephen Eddins considers Hall's setting of the song to be the most successful in the album. It is played on guitar by Peter Hall and sung by the Scottish musician Nick Keir , and to Eddins it "sounds authentically rooted in Celtic folk music, with ...
An Evening in Rivendell is the first album by the Danish group The Tolkien Ensemble.It features songs composed to the lyrics found in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and forms the first part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all lyrics in the book.
Lauterbrunnen was first mentioned in 1240 as "in claro fonte", a Romance language place name meaning "clear spring". [citation needed] By 1253, it was known to German speakers as Liuterbrunnon; the town had an alternate spelling of Luterbrunnen by 1268. [4]