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dwarf guy Dwarves - Rank 1 Status: Offline Posts: 20 Date: Jun 13, 2007	helm? Permalink   tolkien uses the word helm to mean helmet. but correctly it means the steering wheel of a ship. is it old use or a mistake? has anyone else noticed this? __________________
Galin Fundin, Lord of Moria - Rank 5 Status: Offline Posts: 564 Date: Jun 13, 2007	Permalink   It's not a mistake My dictionary doesn't note the word helm meaning helmet as archaic, but in any case JRRT didn't make a mistake here, as the word can mean more than one thing. -- Edited by Galin at 02:35, 2007-06-14 __________________
Glorfindel Anarion, Son of Elendil - rank 8 Status: Offline Posts: 2154 Date: Jun 13, 2007	Permalink   Helm - is on older word for Helmet. Not only Tolkien uses it. To quote from 'The free dictionary': 1 - The helm of a ship. 2 - The lead place (for example in government) the person in control. 3 - A helmet. -- Edited by Glorfindel1235 at 11:51, 2007-06-16 __________________ Utúlie'n  aurë!  Aiya  Eldalië  ar  Atanatári,  utúlie'n  aurë!  Auta  i  lómë!  Aurë entuluva!
ArwenLegolas Tom Bombadil Status: Offline Posts: 1873 Date: Jul 1, 2007	Permalink   In Germany when I grew up, they used the word Helm to mean Helmet. SO it's definitely NOT Archaic. __________________ Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, Jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

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