I was hoping that nobody would think too hard about what happened in the story after my quote. :) Though in fact, the Elves and Men nearly carried the day even without the help of Doriath and Nargothrond: if it hadn't been for a group of unexpected traitors within their own ranks they might well have been victorious. Either way, I'll choose to interpret all that as a warning about things to watch out for rather than as a prophecy of certain doom. (And if everything does somehow collapse into ruin, at least we can join Hurin in crying "Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!" as we make our lone stands against the dark.)
As for "utúlië", this is the third person perfect tense of the Quenya verb "tul-", "to come". It has nothing to do with the mountain Taniquetil, as far as I know. (The Quenya name for the mountain is Oiolossë, not Utúlie'n.)
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I was hoping that nobody would think too hard about what happened in the story after my quote. :) Though in fact, the Elves and Men nearly carried the day even without the help of Doriath and Nargothrond: if it hadn't been for a group of unexpected traitors within their own ranks they might well have been victorious. Either way, I'll choose to interpret all that as a warning about things to watch out for rather than as a prophecy of certain doom. (And if everything does somehow collapse into ruin, at least we can join Hurin in crying "Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!" as we make our lone stands against the dark.)
As for "utúlië", this is the third person perfect tense of the Quenya verb "tul-", "to come". It has nothing to do with the mountain Taniquetil, as far as I know. (The Quenya name for the mountain is Oiolossë, not Utúlie'n.)
utúlie = it has come, from the root tul = to come