What was written on the door to Moria in the Lord of the Rings?

Answer 1

Speak, friend, and enter. It was of course in an elvish writing but that is what it means in English. The complete inscription read: "Ennyn Durin Aran Moria. Pedo mellon a minno.

Im Narvi hain echant. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i-thiw hin" The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter. I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs.

Answer 2

On the door is written (in Sindarin, written with Tengwar script): "Ennyn Durin Aran Moria: pedo mellon a minno.", the smaller line below reads "Im Narvi hain echant. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin."

Translation: "The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend and enter." "I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs."

(Note: Yes, the use of the name 'Moria' in this context, before the name was coined, is a known slip of Tolkien.)

Answer 3

Inscription: "Ennyn Durin Aran Moria. Pedo Mellon a Minno. Im Narvi hain echant. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin."

Translation: "The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter. I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs."

Narvi was the greatest dwarf craftsman and Celebrimbor was the greatest elf craftsman at the time.

Made during the Second Age, the doors marked the division between the elven land of Eregion (Hollin) and the dwarven city of Moria (Khazad-dum). The doors were opened wide until Sauron defeated the elves of Eregion for not surrendering the three elven rings of power. Instead of assisting in 'The War of the Elves and Sauron,' the dwarves shut the doors of Durin, which created the rift between the elves and dwarves. It was here that Gandalf had difficulty with the password until Merry (in the book, Frodo in the movie) asked the question: "What does it mean by speak, friend, and enter?" Then Gandalf realized that the Sindarin word "mellon" (meaning friend) was the answer. I suppose even Gandalf forgot about the time when a dwarf door would have an elf password.

The story can be found at the end of The Silmarillion.

Answer 4

"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,

One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."

In the original Black Speech:

"Ash Nazg durbatuluk, Ash Nazg gimatul,

Ash Nazg thrakatuluk, agh burzum ishi krimpatul."
In elvish writing the inscription reads, "One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." -sam-is-my-hero-
"One Ring to rule them all , One Ring to find them ,

One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them ."
It is written in the toung of Mordor, in the common toung it said,

Three Rings for Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for the mortal men doomed to die.
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the of Mordor where the shadows lie.

Answer 5

In The Fellowship of the Ring, on the great stone doors that lead to Moria, there was written in the elven-tongue of the West in the Elder Days, "Ennyn Durin Aran Moria: pedo mellon a minno. Im Narvi hain echant: Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin." Gandalf the Grey then translated it as thus 'The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter.' And underneath small and faint was written, 'I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs.'

Answer 6

The inscription is written in Elvish script, and the language is The Black Speech.

It reads:

Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul

ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzam-ishi krimpatul.

which means:

One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them,

one Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them.

The lines are two of a poem:

Three Rings for Elven-kings under the sky,

Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,

Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,

One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne

In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them,

One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them,

In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

The poem (and the inscription on the Ring) refer to the ability of the One Ring to locate and perceive the minds of those who wear the other rings, if the One is on its master's hand. The Nazgul are an example of the One Ring's ability to overcome the wearers of the other rings, as they were once the wearers of the nine rings "for mortal men doomed to die."

Answer 7

The word he used was 'mellon', which is the Elvish word for friend.

Answer 8

It reads -

"The way is shut. It is made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it. The way is shut."

Answer 9

"One Ring to rule them all , One Ring to find them , One Ring to bring them all , and in the darkness bind them."