All 3 Uses of
adamant
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- In panoply of ancient kings, in chained rings he armoured him; his shining shield was scored with runes to ward all wounds and harm from him; his bow was made of dragon-horn, his arrows shorn of ebony, of silver was his habergeon, his scabbard of chalcedony; his sword of steel was valiant, of adamant his helmet tall, an eagle-plume upon his crest, upon his breast an emerald.†
Chpt 2.1
- This is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, and I am its keeper.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black, immeasurably strong, mountain of iron, gate of steel, tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dur, Fortress of Sauron.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
determined not to change a decision or belief