Ere iron was found or tree was hewn is the first line of a short poem recited by Gandalf to King Théoden, when asked about what caused the summoning of the Huorns during the Battle of the Hornburg. Could it have been an act of “wizardry?”, asked Théoden. Gandalf said that it was “a power far older”, and went on to recite the poem. Théoden identified Gandalf’s lines of verse as a riddle.
Ere iron was found or tree was hewn,
When young was mountain under moon;
Ere ring was made, or wrought was woe,
It walked the forests long ago.
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