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They're the "Say Friend and Enter" runes. Gandalf couldn't figure them out but Merry (accidentally) did.
it was Frodo who figured it out
The bottom bit looks like Loss; ~~:.|:;~~
Actually my inspiration to use the "your character is too smart" sometimes when a smart character flops a roll
"You're too busy getting lost in the many potential complex solutions to the riddle, and are hopelessly consumed by it's mysteries" for "when is a door not a door" or similar
That sounds like fun!
Just read that scene last week, actually. I forgot Gandalf's cope entirely.
"I was trying to so hard to remember obscure lore I forgot we weren't all paranoid psychos in those days"