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This website is dedicated to Tolkien's languages, with an emphasis on the elvish languages of his legendarium. Our dictionary consists of imported glosses from a variety of quality dictionaries, categorised and searchable by sense, conjugation and more. You can read more on our about page.

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Gloss of the hour

telme

noun. hood, covering

Qenya [Ety/TEL; EtyAC/TEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Phrase of the day

   ⸱          :          :                   ⸱    ⸱   :       ⸱           :        :

I cále sinta, núta i aryante ya voro mene ter alta helle. Merina móre halya apacenya i quáre hrúcara ye nahtuva. Ongwe ceutaina! Umbaro nirme! Á na carinwa carda martaina! An i vanwannar lá ore cunya; téna líre Esteva, lóre oiala. Yé! Almare arcanwasse! Turvandil, sí tye haryan! Fírimo ilya milme tyesse hire asie. Ú súleo sí taltuva i apaquenta tár.

Findegil's translation of lady Macbeth's aria in act II of Verdis Macbeth. Findegil is the co-founder of the Mellonath Daeron, the language guild of the Forodrim, the Swedish Tolkien society.

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