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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.
The dictionary contains 135264 words, 49240 active glosses and 69 phrases. The community has posted 4849 comments, finished 165495 flashcards and given 1506 thanks. You can access more statistics by going to Contributors.
Parf Edhellen is and has been open source since its inception 14 years ago. It is developed and maintained by Leonard (@parmaeldo). If you are a developer, you can follow the project on Github.
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ai, dennad torfir
Ai, dennad Torfir
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Nosto i-Aear, lass laeg, Legolas! Dorthannel anan nu 'aladh vi 'lass. Ae lastol i-nall e-maew 'ri falas, Gúrel ló-chiratha hîdh vi thaur dass.
Galadriel's warning to Legolas, delivered by Gandalf in Fangorn. Translated to Sindarin by Elaran.
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