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balannor
place name. land of the Gods in the West
Changes
- Balannor → Dor-Rodyn ✧ MR/200
Derivations
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Valinor “Land of the Valar” ✧ Ety/BAL
Element in
- N. Inias Valannor “Annals of Valinor” ✧ MR/200
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. Balandor > Balannor [balandor] > [balannor] ✧ Ety/BAL
Phrase of the day
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Túrin Túramarth i·Veleglind i eithro en estar i·Chîn Húrin i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar ------------------------------ Túrin ion Húrin Túramarth ar Nienor sel Morwen Níniel i chîn Húrin os i Veleglinn i edain agorer vi Veleriann ar in Ellath epholar eno vi Eressai ------------------------------ ar·phent Rían Tuor·na: man agorech? sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor den ammen
An ambiguous text from the late 1950s.
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