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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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preposition. to

Element in

Black Speech [LotR/0445; PE17/078; PM/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Lasto beth nîn, tolo dan nan galad.

Elrond heals Frodo in the Fellowship of the Ring movie, 2001.

Sindarin [The FOTR Movie (2001), www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie_fotr.htm] by Feanéno Elearen

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