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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 135271 words, 49241 active glosses and 69 phrases. The community has posted 4957 comments, finished 168585 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.
Gloss of the hour
tum gondregain
place name. Stonewain Valley
Phrase of the day
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A Elentári Tintallë tyelpë pendas mírilya menelo alcar elerrimbë! Hairanna palan-tírienwa endórellon aldarembinë, Fanoiolossë, lyé liruvan han ëar, si han ëaron!
A Quenya translation of the hymn [[*A Elbereth Gilthoniel*]], with an attempt to maintain the original iambic meter.
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