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Gloss of the hour

eämbar

proper name. Creation as a Whole

Variations

  • Ëambar ✧ PE17/105

Elements

WordGloss
Eä“Creation, the (Material) Universe, Cosmos, World; it is, let it be, Creation, the (Material) Universe, Cosmos, †World; it is, let it be, [ᴹQ.] all that is”
Ambar“The World, Earth, (lit.) Habitation, Settlement”

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Phrase of the day

     ⸱      ⸱      ⸱       :      ⸱      ⸱     ⸱    :

Ill i mall law thilia, Law ill idh reniar gwenwin; Iaur i bell law firatha, Law na chell thynd nuir raethennin. Od i lith naur echuidathar, Calad od iñ gwaith tuiatha; Megil i rangen cýrathar, Alrin aran adolatha.

A Neo-Sindarin translation of the Riddle of Strider.

Sindarin [Fellowship of the Ring] by Elaran

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