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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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nargûn

place name. Mordor

Khuzdûl [PE17/037; RS/466; RSI/Nargûn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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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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