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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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yú

adverb. twice

Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien sinomë maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta.

Elendil’s oath made upon arriving in Middle Earth, repeated by Aragorn when he assumed kingship of Gondor.

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