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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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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
au, auve
particle. might(have), would(have); if only (”the ’remoter’ particle”)
Phrase of the day
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Ortírielyanna rucimmë, Aina Eruontari Alalyë nattira arcandemmar sangiessemman Ono alyë eterúna me illumë ilya raxellor Alcarin Vendë ar manaquenta.
Tolkien’s translation of the Sub Tuum Praesidium prayer into Quenya.
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