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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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Himlad

noun. cool plain

Sindarin [Tolkiendil] Group: Tolkiendil Compound Sindarin Names. Published by

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  ⸱  ⸱      ⸱    :   ⸱     ⸱    ⸱  ⸱      ⸱       ⸱   ⸱   ⸱   ⸱        ⸱       

Erio hí, erio, rochbin Théoden! Certh 'oeoel echuidar: dûr i thrûn. Ferio roch, lenio rom! Meno, Thoron-hîn! Erio, erio, rochbin Théoden! Certh dhely echuidar: naur a dagras! Naith pothatha, thand ragatha, aur megil, aur garan, ir Anor law orthannen! Northo hí, northo hí! Northo na 'Ondor!

A Neo-Sindarin translation of the rallying cry spoken by Théoden to the Riders of Rohan.

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