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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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Gloss of the hour
abarzâyan
place name. Land of Gift
Phrase of the day
⸱ ⸱ ⸱ : ⸱ ⸱ :
Cé lindale ná melmemat, á tyale antyálie! Sie, penquanta ar ambe, i milme nauva laiwa ar firuva. A linge tana ata! Fifírula túles or hlarunyanna ve sú lisse, ya hwesta helinillion rávanna, arpo yo anto olmento.
Act I, Scene I in Duke Orsino's palace.
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