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Well met! You have found an elvish book, Parf Edhellen, dedicated to the fictional languages in Tolkien's legendarium.

Explore 136,914 words and 72 phrases across Sindarin, Quenya, and more.

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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.

The dictionary contains 136,914 words, 49,436 active glosses and 72 phrases. The community has posted 5,292 comments, finished 180,906 flashcards and given 1,550 thanks. You can access more statistics by going to Contributors.

Parf Edhellen is and has been open source since its inception 15 years ago. It is developed and maintained by Leonard (@parmaeldo). If you are a developer, you can follow the project on Github.

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nanwen-

verb. to return, go/come back

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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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