Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Noldorin

alch

noun. shield

Cognates

  • Eq. alkar “shield” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158

Element in

  • En. alaith “shielding, warding off, protect(ion)” ✧ PE13/158
  • En. elaig- “to shield, ward off, protect” ✧ PE13/158
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alf

noun. swan

Cognates

  • Eq. alqa “swan” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/159

Element in

  • En. elflin “cygnet, *young swan” ✧ PE13/159
  • En. alfuilin “large white sea-bird, albatross, †swan” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/136; PE13/159
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwanwen

noun. swan

A word for “swan” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/146, 159), perhaps related to ᴱN. gwant “✱beautiful”.

Elements

WordGloss
gwant“?beautiful”
Early Noldorin [PE13/146; PE13/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by