Sindarin 

síla-

verb. *to shine

síla

shine white

(i híla, i sílar) Adj.

síla

shine white

síla- (i híla, i sílar) Adj.

síla

shine white

síla- (i híla, i sílar)

menel-vîr síla díriel

*heaven-jewel shines having watched [for us]

The second phrase of Lúthien’s Song (LB/354). Three translations of this phrase are:

  • Patrick Wynne: “✱a heavenly jewel shines silver, having watched” (NTTLS/11)

  • David Salo: “✱having watched ... shines like a jewel in the sky” (GS/211)

  • Bertrand Bellet and Benjamin Babut: “✱jewel of the firmament, shines on the watch [for us]” (GTLC)

The first word menel is the Sindarin word for “the heavens, firmament”. The second word vîr is the lenited form of mîr “jewel”. The third word síla “shines” is the present tense of the verb síla- “to shine”. The last word díriel “having watched” is the lenited form of tíriel, the past active participle form of the verb tiria- “to watch, gaze”.

ónen

noun. I gave

Written onen in some editions of LotR. In the Qenyaqetsa, Qenya anta- is marked as having an irregular past tense áne. Assuming the same sound-shifts as observed in other words, this would indeed lead to onen in Sindarin, see PE/12:31 and TT/14:48-49

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Lossoth

noun. the Snowmen

Sindarin [LotR/A, RGEO/70] loss+hoth. Group: SINDICT. Published by

anfangrim

noun. the Longbeards (a tribe of Dwarves)

Sindarin [WJ/322] anfang+rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

anglennatha

verb. (he) will approach

Sindarin [SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

avo

verb. don't!

Used as a negative adverb before an imperative: avo garo "don't do it!". Sometimes used as prefix: avgaro

Sindarin [WJ/371] Group: SINDICT. Published by

avon

verb. I won't

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cal-

verb. to shine

Sindarin [PE17/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cuio

verb. live!

Sindarin [LotR/VI:IV, Letters/308] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dagorath

noun. all the battles

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drúwaith

noun. the wilderness of the Drû-men (q.v.)

Sindarin [UT/385] drû+gwaith. Group: SINDICT. Published by

falathrim

noun. people of the Falas

Sindarin [WJ/378] falas+rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

galadhad

noun. the Two Trees of Valinor

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lammas

noun. account of tongues

Sindarin [LR/167, WJ/206, WJ/393, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lâf

verb. (he) licks

Sindarin [Ety/367, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lôd

verb. (he) floats

Sindarin [VT/45:29, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noun. a time, occasion

Sindarin [Ety/370, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noro

verb. run! ride!

Untranslated in LotR, but written nora-lim and rendered as "ride on" in RS/196 (not a literal translation) and later translated as "run swift" in RC/195. A verb nor- is attested in the old Gnomish lexicon, PE/11:61, with the meaning "to run, roll"

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pêd

verb. (he) says

Sindarin [guren bêd enni VT/41:11] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rammas

noun. (great) wall

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rochirrim

noun. horse-lords, the people of Rohan

Sindarin [LotR, etc.] rochir+rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

tôl

verb. (he) comes

According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien

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anann

for a long time

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glóren

shining with golden light

(glórin-) (golden), lenited ’lóren; pl. glórin.

time

_(a time) _1) (occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

time

(occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

silef

shining white

is listed in LR:385 s.v. SIL as the cognate of Quenya silma of this meaning, but silef is there asterisked, apparently to indicate that it only appears as part of the word Silevril ”Silmaril”. The word silef may also be used = Quenya silima (noun), the crystal substance of the Silmarils.