Tessa - Parf Edhellen: an elvish dictionary

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There are more words but they are from Tolkien's earlier conceptional periods. Tolkien likely changed these words as he evolved the aesthetics and completeness of the languages. You may even find languages that Tolkien later rejected. Do not mix words from different time periods unless you are familiar with the phonetic developments.

Gnomish

tessa

feminine name. Tessa

Gnomish [PE14/014] Group: Eldamo. Published 4 years ago by Eldamo Import

Early Quenya

tessa

noun. maid, maiden

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a maid, maiden” but with no explicit root given (QL/90). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “maid”.

Early Quenya [PME/091; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published 4 years ago by Eldamo Import

Below: Tolkien's Late Period (1950–1973). These are from Tolkien's late conceptual period — his most settled forms of the languages. Prefer these over the earlier ones above when composing new text.