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  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
  • Language: English
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hi, i was just wondering if anyone could help me with a transcription i've done. <img src="http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v59/superseven/random% ...
2 May 6, 2004
9:02 am

calwen76
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So, we've settled on Istyanisse (using the -sse ending because it's prettier in Tengwar, even though the shortened form is preferred in compounds usually) but...
2 May 6, 2004
3:44 am

i_degilbor
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Hello all, today is a very special night for all Czechs (beside the IHWC match with Austria), a feast called 'Carodejnice&#39; ('Witches Night'). By tradition, we...
2 May 1, 2004
5:13 pm

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Norwescon is pleased to announce that John Howe will be their Artist GoH for Norwescon 28 and will join Alan Dean Foster, Suzette Haden Elgin, Michael Bishop,...
1 May 1, 2004
5:12 pm

lt260
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Suilaid! I heard that Helge Fauskanger (or someone... :?) had a theory about the possible sindarin copula nâ. Is there an article about this theme? If there...
1 Apr 27, 2004
6:31 pm

aphadiol
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In his article Sindarin the Noble Tongue Helge Fauskanger writes: "One wonders if the lack of lenition was the reason why Gandalf misunderstood the inscription...
2 Apr 26, 2004
2:13 pm

Thorsten Renk
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Suilad, I was wondering how to compare in Sindarin. We know that in Quenya, for example, _Anar ná vanya lá Isil_ is used for "The sun is prettier than the...
4 Apr 26, 2004
1:45 am

Eugenio M. Vigo
imaglang
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Greetings, I'm just another new person saying hello to the group. I have been reading and trying to keep up with the conversations for a while. I am just...
1 Apr 25, 2004
1:28 am

Barbara Mogden
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[Cross-posted to Elfling and Sindict] In the Etymologies, a Noldorin word _enedh_ appears with the meaning "core, centre, middle" (V:356, 376), based on a root...
1 Apr 24, 2004
1:21 pm

BertrandBellet75@...
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Suil, I am trying to translate a phrase into Sindarin, but I have had many questions and problems. The phrase is: "No words in any language can describe how...
6 Apr 24, 2004
9:49 am

david reichlein
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After taking some time to study what is attested about the Noldorin/Sindarin verb, I would like to criticize some of the conclusions leading the 'Suggested...
2 Apr 23, 2004
8:24 pm

Aaron Shaw
maethorgalad
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Hello! I am new to this group and felt I should introduce myself. Online I go by the name Gilaladh, which means "Star of Tree, or Tree- Star" (as far as my...
1 Apr 23, 2004
7:01 am

gilaladh_arasgaraniel
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A research group that I'm involved with, the New Zealand Digital Libraries Project, is in need of someone to do a bit of English to Elvish translation for us. ...
1 Apr 22, 2004
8:25 am

sjc_nz2000
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A friend and I made this wordlist a while ago, mostly from WJ, of the mannish language about which a few details are given. Is there much more of this language...
1 Apr 21, 2004
5:35 pm

Zachary Lerner
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... So, if _nisse_ looks more attractive in Tengwar, it would not be incorrect as the end of a compound? I do want it to be "right" I've been using the...
2 Apr 20, 2004
4:29 pm

BP Jonsson
melroch
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I checked this off of a old english dictionary I found. I hope it helps. Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended giedd sculon singan gléomenn...
1 Apr 20, 2004
6:22 am

alasseperedhel
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I have (poorly) recorded three poems by Tolkien in approximate pronunciation. I hold no legal rights on them. They are: Narqelion (from 1917): ...
1 Apr 19, 2004
6:18 pm

jonathan_avidan
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Okay, I did some reading at http://www.ardalambion.com/ and I was wondering about the case of the word. I think I like Istya (knowledge) or Ista (knowledge,...
4 Apr 19, 2004
6:18 pm

Christine Wieberdink
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I've been working on learning Sindarin, and the Tengwar is throwing me more than I thought it would. I've written the first two lines of the Sindarin...
2 Apr 19, 2004
7:27 am

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5 Apr 19, 2004
5:41 am

The Entwife
maialaia
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Hello. I'm afraid my previous post was lost... but my question or rant which ever you may call it, is. I do like the language, but I find for myself that...
7 Apr 14, 2004
10:17 pm

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i_degilbor
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Suilaid! I am attempting to say "smile!" in Sindarin. (To no avail, of course...) The closest I can come is _thîr meren_, [which is lit. "joyous...
2 Apr 14, 2004
3:24 pm

michiru_benson
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Aiya Ilquen! Sorry for not writing for a while, I had a lot to do... I wrote this poem a couple of weeks ago, and I'd really like to know your opinion about...
5 Apr 14, 2004
1:49 pm

Celene Estelle
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hi there! sorry to bother everyone with this odd request but i've tried to do some research and couldn't come up with a nickname of sorts for my child. I'd...
3 Apr 14, 2004
12:00 pm

calwen76
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Mae govannen to all, I know that isn't the proper written form of greeting, but I am in a terrible rush and can't think of anything else at the moment. I am ...
6 Apr 14, 2004
11:46 am

calwen76
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Suil, Surely you remember i published the "Sailassë" poem here. That was my first Quenya composition. Now, I want to show you my first Sindarin poem "Car...
6 Apr 14, 2004
11:41 am

calwen76
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... Suilad, you need to take into account the mutation and vowel shortening occurring in the elements when making compounds... the above would presumably lead...
9 Apr 14, 2004
7:13 am

Michael Keegan
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... QUÉ? (OK, let's not shout ;-jP -- this is a civil forum..) ... You're right about my text perhaps holding some vagueness through the choice of one example...
4 Apr 14, 2004
7:12 am

Michael Keegan
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Hello all.... I have a quick question about a translation from the movie (one of those things that's going to bug me until I figure it out - I'm just starting...
4 Apr 13, 2004
8:55 am

calwen76
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Aiya! Quenya translation: Anarelva ortie sí, cál' ortonna túreva. Lauca cále ninquita to, winta nier, nainier. Hostal aiwi fanyare mir poica vilya laireva....
2 Apr 12, 2004
7:15 pm

Petri Tikka
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