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Hi! Tonight one ask me for translating this sentence for a tatoo. Can you help me please? The text is: "to believe in life" or "to hope in life" "life"...
1 Dec 4, 2006
8:22 pm

Evenstar
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Hi! Little doubt... Can you check this sentence please? What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger Sa [i] umë nehta nin (or nyë?), carë nin ampolda Thanks...
2 Dec 2, 2006
7:17 pm

ramaroreo
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I'm afraid the deadline for my paper is fast approaching, and so I am impelled by circumstances to post the rest of my translation rather more hastily than I...
3 Dec 1, 2006
7:17 pm

tittanii
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First, thanks to Alex Bolton to answering my first query regarding Quenya. I now have a new question that arose when I was reading lesson 4 of Helge's Quenya...
3 Dec 1, 2006
4:13 pm

Roman Rausch
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FIFTH STANZA Sáceros voro, ranyala háya He sought her ever, wandering far Terë lassi loaron núravë palyana Where leaves of years were thickly strewn, ...
1 Nov 30, 2006
3:37 am

tittanii
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I am looking for a Sindarin word for "lordship";. Quenya has hérë "lordship";, related to héru "lord". I know Sindarin has hîr "lord". What would the...
6 Nov 29, 2006
1:36 pm

Alex Bolton
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Hi everyone, I'm Kristen. I'm an undergrad and am currently in a class on Tolkien's languages; my term paper is a Quenya translation of Aragorn's song of...
7 Nov 28, 2006
5:23 pm

Alex Bolton
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Hello, I am very new to both linguistics and Mr. Tolkien's languages. Fascinating! I have been reading a lot about Sindarin and trying some basic...
7 Nov 28, 2006
11:18 am

Thorsten Renk
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I was reading Thorsten's article "The Eldarin Numerals" on his site a couple of minutes ago, and came across a section which reads "[...] a list of Quenya...
2 Nov 28, 2006
10:26 am

Alex Bolton
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This is the second stanza of my translation; I hope to get through all eight if you'll all bear with me! Entassë tullë Veryon orontillor ringë. There Beren...
1 Nov 28, 2006
10:25 am

tittanii
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Hi folks, I'm trying to translate an original poem and am having trouble with certain words/ideas. I give you wings that you may fly, And dance with Faeries in...
3 Nov 26, 2006
3:47 pm

aelindis
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Hi All, a Yeats translation, for your kind comments: DEATH NOR dread nor hope attend A dying animal; A man awaits his end Dreading and hoping all; Many times...
1 Nov 23, 2006
10:00 am

Atwe
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Does anyone know of resources for Tolkien graphic symbols with meanings/history? I am curious about the representation of "culture" and ideas beyond the...
2 Nov 23, 2006
6:42 am

Joan Drushel
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... You can find Eldarinwa in the Appendix F of the LotR, as in Morgoth's Ring p. 415 (the famous title Essecanta Eldarinwa). Other examples : - sindarinwa in...
1 Nov 23, 2006
6:32 am

Giraudeau David
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PARMA ELDALAMBERON 16 Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets By J. R. R. TOLKIEN http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma16.html _Parma Eldalamberon_ 'The...
1 Nov 19, 2006
9:35 pm

cgilson75
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Dear Elflingers, With joy I would like to announce the launch of a new project concerning the languages created by Tolkien. The project is called EldarinWiki...
2 Nov 17, 2006
6:18 am

Lakis Lalakis
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As it is known, 'Lowdham&#39;s Report on the Adunaic Language' from 'Sauron Defeated' provides us with a detailed phonology of this language, but trying to...
1 Nov 16, 2006
10:24 pm

Roman Rausch
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The Sinda cognate - if it exists - does not necessarily follow the pattern of the Q root + suffix combination, it could also be something like *nâr. IMHO. ...
4 Nov 16, 2006
11:42 am

Atwe
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I've been thinking about this for a while. How to reconstruct a word for "Maia"? My first and easiest thought would be to make a root from Maia, and work from...
2 Nov 14, 2006
4:16 pm

Richard Derdzinski
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Hi I am looking for the Sindarin equivalent of Quenya _narwë_ that according to VT45:37 translates as "sign, token". Would it render S. _*noru_? Any...
7 Nov 14, 2006
12:35 pm

house_of_feanor
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In making a compound of Sindarin _naur_ + _gwend_ "fire maiden", do you think the end result would be Naurwen, Narwen, or Norwen? Some have told me that -au-...
2 Nov 13, 2006
12:35 am

Navaer Lalaith
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Hi everyone, I would like to introduce myself, my name is Amy and i live in columbus, ohio. At the age of 31 I have only recently been opened up to the world...
1 Nov 11, 2006
6:11 pm

reznika1
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A little over a month ago, Bob Powers in a private communication asked me to clarify my ideas about the pronoun "they". I still owe him a response to that...
4 Nov 9, 2006
9:38 am

Atwe
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... Ah, yes! It is even in my very own index to that work. I guess I just tried to look up "chest" first, but when that didn't work out, I started looking in...
5 Nov 8, 2006
1:35 pm

Atwe
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At last we are able to open registration for Omentielva Tatya, that will take place in Antwerp on August 8 - 11, 2007. The conference fee is 165 euro. We do...
1 Nov 5, 2006
5:43 pm

"Beregond. Ander...
j_beregond
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Atwe, thanks for sharing your version of the first sections of the Song of Earendil. I found them most interesting, and it's quite stimulating to see other...
5 Nov 4, 2006
10:17 pm

LukᚠNovák
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Elvish Linguistics ListThere are some rather strange gaps in our vocabulary regarding even quite elementary things, such as bodyparts. We now have umpteen...
3 Nov 3, 2006
5:07 pm

Ugo Truffelli
elistir
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Elvish Linguistics List Elvish Linguistics List ... As far as I'm aware, the gloss "sacrifice&quot; only turns up in connection with the Telerin word _jagula_,...
1 Nov 3, 2006
11:43 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone has insight on which is the best Sindarin form of "Númenor". The Ardalambion article "The question of ND or N(N)"...
1 Nov 3, 2006
5:37 am

shanearda
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Dear Friends, I've worked very hard and I'm proud to announce that I finished some of my font projects. I've improved the font Tengwar Elfica and just...
2 Oct 31, 2006
3:59 pm

Jason Fisher
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