At my request a friend of mine who has received _The Children of Húrin_ looked over it to see if there were any new samples of Elvish, but obviously most of...
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Atwe
percival64
May 1, 2007 9:30 am
I shall finish it in a couple of days. I do not think I will do a comprehensive comparison with the so far published texts (no doubt someone will do that sort...
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iskallsoul
May 4, 2007 12:01 pm
Hello, I'm new in these things but i rly need to see how is number ' 13 ' looks in elvish world ;] i understood that there's 2 main languages and if someone...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
May 4, 2007 12:27 pm
... Maybe take a look at The Eldarin Numerals http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/numerals.html (a bit more than you're asking for, but it contains most of...
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Alex Grigny de Castro
xelagot
May 4, 2007 12:50 pm
For Quenya, you can check my Utilities section here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~xelag/quenya.html I made a program a few years ago for quenya numerals, hope it...
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jesper@...
simplyanalogue
May 4, 2007 2:06 pm
But you can write "thirteen"; in english, but with tengwar. If you let us know what it's for it might help... :) electronically yours, jesper - nelde-nelkainen ...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
May 4, 2007 9:40 pm
I am trying to translate a phrase something like "Alas! I am afraid that all this babble has curdled my mind" into Goldogrin or Early Noldorin, preferably...
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Rácsai Róbert
alcar_calimo
May 5, 2007 8:32 pm
Well, it's been years... let me send you now a poem I wrote last year. The original text is the Hungarian version (my mother tongue), the English version is...
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Andrew Higgins
asthiggins
May 6, 2007 1:21 pm
Currently reading John Rateliff's excellent work on The History of the Hobbit (vol 1). I am trying to work out using just the sources where the original name ...
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jesper@...
simplyanalogue
May 6, 2007 1:37 pm
... Interesting, but as you said yourself a bit far-fetched maybe? But "fire changer" gets me thinking of Lucifer, the jewish-christian fallen angel. AFAIK...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
May 6, 2007 2:33 pm
... An online Welsh dictionary gives _pryf_ 'insect' or 'worm, vermin'. ;-) The terms for 'dragon' in various European languages mean either 'worm' or...
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LukᚠNovák
lukas.novak@...
May 6, 2007 3:06 pm
... Google knows (type "pryf dragon")... :-) http://www.forum.arbre-celtique.com/viewtopic.php?t=2983&start=120&sid=ee5f16873fb076aa2c4b5a588dea03e8 ...
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Atwe
percival64
May 8, 2007 2:49 pm
Dear All, This is a Neo-Sindarin translation of an Old English poem known as Cædmon's Hymn found in King Alfred's translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History...
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Rácsai Róbert
alcar_calimo
May 9, 2007 12:25 pm
Hi, Everybody! Well, last time the mailing system mad my writing look funny; therefore I send it again - this time, the Quenya version only - many thanx...
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Kevin Chu
klchu
May 9, 2007 12:26 pm
You also need to know whether a man or an elf is speaking/writing since men use base 10 and elves use base 12. Thus, base10(13)= base12(11). Elves also write...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
May 9, 2007 12:44 pm
... Can you cite any evidence for the view that Elves would in general use base 12 and men base 10? Because Tolkien writes "In spite of their later predominant...
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davidkiks
May 12, 2007 2:37 pm
... use ... About the duodecimal system, there are very interesting remarks in "The Ring of Words" (pp. 112-3 & 122). Pointing out that : 1) Bilbo, at his...
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Andrew Higgins
asthiggins
May 15, 2007 12:20 pm
I have just recently finished in Middle Welsh the story of Branwen Uerch Lyr the secod of the four branches of the of the Mabinogi - at the same time I am...
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Jason Fisher
visualweasel
May 15, 2007 2:00 pm
Hi Andrew, Intersting idea. Forgive me if my response is overly niggling, but here you go ... ... This is nothing new. As you may know, Tom Shippey presented...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
May 15, 2007 3:42 pm
... No, I don't think so, because: 1. _Saruman_ is a translation of S. _Curunír_ or Q. _Curumo_ (UT:463) made by men; and I see no such ambiguity in these...
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Jason Fisher
visualweasel
May 15, 2007 4:06 pm
Well, Roman, yours are all story-internal explanations (perfectly valid, BTW, but of a very specific and limited scope), but I think Andrew was getting at this...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
May 15, 2007 10:15 pm
Right: Today, May 15th 2007, ten years have passed since I first announced the earliest version of my Ardalambion website. How time flies! While I do have some...
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Atwe
percival64
May 16, 2007 9:09 am
Well, congratulations. Lúme vile, as it would seem. As I believe for many of us here, your site was a jumping point for me into the deep waters of Tolkienian...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
May 17, 2007 7:31 am
... Well - congratulations! I think it is fair to say that for most people interested in Elvish these days Ardalambion was *the* introduction to Tolkien's...
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Isaac W Hanson
isaacwhanson@...
May 17, 2007 12:59 pm
Hello all, I am pleased to be a new member of this discussion group. I have found that I have quite an interest in learning the art languages of Tolkien, and...
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Lakis Lalakis
elfiness
May 17, 2007 9:51 pm
Twas a great period for me... I was discovering Internet, Tolkien and other things... Ardalambion had been a significant part of it Thanks Helge...
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Lakis Lalakis
elfiness
May 18, 2007 3:29 am
... According to Helge's wordlist, yes, it should become 'arnediaid'. However I don't know any official source to back it up ... This story about Ore and Romen...
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aelindis
May 18, 2007 9:59 am
... R ... In view of the transliteration of the Sindarin 'King's Letter (III)', SD:131, where both órë and rómen occur, though not in quite consistent use,...
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Isaac W Hanson
isaacwhanson@...
May 18, 2007 12:22 pm
Now I am slightly more confused. I was under the impression that the i-affected version was 'ernediaid', where the 'a' in the last syllable becomes 'ai', but...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
May 18, 2007 5:47 pm
Congratulations Helge! Thanks to you I've discovered Elvish languages and now more than 25'000 people per month are visiting my website, wich began with the ...
