Hi All, I had a go at the second prophecy of Mandos from LR wich I would like to present here. I would appreciate all comments and suggestions either here or...
Hello everybody, my name's Bj Ward. I've been studying Tolkien languages since 2000, when I was 9 - needless to say, I know (and understand) alot more than I...
Mellyn! If anybody wishes to make a last-minute registration for Omentielva Tatya, do so at latest tomorrow Thursday. Use the PayPal button on the registration...
Hello; On the LotRPlaza forum I recently came across a translation request for the following. I ran across some problems (like how to express the word "fae"),...
Omentielva Tatya is drawing near, and I have been asked whether I would allow the printing of some copies of my Quenya wordlists to be used by the participants...
I'm working on Middle-earth's equivalent of the Kingdom of Ethiopia, in Far Harad. Tolkien wrote an essay called "Sigelwara Land", that investigates the origin...
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right group to ask, perhaps you could redirect me if not. I'm making an artist book about elvish. Can I do that? It will be...
Mellyn! The first volume of _Arda Philology_, containing the proceedings of Omentielva Minya in Stockholm August 2005, is now being printed. More information...
Not trying to start a war: Just curious about a few questions: * If one were trying to learn Quenya, which course is recommended? Fauskanger's technical and...
Glory and trumpets, we've had a new issue of Vinyar Tengwar! On page 2, the editor apologizes for "the vast length of time between this issue and the last"...
Hello: I am working on translating a quote by Augustine. I have used the word "melme" (love) for the word pleasure. Any suggestions or comments on the whole...
Hi i am getting a tattoo in sandarin tengwar,and been looking for good fonts..I have been to the site dafont.com, are there any other good sites i should check...
im more confused than ever now, i translated alot of poems and things from the internat from S to english, but the words jumbled up and made no sense, for...
You find the letter L with the hook both going left and right in different places. Are there any particular reason for this? Mistake? Different L-sounds?...
Here to check once again, before I head to the recording studio this Saturday. You have all been a very helpful group to me over the years, and I want to...
http://www.geocities.com/rehtaehmusic/unnamed.html As I'm going to record this next month, I want to make sure that I sing everything correctly. Is there any...
Good morning! I am currently working on a Quenya translation of the beginning of the Akallabêth. I would be interested in having people comment on my ...
Did Tolkien make a Sindarin word for "standing stone"? If not, what about his other Elvish languages? (And if so, what would be the Sindarin cognate?) If not,...
... Indeed. The Sindarin forms used in the Silmarillion actually seem to represent a mixture of genuine archaic forms and later pronunciations. "Arnoediad" (=...
I am trying to figure out the Quenya word for "faith," or if non-existent, for "belief." (And if not that, then "believe.") All I can say for sure though is: ...
Hi. If you look at the recent posts in Elfling, you will find post by Helge Fauskanger where he discusses the latest VT issue. There he mentions a recently...
Thanks, I've already started to go through it actually so I suppose that means I have a Greek-level interest :) I really appreciate everything, you've been a...
For the letter "r" in Tengwar, I'm a bit confused as to when I should use rómen and when I should use óre. Is it just that rómen is used at the beginning of...
As you may have noticed if you have looked at my blog (wotan's Musings)- I am slowly working on rendering Tolkien's Lay of Turin and the Dragon (HME vol 3)...
hey, i was looking into getting a tattoo in tengwar cursive, and i did some research because i really dont want to get a tattoo and then have someone tell me...
Hi! On my forum, someone asked an interesting question: How is the feminine form of words? In French, not only the word is turn up into feminine, but the...
Hi! Trying to come up with a suitable name for my upcoming music album I'm toying with the word "silver-circle" (meaning CD) in sindarin. "of silver" is...
... Just so. But that's no basis on which Erna should judge Christopher's intentions, which was the claim I was asking about. But I'm perfectly happy to drop...
Now that we have finally received confirmation that the past tense of "to be" can be _né_, the question remains how we are to add pronominal suffixes to the...
