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This website is dedicated to Tolkien's languages, with an emphasis on the elvish languages of his legendarium. Our dictionary consists of imported glosses from a variety of quality dictionaries, categorised and searchable by sense, conjugation and more. You can read more on our about page.
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Gloss of the hour
barthaglon
masculine name. World Smith
Phrase of the day
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A (ná) calima lá B A anamelda na ar ilyan A anamelda na epë B A anamelda na ep’ ilya A ancalima imb’ illi A arimelda na ilyaron ancalima ep’ eleni ancalima imbi eleni elenion ancalima
In Parma Eldalamberon 17, Tolkien gave several examples of comparatives and superlatives. These are interesting to study.
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