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Gloss of the hour
praust
noun. [unglossed]
Phrase of the day
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I cále sinta, núta i aryante ya voro mene ter alta helle. Merina móre halya apacenya i quáre hrúcara ye nahtuva. Ongwe ceutaina! Umbaro nirme! Á na carinwa carda martaina! An i vanwannar lá ore cunya; téna líre Esteva, lóre oiala. Yé! Almare arcanwasse! Turvandil, sí tye haryan! Fírimo ilya milme tyesse hire asie. Ú súleo sí taltuva i apaquenta tár.
Findegil's translation of lady Macbeth's aria in act II of Verdis Macbeth. Findegil is the co-founder of the Mellonath Daeron, the language guild of the Forodrim, the Swedish Tolkien society.
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