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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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Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:132] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

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      ⸱      

Nîn o Chithaeglir lasto beth dhaer; Rimmo nîn Bruinen dan in Ulaer

The ‘spell’ that Arwen cries to stop the Ringwraiths from crossing the river. This phrase is from the movies and was not composed by Tolkien.

Sindarin [Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie] by Nimlothiel

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