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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.
The dictionary contains 128662 words, 47416 active glosses and 69 phrases. The community has posted 4464 comments, finished 154356 flashcards and given 1393 thanks. You can access more statistics by going to Contributors.
Parf Edhellen is and has been open source since its inception 14 years ago. It is developed and maintained by Leonard (@parmaeldo). If you are a developer, you can follow the project on Github.
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Annon edhellen, edro hi ammen! Fennas nogothrim, lasto beth lammen!
Elvish gate open now for us! Doorway of the Dwarf-folk listen to the word of my tongue! Gandalf's commanding words by Durin's gate.
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