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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
narwain
noun. January, *(lit.) New Fire
Phrase of the day
Ai na vedui Dúnadan! Mae govannen!
Glorfindel's greeting to Aragorn.
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