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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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glûdh

noun. soap

Noldorin [Ety/369] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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     :        ⸱   ⸱    ⸱    :            :     ⸱            :           ⸱        ⸱            :

Maustallo óravie ná illin únat. Menello liptas síve milya miste cemenna nún, yasse atamána nás: mánatas ye anta, mánatas ye came. Melehta imbi ammelehtar netyas i túru arcanwasse ambe epe i rie. Vandilya tana lúmea cánusse; tannemma nás rá tárien ar áyan yasse aistie yo sosse araniéva. Mal or i vandil-túre óravie same arcanwarya aranion mi óri, ar háras Ea pella as Eru immo; ta hére ambarwa ambe ilyo ve Eruva yá sanyer asya óravie.

"The quality of mercy" occurs during Act 4, Scene 1, set in a Venetian Court of Justice. The speech is regarded as one of the great speeches in Shakespeare. The text was translated by Findegil of Mellonath Daeron.

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