edhellen

adjective. Elvish

_ adj. _Elvish. annon edhellen edro hi ammen! 'Elvish gate open now for us'. >> edhel

edhellen

adjective. elvish

hithlain

noun. mist thread, grey elvish rope

The name of the grey elvish rope from The Lord of the Rings (LotR/371). Starting with the second edition index of LotR Tolkien said it meant “mist thread” (LotRI), and in notes from the late 1960s he gave its Quenya equivalent as hísilanya, indicating the elements of hithlain were hîth “mist” and lain “thread, warp, ‽twine” (PE17/60).

minlamad thent

proper name. mode of Elvish verse

Mode of Elvish verse (UT/146; WJ/311). Its final element is thent “short”, but the meaning of the first element minlamad is unclear. It may perhaps mean “first-echoing” and refer to alliteration, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Carl Hostetter (Tolkien’s legendarium, p. 121-2). Tolkien said “this verse was not wholly unlike the verse known to Aelfwine” (WJ/311) and this may refer to the Old Norse or Old English styles of alliterative poetry; hat tip to Ellanto for suggesting this to me. In the Unfinished Tales as originally published, Christopher Tolkien gave this phrase as Minlamed thent/estent (UT/146), but in The War of the Jewels he said this was a slip on his part, and that J.R.R. Tolkien actually wrote Minlamad (WJ/311 and p. 315 note #3).

annon edhellen, edro hi ammen

Elvish gate open now for us

abonnen

noun/adjective. man, one born later than the Elves, a human being (elvish name for men)

adan

noun. man, one of the Second People (elvish name for men)

aphadon

noun. man (elvish name for men)

aphadrim

noun. followers, men (elvish name for men)

atheg

noun. thumb (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

edhellen

adjective. elvish, of the Elves

emig

noun. index finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

gwinig

noun. little finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

honeg

noun. middle finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

Given as honig in VT/47:14, but see VT/48:17 n. 13 for discussion

nethig

noun. ring finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

First given in the manuscript as netheg in VT/47:14-15, but see especially VT/48:17 n. 13 for discussion

niben

adjective. little finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

orgaladhad

noun. fourth day of the Elvish week, day of the Two Trees

This day was renamed orgaladh in the Númenórean calendar

tolch

noun. middle finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

toleg

noun. middle finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

edhellen

elvish

edhellen (of language apparently = ”Sindarin”), pl. edhellin

edhellen

elvish

(of language apparently = ”Sindarin”), pl. edhellin****

parf edhellen

noun/adjective. Elvish book

Parf Edhellen (Q. Parma Eldaliéva) is derived from the words parf and edhellen. These words are not attested in this formation. >> annon

-ya

elvish

-ya (5) adjectival ending, as in the word Quenya "Elvish" itself; when added to a verbal stem it may derive a kind of short active participle, as in melumatya "honey-eating" (mat- "eat"), saucarya "evil-doing" (car- "do"). (PE17:68)

quendya Archaic

noun. Elvish

eldarin

noun/adjective. of the Eldar; Elvish (language)

@@@ Helge Fauskanger suggested that Eldarinwa is an extended form of this word as an adjective (QQ/Eldarin). More exactly, I think it is the application of the possessive/adjectival suffix -va to the word Eldarin in its noun-sense = “Elvish language”.

Avathar

not elvish

Avathar place-name denoting the land between the southern Pelóri and the Sea, where Ungoliant dwelt; said to be "not Elvish" in WJ:404 and must be thought of as an adaptation from Valarin; on the other hand, MR:284 states that it is "ancient Quenya" and offers the interpretation "The Shadows". Whatever the case, it must have become *Avasar in Exilic Quenya.

Eldarin

eldarin, elvish

Eldarin adj. derived from Elda: "Eldarin, Elvish" (Silm, ÉLED). Also in the longer form Eldarinwa (pl. Eldarinwë in VT47:14, in the title Eldarinwë leperi ar notessi, "The Eldarin fingers and numerals")

Quendi

elvish woman

quendi noun "Elvish woman", pl. quendir given (MR:229; changed by Tolkien from quendë pl. quender); the sg. quendi must not be confused with the pl. Quendi, see above. Compare masc. quendu.

essecenta eldarinwa

proper name. Enquiry (into the origins) of the Elvish names

Title of an essay on the naming of divisions of Elves, more commonly known by the title “Quendi and Eldar” (WJ/359-424). It is described as an “Enquiry into the origins of the Elvish names” (WJ/359), though “into the origins” is not directly represented in the Quenya title. Its first element is a compound of essë “name” and centa “enquiry”, and its second element is the possessive form of Eldarin, meaning “of Elvish”.

quendu

elvish man

quendu noun *"Elvish man", pl. quendur given (MR:229; changed by Tolkien from quendo pl. quendor). Compare fem. quendi.

hísilanya

noun. mist thread, grey elvish rope

Quenya equivalent of S. hithlain “mist thread”, a combination of Q. hísë “mist” and Q. lanya “thread” (PE17/60).

valar ar maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar

Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment

eldarinwë leperi ar notessi

Elvish Fingers and Numerals

enquië

noun. Elvish week of six days

quenya

noun. Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech, Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; [ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian

yén

noun. Elvish long year (144 solar years)

Parma Eldaliéva

noun/adjective. Elvish book

Parma Eldaliéva (S. Parf Edhellen) is derived from the words parma and eldaliéva. These words are not attested in this formation.

kwenyā

adjective. Elvish

nimriyê

noun. Nimrian Tongue, *Elvish

The Adûnaic word for the Elvish language (SD/414), most likely a combination of the word Nimir “Elf” (evidently with the Adûnaic syncope) and a suffix meaning “language”, perhaps -iyê.

lammasethen

proper name. Shorter Account of the Elvish Tongues

A name for a shortened version of the Lhammas “Account of Tongues” (LR/192), a combination of that name with thent “short”.