Sindarin is one of the constructed languages devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth. Sindarin...
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languages with terms for types of weapons. Sword: Noldorin Sindarin: magl, magol, North Sindarin magor, Quenya: makil, macil. Specific types of sword were...
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Languages constructed by Tolkien (category Articles containing Sindarin-language text)
of Elvish languages, the best-known and most developed being Quenya and Sindarin. In addition, he sketched in the Mannish languages of Adûnaic and Rohirric;...
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languages of Middle-earth, constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien, include Quenya and Sindarin. These were the various languages spoken by the Elves of Middle-earth as...
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R. Tolkien created the first of these languages, including Quenya and Sindarin. The philologist and high fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien created many...
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Cirth (category Pages with Sindarin IPA)
The Cirth (Sindarin pronunciation: [ˈkirθ], meaning "runes"; sg. certh [ˈkɛrθ]) is a semi‑artificial script, based on real‑life runic alphabets, one of...
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use of Welsh phonology and grammar for his constructed Elvish language Sindarin. Scholars have identified multiple legends, both Irish and Welsh, as likely...
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Quenya (category Articles containing Sindarin-language text)
English, and was familiar with Greek, Welsh (the primary inspiration for Sindarin, Tolkien's other major Elvish language), and other ancient Germanic languages...
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from the linguistic relationship between the two languages, Quenya and Sindarin, of the divided Elves. The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger states that Tolkien...
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Ungoliant (category Pages with Sindarin IPA)
Ungoliant (Sindarin pronunciation: [ʊŋˈɡɔljant]) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, described as an evil spirit in the form of...
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Lord of Werewolves. Accordingly, the forest was renamed Taur-nu-Fuin in Sindarin, "Forest of Darkness", or "Forest of Nightshade"; Tolkien chose to use...
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Langobards, and the Byzantine Empire. Tolkien intended the name Gondor to be Sindarin for "Stone-land". This is echoed in the text of The Lord of the Rings by...
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knowledge and understanding. The Noldor are called Golodhrim or Gódhellim in Sindarin, and Goldui by another kindred of Elves, the Teleri of Tol Eressëa. The...
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enriched by the arrival of Sindarin Elves from west of the Misty Mountains, and the Silvan language was gradually replaced by Sindarin. Amongst these arrivals...
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Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, expanding the languages (particularly Sindarin) by building on vocabulary already known from published works, and defining...
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the document and in the contemporaneous The Etymologies, soon became the Sindarin found in The Lord of the Rings, while the new Noldorin became just a dialect...
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Tolkien's constructed languages were written using the Tengwar, including Sindarin. Tolkien used Tengwar to write English: most of Tolkien's Tengwar samples...
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games. The name "Moria" means "the Black Chasm" or "the Black Pit", from Sindarin mor, "dark, black" and iâ, "void, abyss". The element mor had the sense...
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an Elvish hymn to Varda (Sindarin: Elbereth) in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It is the longest piece of Sindarin in The Lord of the Rings...
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also known as the Númenóreans or Men of Westernesse (translated from the Sindarin term). Those who survived the sinking of their island kingdom and came...
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"Balrog", providing an in-universe etymology for it as a word in his invented Sindarin language. He may have gained the idea of a fire demon from his philological...
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and the servant of the Huntsman of the Valar, Oromë. Melkor (known in Sindarin as Morgoth), the evil Vala, corrupted many Maiar into his service. Among...
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Aragorn (category Pages with Sindarin IPA)
Aragorn (Sindarin: [ˈaraɡɔrn]) is a fictional character and a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Aragorn is a Ranger of the North...
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Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (pronounced [ˈmɔrdɔr]; from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow) is the realm and base of the evil...
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light" in Sindarin. His names in Tolkien's invented languages of Quenya and Sindarin were Artanáro and Rodnor, respectively. His Sindarin birth name...
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Foe Hammer can refer to: The sword Glamdring (in Sindarin: 'glam'=foe, 'dring'=hammer) in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien King Roland of Delain's mighty...
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and practised archery. He invented languages for the Elves, including Sindarin and Quenya. Tolkien-style Elves have become a staple of fantasy literature...
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Treebeard, or Fangorn in Sindarin, is a tree-giant character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He is an Ent and is said by Gandalf to be "the...
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The name Morgoth is Sindarin (one of Tolkien's invented languages) and means "Dark Enemy" or "Black Foe". Bauglir is also Sindarin, meaning "Tyrant" or...
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and last King of Doriath. In Tolkien's constructed languages, Thingol is Sindarin for "grey cloak", "greymantle", while the Quenya form of his name, Singollo...
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