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The Lhammas III

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The Lhammas III

6 It is elsewhere told how Sindo brother of Elwe, lord of the Teleri, strayed from his kindred and was enchanted in Beleriand by Melian and came never to Valinor, and he was after called Thingol and was king in Beleriand of the many Teleri who would not sail…

The Lhammas II

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The Lhammas II

3 On the march to the West the Lindar went first, and the chief house among them was the house of Ingwe, high-king of the Eldalie, and the oldest of all Elves, for he first awoke. His house and people are called the Ingwelindar or Ingwi. The march began when…

The Lhammas I

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The Lhammas I

The Lammas Or 'Account of Tongues' that Pengolod of Gondolin wrote afterward in Tol-eressea, using in part the work of Rumil the sage of Kor.

The Etymologies XIII

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The Etymologies XIII

U UB- abound. Q uvea abundant, in very great number, very large; uve abundance, great quantity. N ofr (ovr), ovor abundant (*ubra), ovras crowd, heap, etc.; ovro to abound. UGU- and UMU- negative stems: Q uin and umin I do not, am not; pa.t. ume. Q prefix…

The Etymologies XII

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The Etymologies XII

T THIN- (cf. TIN). *thindi pallid, grey, wan: Q sinde grey. Sindo name of Elwe's brother, in Telerian form Findo, Ilk. Thind, later in Doriath called Thingol (i.e. Thind + gol wise, see NGOL) or Torthingol [TA] King Thingol, also with title Tor Tinduma 'King…

The Etymologies XI

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The Etymologies XI

T TA - demonstrative stem 'that'. Q ta that, it; tana that (anaphoric); tar thither (*tad), ON to. TA-, TAʒ- high, lofty; noble. *tara lofty: Q tara, ON tara absorbed in N by taur from PQ *taura (see TAWAR, TUR). N poetic only or in ancient titles taur; often…

The Etymologies X

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The Etymologies X

S S- demonstrative stem. su, so he (cf. -so inflexion of verbs); st*, se she (cf. -se inflexion of verbs). Cf. N ho, hon, hono he; he, hen, bene she; ha, hana it; plurals huin, hin, hein. SAB- Q sava juice; ON soba, N san, (pl. sui). SAG- *sagra: Q sara bitter;…

The Etymologies IX

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The Etymologies IX

R RAB- *raba wild, untamed: Q rava, N rhaw wilderness. [Q rava and N rhaw with wholly different meaning are also derivatives from stem RAMBA, and N rhaw appears in a third sense under RAW.] RAD- back, return. Dor. radhon east (cf. nivon forward = west [NIB]);…

The Etymologies VIII

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The Etymologies VIII

O OKTA- See KOT. Q ohta war. N auth. Ilk. oth. OLOS- dream. Q olor dream, Olofantur (s-f > f) = Lorien. N [olt >] ol (pl. elei); oltha- to dream (*olsa-); Olfannor (= Olo(s)-fantur) [SPAN] = Lorien. [See LOS.] OM- Q oma voice; oman, amandi vowel. ONO- beget…