... But the Tale of Years (app. B of the Lord of the Rings) has the following entry for the year "c. 1000" of the Second Age: "Sauron, alarmed by the growing...
BMO there are two possible ways how Sauron knew the mode on the One Ring, both assuming that he knew the mode already in the First Age: 1) the mode has nothing...
Thanks to all who helped me with the transcription of my future tattoo :) I'm so excited to get it. Thanks again! I'm sure I will have other questions in the...
... One ... by ... palatals + ... Tirith - ... for ... of ... _Tengwar_ ... want ... his ... counted ... It's quite nice but in the First Age the mode of...
... Why was the Beleriand mode invented? Because the tehta mode wasn't - by the lordmarsters' opinion - appropriate for SINDARIN. It is nowhere said that it...
... We don't know what mode was used in the First Age, but we have to assume that in the Second Age, the people of Eregion used the mode known as "mode of...
... The line is thin, but it's after all a difference in aims: You can either aim at creating the easiest way of writing or at creating the most consistent...
... I know he wasn't. But I think it was his nature to learn such things, he was originally one of the Aule's Maiar. ... matters of 'magic', I mean, for short...
... Was he? I only remember that he sat in Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves. And there, he wasn't nice at all... You're right, he was a Maia of Aule,...
Hi. I just joined this ring in hopes that someone can help me translate a phrase. I've been doing numerous research on the language that was used on the ring...
"Therefore [Melkor] sought means to circumvent the _u'nat_ and the unwill. And this weapon he found in 'language'.... ".... For in days of old, when the Valar...
... They're as different as, for instance, Spanish is different from the Latin alphabet, since Quenya is a language and the tengwar (literally: 'letters') is a...
Thanks Carl, that's exactly the quote I was looking for, but I was unable to find it. It shows that the evil have only one interest in language: It's a tool...
... Exactly so; but then, nothing allows control of a mind other than the assent of the mind itself. And as Tolkien says, Melkor found in language an ideal...
... I will try to give some answers according to what I think you're asking. (Note: Using a little punctuation can go a long way in making things clearer!) The...
... Through language, he can't force people's "heart", but only their thoughts. I believe he'd prefer a tool that allowed him to force people's "heart"...
well this site http://www.geocities.com/fontmaster.geo/tengwar/sindar.htm is the one im useing http://www.mimas.ceti.pl/tengwar/ott/english.php im also use...
... one ... There is no best, but only different modes. Your examples are too vague, though I can explain the reason -ng is output as nwalme is that the...
im useing ott i did celebdring in sindarin classic i thought i would get noldo which is ing instead i get nwalme which ingw basically im trying learn elvish i...
... 'The Lord of the Rings', Appendix E: "The West-gate inscription illustrates a mode of 'full writing' with the vowels represented by separate letters. All...
Thanks for the response. The tattoo artist who is doing the tattoo for me is also, surprisingly, a Tolkien fan so he's going to help me translate the phrase...
... There are three Sindarin modes attested by Tolkien. They differ basicly in the use of the third or the fourth tengwar series for k-sounds (k, g, ch, ng)...
... Of course, though I think it was originally an Uure with subscript long carrier -- to indicate i-umlaut. When writing Swedish I have extended this use by...
Hello. I'm new to this group, so excuse me if this is the wrong place to post this question. I'd like to know how to write dates in Quenya (for example: ...
... place ... Yap, this group discusses writing systems. But to answer your question, don't forget that in Middle-earth there are different 'reckoning'...
Thanks for your kind answer. But, would you suggest any 'method' for adapting the dates of middle earth to fit in our age in order to translate, for example,...
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