Elven Dictionary |
Here's a dictionary on Elven. I do not take credit for any of these words. I got these all out of The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. Often I use this book to look up stuff to make names for Elves. Here's two sites on elven languages: Drow Sindarin, Quenya, Telari |
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Notes On Pronunciation CONSONANTS C - always has the value of K, never of s; thus Celeborn is 'Keleborn', not 'Seleborn'. CH - always has the value of ch in Scotch loch or German buch, never that of ch in English church. DH - is always used to represent the sound of a voiced ('soft') th in English, that is the th in then, not the th in thin. G - always has the sound of English g in get VOWELS AI - has the sound of English eye AU - has the value of English ow in town EI - as in Teiglin has the sound of English Grey IE - should not be pronounced as in English piece, but with both the vowels i and e sounded, and run together UI - as in Uinen has the sound of English ruin AE - as in Aegnor, Nirnaeth, and OE as in Noegyth, Loeg, are combinations of the individual vowels, a-e, o-e, but ae may be pronounced in the same way as ai, and oe as in English toy EA and EO - are not run together, but constitute two syllables |
Adanedhel - Elf Man Adunakhor - Lord of the West Adurant- double stream Aeglos - Snow point Aegnor - Fell Fire Aelin-uial - Meres of Twilight Aerandir - Sea Wanderer Agarwaen - blood stained Aglarond - The Glittering Cavern Aglon - The Narrow Pass Ainulindale - The Music of the Ainur Ainur - The Holy Ones Akallabeth - The Downfallen Alcarinque - The Glorious Aldaron - Lord of Trees Aldudenie - Lament for the Two Trees Alqualonde - Haven of the Swans Aman - Blessed, free from evil Amandil - Lover of Amon Amon Amarth - Mount Doom Amon Ereb - The Lonely Hill Amon Ethir - The Hill of Spies Amon Rudh - The Bald Hill Amon Sul - Hill of the Wind Anadune - Westernesse Anar - Quenya name of the Sun Andor - The Land of Gift Andram - The Long Wall Anduin - The Long River Anfauglir - Jaws of Thirst Anfauglith - the Gasping Dust Angband - Iron Prison, Hell of Iron Anghabar - Iron Delvings Angrenost - Iron Fortress Angrist - Iron Cleaver Annatar - Lord of Gifts Annon-in-Gelydh - Gate of the Noldor Annuminas - Tower of the West Apanonar - The Afterborn Aranruth - King's Ire Aratar - the Exalted Arda - the Realm Aredhel - Noble Elf Argonath - King stones Arnor - Land of the King Ar-Pharazon - the golden Astaldo - the Valiant Atalante - the downfallen Atanatari - fathers of men Atani - the second people Avari - the unwilling, the refusers Avathar - the shadows Balrog - demon of might Barad-dur - the dark tower Barad Eithel - Tower of the well |
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Barad Nimras - white horn tower Baranduin - the brown river Bar-en-Danwedh - house of ransom Belegaer - the great sea Belegost - great fortress Belthil - divine radience Brilthor - Glittering Torrent Cabed Naeramarth - leap of dreadful doom Calacirya - cleft of light Calaquendi - Elves of light Calenardhon - the green province Camlost - empty handed Celeborn - tree of silver Celebrant - silver lode Celebrimbor - Hand of Silver Celebrindal - silverfoot Celebros - silver foam Cirdan - the shipwright Cirith Ninniach - rainbow cleft Cirith Thoronath - eagles cleft Corollaire - the green mound Cuivienen - water of Awakening Curunir - the one of cunning devices Cuthalion - strongbow Dagnir Glaurunga - Glaurung's bane Dagor Aglareb - the glorious battle Dagor Bragollach - the battle of sudden flame Dagorlad - battle plain Dagor-nuin-Giliath - the battle under stars Dol Guldur - hill of sorcery Dolmed - wet head Dor Caranthir - land of Caranthir Dor-Cuarthol - land of bow and helm Dor Daedeloth - land of shadow and horror Dor Dinen - the silent land Dor Firn-i-Guinar - land of the dead that live Doriah - land of the fence Dor-nu-Fauglith - land under choking ash Dorthonion - land of pines Dunedain - the Edain of the West Dwarrowdelf - delving of the dwarves Ea - it is, let it be Earendil - halfelven, the blessed, the bright, the mariner Earrame - sea wing Echoriath - the encircling mountains Eglath - the forsaken people Eithel Ivrin - Ivrin's well Eithel Sirion - Sirion's well Ekkaia - the outer ocean, the encircling sea Elbereth - star queen Eldalie - the elven folk Eldamar - Elvenhome Eldar - people of the stars Elendili - Elf Friends Elenna - starwards |