Yesterday, I received my copy of _Arda Philology_ I, constituting the Proceedings of _Omentielva Minya_, the First International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's...
"Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in 'The Lord of the Rings'." By J. R. R. Tolkien "Parma Eldalamberon," 'The Book of Elven-tongues', is a...
[I'm approving this for the list, but I ask that any further discussion of the project be conducted off list. I am myself very dubious about the value and...
I am hearing rumors (fama volat) that Parma 17 exists and that it contains information on Tolkien's exotic languages in LOTR (including Khuzdul). Any info on...
The first volume of _Arda Philology_, containing the proceedings of Omentielva Minya in Stockholm August 2005, is now being printed. More information is at ...
I am currently reading and enjoying the second volume of the History of the Hobbit. While reading on my patio (on the one day it is not raining in London) I...
Over on Elfling, in message 34172 ... David doesn't state on what he bases this definition of the aorist, but if he means it to describe how Tolkien used the...
Thanks for an issue of _VT_ well worth waiting for. According to VT49:15, the element _-la_ in _pella_ 'beyond (the borders of)' (R:66) is identified as _lá_ ...
I'd like to use this forum to correct an error I just noticed in my article "Languages Invented by Tolkien", in the recently published _J.R.R. Tolkien...
The name _Asfaloth_ is one of the most important Elvish names to which no generally agreed etymology has been found to this day. A query for "Asfaloth"; on...
In response to several requests, I have issued a new Special Series of _The Collected Vinyar Tengwar_, re-collecting various multi-part works contained in the...
Volume 5b of _The Collected Vinyar Tengwar_ collects issues 41–49, and is available for order on the E.L.F. Storefront at Lulu.com <http://www.lulu.com/ELF/>...
This 60-page issue features the third and final part of Patrick Wynne's presentation of "_Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals_ and Related Writings", which...
In the last day I had the opportunity to take a more careful look at E1a and E1b on PE16:98-104. In november I started to analyze "Earendel"; as we knew it from...
I expect to publish _Vinyar Tengwar_ 49 around the end of May. Due to the cyclic nature of the older subscription model, a very large number of subscriptions...
I'm wondering about Taliska. I asked Adam Tolkien at the London launch of _Children of Húrin_ about the status of Tolkien's unpublished grammar and he did not...
Roman Rausch has been compiling an extensive index, with commentary and analysis, of all Elvish personal and place names given in _The Return of the Shadow_,...
Volume 1 of _The Collected Vinyar Tengwar_ collects issues 1–10, and is available for order on the E.L.F. Storefront at Lulu.com (<http://www.lulu.com/ELF/>)...
In QL:89 s.v. TAPA, we can read the bracketed phrase _i·rendi tapatenda_ = 'thieves'. This seems to be a metaphorical expression, in which the second term...
Dear Lambengolmor, What is your opinion on the etymology of the Quenya language-names in _-rin_ i.e. Eldarin, Sindarin, Telerin, Valarin etc.? Such names are ...
I am just digesting the extraordinary amount of information provided in the analysis of the three "Secret Vice" poems, i.e. "_Oilima Markirya_", "_Nieninqe_"...
Fellow Tolkien scholars -- Would you like to host Omentielva Nelya? This year's conference (Omentielva Tatya) will be held in Antwerp. One of the last things...
The 16th issue of _Parma Eldalamberon_ is a very welcome Christmas gift indeed. Lots of thanks to the editors for their unfailing work! In the first part of...
[The following post falls outside the usual purview of this list, but is being allowed in the spirit of Christmas. It does not represent any change in list...
Hello All ! First of all I would like to thank you for Parma 16. It looks like "oromandi"; PE16:96 should be 'mountain dwellers', not _dweller_, I guess ? ...
With the _very_ kind permission of the editors and publishers of _The Lord of the Rings 1954–2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder_[1], I am...
In the transcription of the two samples of the first four lines in _sarati_ (R17) is written _luti-er_, which should be _lúti-er_ in both the horizontal and...
I'm still analysing the "Secret Vice Poems" (note that I've discarded some notes found in the working analysis of "_Earendel_" put on-line 15 days ago, I'll...
This 36-page issue features the second part of "_Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals_ and Related Writings", itself a four-part collection of late texts (c....
