A recent discussion on the "sindict" mailing list* raised the question of whether the reading _mistrad_ given in _The Etymologies_ at V:373 s.v. MIS- might be...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Aug 12, 2008 1:20 pm
In PE17:68 I find the description of the formation of participles: "Simple past participle passive _kari-nwa_, adj. _-ina_, after vowel stems _-nwa, sinwa,...
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cgilson75
Aug 12, 2008 7:02 pm
I took another look at the photocopy of the manuscript, and the arrangement of the text does suggest that the "This" in the third sentence of the passage...
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Hans Georg Lundahl
hglundahl
Aug 22, 2008 2:17 pm
I have another kind of clue, Thorsten. Tolkien was a fan of Nordic languages, he may well have made a calque of the procedure where past participles like...
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gildir_2
Aug 28, 2008 7:59 pm
I have the pleasure to announce a new major article on Khuzdul written by Magnus Åberg of the Mellonath Daeron, available on: ...
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drussy
Sep 18, 2008 12:48 pm
Hey there. I and some friends wondered if any of you could help us with the etymology and the meaning of the following names: _Amillo_ and _Ómar_ (cf....
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Diego Seguí
tirachinas
Sep 19, 2008 3:39 pm
Hello, Probably someone here can help me with this: The runes in Thrór's map have 'wh' for 'hw' in 'when', Tolkien following a regular usage in writing...
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Arden R. Smith
erilaz7
Sep 20, 2008 7:46 pm
... I think it must be the latter. I've never seen an English edition with "when" on Thrór's map (and I have quite a few different editions in my...
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Kloczko
laurifindil
Oct 26, 2008 3:22 am
Is _ává_ a misprint for _áva_ on PE 17:143? "The longer form _avá, ává_ was only used..." Thank you, Edouard Kloczko [Having checked my photocopies, I...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Nov 9, 2008 4:06 pm
With the release of the Gentium Basic font family: <http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_basic> which adds a bold face to...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Nov 9, 2008 4:06 pm
I am pleased to announce the publication of a new article on _Tengwestië_: <http://www.elvish.org/Tengwestie/articles/DeRosarioMartinez/earlyilkorin.phtml> ...
I thank Roman for his valuable commentaries on the article of "Early Ilkorin Phonology". I have modified it to reflect some of his ideas, which improve my...
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Kloczko
laurifindil
Dec 7, 2008 10:59 pm
Christopher Gilson wrote in Lambengolmor mesage #1039 : "† Q _tenya_, arrive (_not_ at speaker's[?] place)." But in VT 49:24 we read : "† _tenya_ arrive...
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Kloczko
laurifindil
Dec 9, 2008 1:29 pm
In PE:17 page 141 we learn that (some) Sindar called the Exiled Noldor _eglon_ from the etymon _etlô_. Just one line over that statement we have the plurial...
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Kloczko
laurifindil
Dec 9, 2008 1:50 pm
Hello, On p. 91 we read : "... and survived only in this construction. 6)" But I do not find a note 6. On p. 93 the last note is numbered 5. Did I miss...
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Edouard Kloczko
laurifindil
Dec 16, 2008 10:09 pm
In all my editions of _The Lord of the Rings_, in App. F S. _Fimbrethil_ is translated "slender-*beech*". But in the Index to the Second Edition _Fimbrethil_...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Dec 21, 2008 4:34 am
Here is another collection of errata in _Parma Eldalamberon_ reported to me over the past months. I have also added them to the omnibus lists of _PE_ errata...
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Helios De Rosario Mar...
helios_drm
Jan 15, 2009 1:06 pm
Happy new year to all the Lambengolmor! I am trying to find out what Tolkien meant in one of the paragraphs of the Gnomish Grammar, where the historical...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Jan 23, 2009 11:57 pm
... I think that's exactly the intended meaning, the correspondence of _th_ and _tt_ probably being so trivial for Tolkien that he doesn't explicitly mention...
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Kloczko
laurifindil
Feb 22, 2009 3:40 pm
In Ety, in "The Shibboleth of Feanor" and D59 we find the root RIG- meaning "'twine, wreath". In Ety as printed the word meaning "crown, garland" in Q. is rie ...
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Beregond, Anders Sten...
j_beregond
Mar 31, 2009 11:45 pm
The Third International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's Invented Languages 'Omentielva Nelya' 6 - 9 August, 2009 * Change of venue Omentielva Nelya was...
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Beregond, Anders Sten...
j_beregond
Mar 31, 2009 11:45 pm
For Omentielva Nelya we call for scholarly papers on all aspects of any or all of Tolkien's invented languages, in any or all of their conceptual stages. The...
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Beregond, Anders Sten...
j_beregond
Mar 31, 2009 11:47 pm
Mellyn! The production of _Arda Philology_ 2, the proceedings of the second Omentielva conference, held in Antwerp in 2007, has been interrupted by other...
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Hans Georg Lundahl
hglundahl
Apr 2, 2009 12:28 am
C. S. Lewis, unlike Tolkien, was not an inveterate language maker. Also unlike Tolkien, he features children from 20th century England as protagonists. Which...
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"Beregond, Ander...
j_beregond
Jun 24, 2009 5:21 am
Mellyn! In six weeks, it will be time to pack the suitcase for a trip to Britain and Whitehaven. Omentielva Nelya will be held there on 6-9 August. If you have...
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"Beregond, Ander...
j_beregond
Jul 23, 2009 9:01 pm
Mellyn! Omentielva Nelya, 6-9 August in Whitehaven, England, is drawing nigh. All information is found at <www.omentielva.com>. For practical reasons, we will...
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"Beregond, Ander...
j_beregond
Aug 29, 2009 8:22 pm
Mellyn! The second volume of _Arda Philology_, comprising the proceedings of Omentielva Tatya in 2007, was published just in time for Omentielva Nelya, and...
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cgilson75
Nov 12, 2009 10:08 pm
PARMA ELDALAMBERON 18 Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2 By J. R. R. TOLKIEN http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma18.html _Parma...
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galanolwe
Nov 13, 2009 9:14 pm
I've heard many different reports on how Tolkien wrote his manuscripts. Mainly I've heard that he wrote with a fountain pen. Others say he wrote with a...
