Thanks to the publication of the "Addenda and Corrigenda to the _Etymologies_" (VT #45), some later words from Tolkien's manuscript can now find a correct...
Per Lindberg has graciously volunteered to compile and maintain a web site listing known, corroborated errata to the two print publications of the E.L.F.,...
There is a form _neldelume_ on page 50 (footnote #57). Should it read _neldellume_ instead, as it appears on following page 51? [Yes, it should read...
Hello, It looks to me that lhampa- on p. 66 in Parma 14 is a typo for _hampa-_, isn't it ? From *E skamp- above on the same page I guess. :-) Cheers, Edouard...
Reprint of PARMA ELDALAMBERON No. 11 I Lam na Ngoldathon The Grammar and Lexicon of the GNOMISH TONGUE. By J. R. R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Gilson, Carl...
My page on tengwar-inspired fonts <www.geocities.com/otsoandor/Fonts.htm> now includes Tengwar Hereno, a joint job with Paulo Otto, who designed the characters...
In message #10 of elfling, Benct Philip Jonsson alias 'Melroch' proposes that Quenya stops aren't divided into three categories: voiced (only after /l, r, n/),...
... Thanks for the note. I'm aware of _enni_ and commented on it both on Tolklang (http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/misc/local/TolkLang/Vol38/38.26) and Elfling ...
Aiya! Has anyone mused on the internal historical position of the prayers published in VT43-44? From what examples of Tolkien's Quenya I have seen, I gather...
Hello, I just noticed the _Etymologies'_ entry NUT-, where we find: "N _nud-_; _nűd_ bond; _naud_ bound." Isn't this _naud_ clearly another possible case of...
I've noticed that some messages reported as being posted to the Lambengolmor list via its web interface have nonetheless not shown up for approval by Pat and...
In the entry MIZD- of the "Addenda and Corrigenda to _The Etymologies_" (VT45:35) there is a reference to "the glosses of N _mídh_ 'dew' and Dor. _męd_...
Patrick H. Wynne has written a new editorial for _Tengwestië_, entitled "Are Goldogrin and Qenya 'primitive'?". This brief essay assesses the significance of...
I am very pleased to announce the publication of a new article, "The Goldogrin Past Tense" by Patrick H. Wynne, in _Tengwestië_, the online journal of the...
... I know of no instance of 'nin' being suffixed to either a preposition or a noun. Anybody ? [There is _enni_ *'to me' in S. _guren będ enni_ 'my heart...
Has anyone tried to translate the version of Gandalf's spell to open the gates of Moria that appears in _The Return of the Shadow_ p. 451 (paperback ed.): ...
I have published the beginnings of a Tolkienian Linguistics FAQ, at: http://www.elvish.org/FAQ.html The purpose of this FAQ is to provide sorely needed...
In 'The Fellowship of the Ring', LR book II, chapter 2 'The Council of Elrond' we learn the Sindarin name of Tom Bombadil from Elrond's mouth: "Iarwain ...
I'd like to record here the existence of two items of linguistic interest in recent Bonhams auctions of Tolkien-holograph items. 1) Sale No. 10889, Lot 601: ...
On page 71, under NOUNS, the sentence beginning "Those ending in _-i_, _-u_" reads " ... adj. _kulúva_ > _kuluuva_" (with short/long diacritic on the first...
In _Parma Eldalamberon_ 14, p. 79 Tolkien writes that _kiryassea_ is an adjectival form and translates it as "that is on board ship". I can hardly understand...
I wondered whether the gloss "Eru : the One, He that is Alone" given by Christopher Tolkien into the index of the _Silmarillion (1977)_ came from his own...
The readers of Lambengolmor may be interested in a listing of all attested Goldogrin pronouns that I've posted on my website "The Cottage of Lost Play"...
There is what looks like a misprint in "The _Entu_, _Ensi_, _Enta_ Declension. A Preliminary Analysis" by Christopher Gilson with an Introduction by Carl F....
It is my great pleasure to announce that Patrick H. Wynne has accepted my invitation to serve as co-editor of _Tengwestie_. I'm sure that all members of this...
There are two points in the recently published (and very interesting) Parma Eldalamberon #14 where I think that the text is misspelt. In the note 1 of page 60...
Hello, In an exhaustive study published in _Tengwestie_, the online journal of the ELF (http://www.elvish.org/Tengwestie/articles/Hostetter/noldpat.phtml), ...
In an insightful message posted on July 5th 2003, n° 459, (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lambengolmor/message/459), Pavel Iosad argues for the existence of...
... I think you are right in saying that Tolkien wrote the prayers in his "mature" years, but not in the sense that you mean. It is clearly noticeable that...
