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Sindarin-English & English-Sindarin Dictionary Edited and arranged by J-M Carpenter Sindarin is a language originally created by J.R.R Tolkien, and the copyright/IP of Sindarin belong to him and his estate. This dictionary is unauthorised, and I do not claim affiliation with Middle-Earth Enterprises/Saul Zaentz or The Tolkien Estate; however none of the work herein is lifted directly from any of Tolkien's works, and any breach of copyright in this work is completely unintentional. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike License, version 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/). © 2013 J-M Carpenter. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-1-291-33216-2 Acknowledgements and explanations This dictionary started from entries compiled from Hisweloke's Sindarin-English dictionary, without whose original work this project would have taken an awful lot longer. Words marked with a * have been deduced (attested only in compounds or other words). Words marked with a † have been normalised or reconstructed from Noldorin. All words marked with a ᵲ have been reconstructed by either myself or one of a number of other linguists (I would love to give credit to everyone whose work appears in this dictionary, however I have been unable to track down the creators of every word). All reconstructions used in this dictionary come from one of the following methods:  Adding an attested suffix to an attested word such as -as or -weg  Negating an attested word to attain its opposite meaning  Changing an attested Quenya word into Sindarin using rules gleaned from attested material  Creating a compound word from existing attested words  Creating a word from an attested root, and a suffix  Changing a word from Goldogrin (Gnomish) or Qenya into Sindarin. These are much more theoretical, and as such, have been marked with a ¶ before the word This dictionary does not contain regular plurals, or any parts of verbs apart from the stem (with one or two exceptions for irregulars). I have compiled the English-Sindarin dictionary to make life easier for students of Sindarin, however I advise you to cross-reference the Sindarin words back to their original glosses in the Sindarin-English to ensure the word means exactly what you want it to. Linguistic abbreviations abst. abstract adj. adjective adv. adverb arch. archaic augm. augmented by ext. by extension card. cardinal conj. conjunction coll. collective dim. diminutive fem. feminine imp. imperative interj. interjection masc. masculine Mil. Military n. noun N. indicates an original Noldorin word that has been normalised num. number ord. ordinal pl. plural poet. poetic pp. past participle pref. prefix prep. preposition pron. pronoun rel. relative sing. singular v. verb Other abbreviations Ety The Etymologies GL Gnomish Lexicon LB The Lays of Beleriand Letters The Letters of JRR Tolkien LotR The Lord of the Rings MR Morgoth's Ring PE Parma Eldalamberon PM The Peoples of Middle-Earth RC The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion SD Sauron Defeated UT Unfinished Tales VT Vinyar Tengwar WJ The War of the Jewels WR The War of the Ring Sindarin-English A a I (adh/ah/ar before a vowel) conj. and (ar = Exilic, ah = Doriathrin, for adh = see PE/17 for a discussion on this) a II interj. O! ◇ See also ai I ab- prep.pref. after, later WJ/387 ᵲ abarad n. tomorrow (the day after) ablad n. prohibition, refusal (with reference to the gesture one makes with the hand) abonnen pl. ebœnnin n. and adj. 1. born later, born after ○ 2.as a noun, man, one born later than the Elves, a human being (elvish name for men) ◇ ab-+onnen "after-born" ᵲ ach n. bone achad n. neck (properly referring only to the bony vertebral part not including the throat) achar- v. to avenge (PE/17) acharn n. vengeance ◇ WJ/254, WJ/301 *achas n. dread, fear ← Daerachas WJ/187 ◈ This might also be *gachas, mutated in composition ad- adv.pref. back, again, re- ada n. masc. daddy dim. of adar adab n. building, house adan n. man, the race of Man *adanadar n. man, one of the Fathers of Men ◇ MR/373 adanath n. class plural of adan, all of the men adaneth n. fem. (mortal) woman (of the race of Man) ◇ adan+-eth adar n. masc. father. ᵲ adbanna- v. to refill (ad- + panna-) adbed- v. to rephrase (PE/17) adel prep. behind, in rear (of) *adertha- v. to reunite †adlann (atland N.) adj. sloping, tilted †adlanna- (*atlanna- N.) v. to slope, slant †adlant (atlant N.) adj. oblique, slanting *adleg- arch.poet.v. to loose, let loose, release adui adv. again (ad+-ui) PE/17 aduial n. the evening, time of star-opening, "evendim" ◇ ad + uial "second twilight" advîr n. heirloom (PE/17) aear n. sea ◈ Tolkien changed this word several times, see gaear, aearon aearon n.augm.of aear great sea, ocean ◈ Tolkien changed this word several times, see gaearon ᵲ aearvír n. pearl, 'sea jewel' ¶ ᵲ aeborn n. cherry tree *aeg n. point ← aeglir, aeglos †aegas pl. †aegais (oeges N.) n. abst. of aeg mountain peak ◇ Ety/349, X/OE aeglir n. range of mountain peaks ◇ aeg+lîr aeglos n. 1. snowthorn, a plant like furze (gorse), but larger and with white flowers ○ 2. icicle ◇ aeg+loss †ael pl. aelin n. lake, pool, mere aen unkn. (unknown meaning) ◇ SD/129-31 ◈ Some scholars believe this word to be cognate to Quenya nai "may it be". Others think that it is the pronoun "they", or the future conditional tense. ¶ ᵲ aep n. cherry aer I n. sea ◈ Tolkien changed this word several times, see aear, gaear aer II adj. holy ◇ VT/44:21,24 aerlinn n. unsure meaning, probably a holy song, a song about the sea ◇ RGEO/70, X/ND4 ◇ aes n. cooked food, meat aew n. (small) bird *aewen adj. of birds *agar n. blood agarwaen, agarwen adj. bloodstained ◇ agar+gwaen aglar n. great glory, brilliance, splendour (Probable that this is a- intensive prefix + claur) See also claur aglareb adj. glorious †aglonn (aglond N., aglon N.) n. defile, pass between high walls agor adj. narrow ah prep. and conj. and. see also a I ai I interj. ah! ai II pron. rel. for those who aith n. spearpoint al- I pref. arch. no, not. This is Doriathrin, ú is the preferred Sindarin for later materials al- II adv.pref. well alae interj. behold! alag adj. rushing, impetuous alagos n. storm of wind albeth n. word of good omen (PE/17) ¶ ᵲ alchor n. temple, shrine alfirin n. and adj. 1. immortal ○ 2.as a noun, name of a flower, bell-like and running through many soft and gentle colours ○ 3.as a noun, also used for another small white flower ◇ al-+firin alph pl. eilph n. swan am prep. up, upwards, upon amar (ambar N.) n. earth, the appointed home of Elves and Men amarth n. fate, doom amarthan adj. fated amath n.Mil. shield ᵲ ambas n.Mil. breastplate ambenn (ambend N., amben N.) adv, adj. 1. uphill, sloping upwards 2. a difficult task (an uphill struggle) ᵲ amchaled adj. uplifting (am+haled) amdir n. hope based on reason ◇ MR/320 ◇ am+tîr "looking up" amloth n.Mil. flower or floreate device used as crest fixed to the point of a tall helmet ◇ WJ/318 ◇ am+loth "uprising flower" amlug n. dragon ◇ Ety/349, Ety/370 ᵲ amman interrogative. pron. why? ('for what'?) ammen pron. 1st pl. of us, for us, toward us ◇ LotR/II:IV, LB/354, VT/44:21,27 ◇ an+men amon hill, steep-sided mount ◇ Ety/348, LotR/E, RC/334 amrûn n. east, orient ◇ Ety/348, Ety/384, S/437, LotR/E ◇ am+rhûn "uprising, sunrise" an prep. to, towards, for ◇ LotR/II:IV, UT/39, SD/129-31 an- adv.pref. with, by ◇ Ety/374 anann adv. long, for a long time ◇ LotR/VI:IV, Letters/308 anc n. jaw, row of teeth ◇ Ety/348, Ety/374 and adj. long ◇ Ety/348, S/427, X/ND1 andaith n. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened. ◇ LotR/E, Ety/391, X/EI †andrann (anrand N.) n. cycle, age (100 Valian Years) ◇ Ety/382, X/ND4 andreth n. patience (PE/17) anfang pl. enfeng n. one of the Longbeards (a tribe of Dwarves) ◇ Ety/348, Ety/387, WJ/322 anfangrim n.class pl.of anfang the Longbeards (a tribe of Dwarves) ◇ WJ/322 ang n. iron ◇ Ety/348, S/428, PM/347 angerthas n. runic alphabet, long rune-rows (extended version of the Certhas) ◇ S/427, LotR/E ◇ *anglenna- v. to approach ← anglennatha SD/129-31 angol I n. stench ◇ Ety/378