Another exploration of words, this time “letter, line, write”. This is a bit different from my previous examinations, since the most of the words in question are not in dispute, but their etymologies underwent quite a few changes. The Eldarin words for “letter” are Q. tengwa and S. têw (WJ/396,
Theme Updated
I finally freshened up the theme and menus! Hopefully everything will be easier to find now. This new theme allows me to have multiple menues, which allows for a much more organized appearance. I’d been planning on making this update for months now, but the holidays happened and I managed
Lesson 22 Quiz is up!
The lesson #22 quiz for Gelio Edhellen! 100 is up and running, and ready for beta testing. As usual, let me know if you find any problems with the quizzes! Elaran, Paul, and I had a lengthy discussion about the words that end in A that came from G, which
Elvish Roots – Ideas from Early Works
So far in this series I’ve focused on the Primitive Elvish of Tolkien’s later works, from the 1930s to the 1960s. This is because in the early to mid-1930s, Tolkien went through a major overhaul of Primitive Elvish, and the conceptual framework for his languages’ development was very different prior
Version 0.7.1 of Eldamo
I’ve release Eldamo 0.7.1 https://eldamo.org The main update is a detailed analysis of Ancient Telerin and Old Sindarin phonetic development. This is the same information I’ve been posting to Aglardh. https://middangeard.org.uk/aglardh/forum/3
Elvish Roots – Words Related to “And”
Another word analysis, this time for a single word: the conjunction “and”. We know the net result: Q. ar and S. a. Knowing its development is nevertheless very important, because it effects a number of secondary words and its history is very complex. In the Quenya Lexicon of the 1910s,
Elvish Roots – Shapes of Primitive Roots
The basic building blocks for words in Primitive Elvish were “roots”, also known as “bases” or “stems”, which Tolkien usually designated by putting them in ALLCAPS or by using square root symbol √ (and sometimes both). A “root” consists single vowel (called the base vowel or sundóma) and one or
Quiz Error Fixed!
There was a mysterious malfunction preventing people from moving from lesson 16 to 17 for the Gelio Edhellen! 100 course, and I finally figured out the problem! There was an option that sounded great on the quiz-set-up that I selected: “Do not store user answers in the database to save
Elvish Roots – Parent/Child Part 2
Yet another conflux of words, this time “parent/child, grandparent/grandchild, boy/girl and baby” On the Quenya side, we have Q. nostari “parents” from LotR, so we really have no choice but to use nostar for “parent”. We also have ᴹQ. “male and female parents” ontare/ontaro from the Etymologies, which may also
Version 0.7.0 of Eldamo
I’ve released version 0.7.0 of Eldamo: https://eldamo.org/ In this release, I’ve finished up my work on incorporating neologisms into Eldamo for the time being. I will still capture and add individual neologisms as I see them. I fixed the issue where neologisms would appear when searching and browsing in “Academic