Erin, your name is really cool! It’s an Irish name meaning “to/for Ireland.” As a personal name it pops up in the 20th century, thus I’ve charted its development as the name of Ireland. “Dative Case” is a fancy linguistic term for nouns being used in a sentence, where the
Steven, your name is really cool! It’s an ancient Greek name meaning “Crown, Garland.” Sindarin The Sindarin word for “crown, garland” is Rî. On its own it’s gender-neutral, and to make it gendered, we add feminine and masculine name suffixes. Masculine: Ríon. Feminine: Ríeth or Ríel. Now, as a name
Michael, your name is so cool! It’s a rhetorical question, “Who is like El Elyon?” When it comes to translating this name, we have a huge problem. This name isn’t translatable. Not directly, anyways. Elven names aren’t made from sentences. They’re made by combining nouns, adjectives, and name suffixes. Worse
It took a few months of work and the dedication of a new friend named Ferdinand, but we did it! It’s done! We have a fancy new store page just in time for the holiday season! Check out the fancy new RealElvish Store! This new design is more modern, and
Original Japanese lyrics by: Kaku Wakako Listen to the Song in Japanese Sindarin translation by: Fiona Jallings Ni nallog os sad min faer *ragui nîn. I *û gîn ve ôl, pedel annin darthad vin ôl. Ú-nuithon i nîn hiriel hin, egor i naeg vin chûn nîn. Ach ab naergon, iston
Let’s face it. The game developers could really have used a Tolkien-language expert on their staff. I’m going to explain how they messed up, and fix it for them. First off, let’s go back to the 90’s, when Tolkien-language fans were trying to find ways to write in Tengwar on
Garlanded/Crowned One Ríne – Garlanded/Crowned One
Daughter of Garlanded/Crowned One Ríniel – Daughter of Garlanded/Crowned One
Son of Garlanded/Crowned One Rínion – Son of Garlanded/Crowned One
Garlanded/Crowned One Ríno – Garlanded/Crowned One