Quenya

Elendil, elf friend, was the founder of the exiled kingdoms in Arnor and Gondor.

But I found my real interest was only in the upper end, the Akalabeth, or Atlantiae, downfall in Numenorean and Quenya.

So I brought all the stuff I had written on the originally unrelated legends of Numenor into relation with the main mythology.

Of course, Arnor is the North Kingdom we've been reading about on Thursdays.

Um, Angmar, what does Angmar mean? Uh, so Angmar was an ancient kingdom in the far north of Middle Earth ruled by the Witch King, afterwards the chief of the Nazgul.

Its name is derived from Sindarin Ang, which is iron, and Quenya Mar, which is home.

In the manuscript of nomenclature, Tolkien notes that the name and origin of the Witch-King is not recorded, but he was probably, like the lieutenant of Barad-dûr, the mouth of Sauron, of Númenórean descent.

Angmar seems to be corrupt Sindarin or Quenya.

Pure Sindarin would be Angbar, Quenya Angamar.

The Witch-Lord, or Witch-King of Angmar, was the greatest of the nine men to whom Sauron gave rings of power, and thus perverted them.

Those who used the nine rings became mighty in their days, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old.

It's almost like Tolkien planned it.

The Etymology of Silmarils in Quenya.

Silmarille.

Plural Silmarillai.

Yes.

I'll just put my glasses on because I'm old.

The first manuscript was titled The Flight of the Gnomes as Sung in the Halls of Thingol, which is a nice little detail because remember, well, if you remember in the future, Thingol, later in this episode, bans Quenya from being spoken in his halls because of some things that these bastards are going to do.

This one I'll use a slightly different voice.

The fact that they take the time to have these... lyrics but then also to translate them into quenya for the song and the scoring it just shows the the craft and artistry that goes into the show

thoroughly recommend battle reggae on as a track for your running playlist for any runners out there i've got some good pace

variations on there i don't think i'd read all of these in like their entirety because i'm like They literally translated Never Make War and Anger into Quenya to provide the backing choir vocal for this track.

Like, Bear, you absolute madman.

Genius.

Neither is it a word found in any language that I know of.

It's a name older than my interest in Quenya.

But interestingly enough, it can be deconstructed into three composite parts and Quenyan dictionary.

Suppose we change Dur into Dur, because Y exists as a consonant, such as yes and not as a vowel, and Er into Ere.

Dur is ending for servant of, as in Aulendur.

Read it at your own peril, for it is wrought with the olden English, a guaranteed aneurysm for the unwary, after which the Ainulindale, Valaquinta, and Quinta Silmarillion will look like everyday urban slang.

Keep up the good work.

I will hearken to your podcast and should need arise, would be happy to counsel you via email with any non-urgent matters, be it of writing with Tingvar, translating Quenya, not a linguistic master, just an amateur, or sharing my opinions about things Tolkien, anxiety for the upcoming Amazon show included.

And maybe if that all doesn't happen, Thingol doesn't have as much of a problem with the Noldor.

I mean, who knows? Maybe if Feanor had worn the Silmarils to Valmar, to that festival, we'd all be speaking Quenya instead of Sindarin.

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So to recap, if you remember you were escorting the lady Irimi to the mountain pass between Amphibia wilderland and a ride off or arno where um a party from rivendell was due to meet her you were waylaid by orcs large number of orcs seven parties that combined so there were must have been about 70 or so orcs you're stuck on this kind of hill near the past near the bruins town that you've been to before if you remember where the incident with the uh night brave When all seemed lost, Lady Irimi at her ring sent a bright beam of light out and she was calling out in high over in Noldorin, Quenya, which neither of you speak.

You may know some isolated words, you know, that's what she was calling out.

It was a very impressive ring.

Thank you.

Which is the appendix of elements in Quenya and Cinder in names.

Yeah.

And Ter means power or mastery.

It really is.

Specifically Quenya and Sindarin, the Elvish tongues.

And he invented these before he even had a story to tell.

So the language came first.