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Cirdan gave Gandalf Narya... but even had it been Galadriel I'm not sure that the giving need include this rather intimate gesture (IMO) in any case.

I think you are misremembering :) Actually I can't even guess what this might be based on, as I think Olorin is only referred to briefly before Of The Rings Of Power -- in the Valaquenta, for example. And as far as Galadriel is concerned, in my opinion even she isn't really in the Quenta...

One could mean various things, of course, by saying the languages work, but the phrase itself brings up another matter that seems to be, in my opinion, misunderstood widely enough on the web -- no help from the films. But I can't say it better than Elvish as She Is Spoke...

Finnish is one of the inspirations behind Quenya, and perhaps it might be a good idea, for the thread in general, to post part of letter 144 here... The matter of 'creation' can raise a very opinion-laden debate. Tolkien's stories were certainly inspired or influenced by other stories...

I agree. I think author-published text has the most weight, and I think the Rebel Galadriel is the better tale as well. You make some good points too, about the citations you raised, including this one... The Shibboleth of Feanor is certainly later that the Waldman letter, basically we...

I'm not sure what each S is supposed to be about here, but I think you mean that any word following an S is actually Sindarin -- especially considering the phonological differences of Quenya compared to Sindarin. Anyway, despite that the films might seem to indicate otherwise, no one can...

Hello Altariel! And your English is quite good in my opinion. This is an interesting question and touches upon the incomplete and unfinished nature of the Quenta Silmarillion -- especially the end. Here's the famed Waldman citation: 'They were not to dwell permanently in Valinor again, but in...

By the way, besides being a bit of a mouthful! why is the first vowel -i- seemingly different in pronunciation from the other 'eyes' in the name? Again, I know it's just for fun and not a Tolkien-made name in any event, but these details give me something to post. :D

Incidentally the Exiled Noldor were forgiven at the end of the First Age, although not Galadriel in any case. In Christopher Tolkien's edited Silmarillion, this passage became: Also noting that there's no indication here, in the Silmarillion itself at least, that the Exiled Noldor could...

Here I would go with Ales Bican's Quenya suggestions rather: Michael *Manveru, Michelle *Manveri This is an example of ArwenUndomiel.com simply adding meaningless letters however. In the introduction it's noted... Sindarin calad 'light' is correct enough, but not -hiel which changes the...

Sorry :D But I'm guessing you probably didn't type in a name that actually meant the same thing as Elros... ... and actually if you type in 'Starfoam' in (male) both first and last, you get: Galdor Tulcakelume, not Elros Elros! but in defense of this machine, it says 'generator' not...

Tolkien himself noted... 'the word is, as far as I am concerned, actually derived from Old english orc 'demon', but only because of its phonetic suitability.' JRRT, Letters Tolkien's early use of the words orc and goblin is somewhat hazy, but in the end he decided that orc was an actual...

One reason you will get the same name as another person is that this 'machine' does not translate but rather spits out a given 'something' depending upon the letters you input. You don't even have to put in a name -- it will 'generate' a name based on one letter typed in, or the entire Roman...

Hmm, but I'm not sure if anyone knows what Orophin even means; as even Tolkien included this name as one: '... suitable to Sindarin sounds and patterns, but are not clearly etymologizable in Sindarin' (Words, Phrases And Passages). It might contain a 'mountain word' (compare Orodreth), but as...

Well, as Sauron himself made the One and had worn it, he arguably knew enough about it. He not only deemed it would be 'rather difficult' to get to the only place where the Ring could be destroyed (it took an extraordinary set of circumstances, with a strong dash of Hobbitness, to get Frodo to...

I actually had edited my comments about the term Nazgul (just to focus more on Tolkien's statement concerning Sauron and the Ring), but anyway, Nazgul means 'Ringwraith' in the Black Speech (compare B.S. ash nazg...). Or, from Appendix B (SA 2251): 'About this time the Nazgul or Ringwraiths...

With respect to destroying the Ring... 'But that he [Sauron] never contemplated nor feared. The Ring was unbreakable by any smithcraft less than his own. It was indissoluble in any fire, save for the undying subterranean fire where it was made -- and that was unapproachable, in Mordor. Also...

Tolkien decided that Legolas would represent a Silvan pronunciation of Sindarin Laegolas. And you are right on the -las 'leaf' part of course, but it is actually laeg 'green, viridis' (compare Laegrim for the Green Elves in the Silmarillion) + go-las(s) 'collection of leaves'. Not that anyone...

Tolkien commented, for example: 'I will not here go into their differences from Men! But I suppose that the Quendi are in fact in these histories very little akin to the Elves and Fairies of Europe; and if I were pressed to rationalize, I should say that they represent really Men with greatly...

With respect to meaning, if you happen to get an actual name from the books, as happens, one might be able to know the meaning of the Elvish name at least. Orophin is from the books, but as far as I know, its meaning is not yet attested anywhere. Concerning the post above yours however, just...