Tolkien · Precursor to Sindarin Language

Noldorin Translator

Translate English into Noldorin, the Elvish language of Tolkien's Etymologies that he later reworked into Sindarin. Nearly a thousand words sourced from trusted linguistic resources.

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About Noldorin

Before Sindarin, there was Noldorin. In the 1930s and 40s Tolkien developed the Elvish tongue of the Noldor in his Etymologies, a sprawling root-by-root lexicon. He later revised its history and reshaped it into the Sindarin of The Lord of the Rings, but Noldorin survives as a rich, distinct language in its own right.

Krunes translates your English into Noldorin word by word using the publicly available lexicon; where a word is not recorded, it renders an Elvish-styled form so your sentence still flows like the speech of the Noldor.

  • Noldorin comes chiefly from Tolkien's "Etymologies", written in the 1930s-40s.
  • Tolkien later re-conceived Noldorin as the Sindarin of The Lord of the Rings.
  • Many familiar Sindarin words began as Noldorin forms with slightly different shapes.
  • Its vocabulary runs to thousands of words, each traced back to a reconstructed root.