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 A Elbereth Gilthoniel, preparatory version

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O Elbereth Gilthoniel
sir evrin pennar óriel
dir avos-eithen míriel
bel daurion sel aurinon
pennáros evrin ériol

 


This first version of the Elven hymn A Elbereth Gilthoniel comes from drafts for The Lord of the Rings. Although some words can be recognised, no full and satisfactory interpretation has been published till now.



Quotations of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Édouard Kloczko, Christopher Gilson, Patrick Wynne, Rhona Beare, Thomas Alan Shippey, Charles Kennedy, Elaine Treharne, André Crépin, Régis Boyer, François-Xavier Dillmann, Gabriel Rebourcet, Keith Bosley, Pierre-Yves Lambert, Gwyn Jones, Thomas Jones are under the copyright of their publishers.


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