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A Elbereth Gilthoniel, preparatory version
English
Gnomish & Noldorin
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b`za2zRz0`rla0b@lza
O Elbereth Gilthoniel
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flR`z4Rl@`1z@@cR`nRlza
sir evrin pennar óriel
9lR`c4bfzl0z@`6llRlza
dir avos-eithen míriel
2za`9cSRlb@`fza`cSRl@b@
bel daurion sel aurinon
1z@@vRbf`z4Rl@`xRlba
pennáros evrin ériol

Commentary
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.

The text is transcribed in Elvish runes or cirth according to Tolkien’s given valuation in the Angerthas Daeron. We made use of Daniel Steven Smith’s typeface Cirth Erebor.  Open this mode in Glaemscribe

References
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, part one. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: HarperCollins, 2002. 497 p. (The History of Middle-earth; VI). ISBN 0-261-10224-9.

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