From the narrative Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin in Unfinished Tales. This cry is uttered by the Elf Voronwë, Tuor’s guide, when they come near Gondolin.

The sense is given in note, except for alae where our translation is hypothesized from the context. It is in any case an interjection, in which expressing emotion is more important than meaning.

The text is transcribed in tengwar or “letters of Fëanor” according to the mode of Beleriand created by Tolkien and illustrated for instance by the Moria gate inscription in The Lord of the Rings, book II, chapter 4. We made use of Måns Björkman Berg’s typeface Tengwar Parmaite.  Open this mode in Glaemscribe