"Old Elvish" meaning in English

See Old Elvish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Old Elvish}} Old Elvish
  1. (fantasy) The ancestor language of Elvish. Categories (topical): Fantasy
    Sense id: en-Old_Elvish-en-name-nFHNx8Qk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: fantasy
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          "ref": "2010 January 26, Mark Del Franco, Unperfect Souls, Penguin, →ISBN, page 261:",
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          "ref": "2012 December 31, Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee, “fourteen”, in The Dog in the Dark, Penguin, →ISBN, page 265:",
          "text": "Leesil had made the hide with Belaskian letters and short common words to replace the one Wynn had written up in the Old Elvish of the an’Cróan.",
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