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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:54:26 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Elizabeth
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Can anybody help me out with translating the name
Elizabeth into Quenya?

The name translates in English as "God's Oath." I
think, since this is a Christian name, that the "God"
it refers to would be the creator, Ilúvatar, and not
one of the Valar. 

Therefore, i think that the genitive case of _Eru_
should be used, and so we have _Eruo_ for God's.
For the oath part of it, Cirion's Oath gives us
_vanda_ as an oath or a pledge. My problem comes in
trying to put the two of these together into a
feminine name. Help would be appreciated
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