What does old elvish mean?

old elvish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

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"Tolkien has even created an Old Elvish language, in which some of the verse that his characters recite is written."
"She closed her eyes and chanted in Old Elvish, the sounds harsh to the modern ear, but in Eorla’s voice, it sounded both soft and mournful."
"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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