Bill Welden

William Lloyd "Bill" Welden is a linguist and member of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. In the early days of the Fellowship, his house was the meeting place for the "ELFConners". The first true language convention, Colloquium on the Languages of Middle-earth, was also held at his house, and he served as an organizer of all Omentielva meetings. Welden has contributed to Vinyar Tengwar, Quettar and Parma Eldalamberon, and worked as a translator on The Lord of the Rings (film series).

Bibliography, selected

• 1971: Parma Eldalamberon 1
  • "On the Formation of Plurals in Sindarin"
• 1973: Parma Eldalamberon 3
  • "On Pronouns in Quenya"
• 1977: Parma Eldalamberon 5
  • "Proto-Eldarin Vowels: A Comparative Survey" (with Christopher Gilson)
• 1983: Parma Eldalamberon, issue 6
  • "The Role of Telerin in the Development of Sindarin"
• 1989: Parma Eldalamberon 8
  • "A Survey of Eldarin Pronouns"
• 1991: Vinyar Tengwar 18
  • "Counting Limits"
• 1992: Vinyar Tengwar 21
  • "Overcounting"
• 2001: Vinyar Tengwar, issue 42
  • "Negation in Quenya"
• 2001: Parma Eldalamberon 13
  • "Early Noldorin Fragments" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, and Patrick H. Wynne)
• 2002: Vinyar Tengwar 44
  • "Ae Adar Nín: The Lord's Prayer in Sindarin" (editor)
• 2003: Parma Eldalamberon 14
  • "Early Qenya Grammar" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Carl F. Hostetter)
• 2004: Parma Eldalamberon 15
  • "Index of Names for The Lay of the Children of Húrin" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson)
• 2006: Parma Eldalamberon 16
  • "Early Elvish Poetry" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson and Carl F. Hostetter)