While I’m writing, especially in a Quargard story, I need to render a spell from English into a different language. Normally the character I am using is elvish, so I use the languages invented by Papa Tolkien himself to create the spell.
That’s when I’ll go to a site like this –
alphaDictionary * Free Tolkien Languages Dictionary – Free Tolkien Languages Grammar
Sometimes I might take a leaf out of J K Rowling’s book and write everything backward … Mirror of Erised anyone?
Occasionally, I’ll turn to the Celtic languages for inspiration, so you might find a jumble of Welsh, Irish or Gaelic making an appearance.
I apologise to speakers of those languages for the mangling I put them through… it’s all Google Translate’s fault you know…
And just sometimes I may even combine all three… you never know what I am going to do to make sure the spell sounds particularly mystic…
The World of The Teigr Princess 
This is fantastic! And once again, there goes my productivity for the day. This morning, someone shared a link to an etymology dictionary, and I could easily spend the day reading it. 🙂
I know what you mean – I got lost in this for ages, attempting to write a few spells…
I don’t doubt it for a minute. 🙂