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What would be the proper spelling of Vingilot?

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I wonder what would be the proper spelling of Vingilot in the correct alphabet.
So far, I found that Vingilot is a Quenya word and Quenya was commonly written in Tengwar.
There a quite a few online Tengwar transcribers, which do not all yield the same results. Some examples:
Also, I am not sure which spelling to input to such transcribers. I find Vingilot or Vingilótë or Wingilótë. These input yield different results. What spelling should be used?
 

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Solution
None of those. The possibilities are:
1672321012798.png

(The two variants for Wingilótë are equivalent, just two variants to spell the long ó)
Wingilóte is indeed an older form of Vingilot. (though usually ‘Early Quenya’ as Vaire called it, refers to a stage of the language during Tolkien’s life before 1930, not older forms in universe).
  • The “funtranslations” option makes a systematic error about how Tengwar fonts work. Is utter garbage, don’t use it.
  • The other two use the wrong mode. Generally you need to tell the transcriber the language for the input, so it can choose the right mode: https://www.tecendil.com/?q=vingilot&mode=quenya
None of those. The possibilities are:
1672321012798.png

(The two variants for Wingilótë are equivalent, just two variants to spell the long ó)
Wingilóte is indeed an older form of Vingilot. (though usually ‘Early Quenya’ as Vaire called it, refers to a stage of the language during Tolkien’s life before 1930, not older forms in universe).
  • The “funtranslations” option makes a systematic error about how Tengwar fonts work. Is utter garbage, don’t use it.
  • The other two use the wrong mode. Generally you need to tell the transcriber the language for the input, so it can choose the right mode: https://www.tecendil.com/?q=vingilot&mode=quenya
 
Solution
None of those. The possibilities are:

(The two variants for Wingilótë are equivalent, just two variants to spell the long ó)
Wingilóte is indeed an older form of Vingilot. (though usually ‘Early Quenya’ as Vaire called it, refers to a stage of the language during Tolkien’s life before 1930, not older forms in universe).
  • The “funtranslations” option makes a systematic error about how Tengwar fonts work. Is utter garbage, don’t use it.
  • The other two use the wrong mode. Generally you need to tell the transcriber the language for the input, so it can choose the right mode…
Thank you very much for your reply. Exactly the kind of answer I was hoping for.
 

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