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Este

noun. Rest

Rest

Quenya [name of spouse of Lorien PE 19:45] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Este

noun. Peace

Peace, name of wife of Lórien

Quenya [PE 19:91, 101] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Estë

repose, rest

Estë fem. name "Repose, Rest" _(WJ:403, EZDĒ, SED), only used as name of a Valië (WJ:404)_

estë

feminine name. Rest, Repose, Peace

The Valië of peace and healing (S/28), spouse of Irmo (Lórien). Her name is variously translated as “Rest” (SI/Estë, Ety/EZDĒ), “Repose” (WJ/403) and “Peace” (PE19/91). In Quenya, the word Estë is only used for the name of this Valië (WJ/404). A more ordinary word for “rest, repose, peace” is sérë (VT44/35, Ety/SED). Both the name and the word are derived from the same root √SED (Ety/SED, WJ/403). The name is derived from the primitive form ✶ezdē (PE19/091-2, WJ/403).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, Lórien had no wife (LT1/66). ᴹQ. Este first appeared in the initial drafts of the Annals of Beleriand (SM/263), and the derivation of her name first appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/SED).

Cognates

  • T. Éde “Repose” ✧ PE19/092; WJI/Estë
  • S. Îdh “Estë, (lit.) Rest, Repose, Peace” ✧ PE19/092

Derivations

  • ezdē “rest” ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092; WJ/403
    • SED “rest” ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092; WJ/403

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ezdē > Este[ezdē] > [estē] > [este]✧ PE19/091
Ezdē > Este[ezdē] > [estē] > [este]✧ PE19/092
ezdē > Este[ezdē] > [estē] > [este]✧ WJ/403

Variations

  • Este ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092 (Este); PE19/101; WJ/403; WJ/404
Quenya [LT1I/Estë; MRI/Estë; PE19/091; PE19/092; PE19/101; SI/Estë; WJ/403; WJ/404; WJI/Estë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

esto

pronoun. they (dual emphatic)

Quenya [PE17/075; VT49/48] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ser-

rest

ser- vb. "rest" (1st pers. aorist serin "I rest"); pa.t. probably *sendë since the R of ser- was originally D (cf. stem SED; compare rer- pa.t. rendë from RED concerning the past tense)

erdë

repose

erdë (3) noun "repose" (marked by Tolkien with an "X", perhaps indicating that he considered dropping this form to eliminate homophones)(VT46:12). Compare sérë.

ser-

verb. rest,repose;stay, tarry, be at the moment

Quenya [PE 22:102; 125] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

rainë

peace

rainë noun "peace" (VT44:34-35)

sérë

rest, repose, peace

sérë noun "rest, repose, peace" (SED, VT44:35); see under úyë concerning the sentence úyë sérë indo-ninya símen in Fíriel's Song

sívë

peace

sívë (2) noun "peace" (VT44:35)

sívë

noun. peace

Derivations

  • SIB “rest, quiet” ✧ VT44/35

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
SIB > síve[sībe] > [sīβe] > [sīve]✧ VT44/35

Variations

  • síve ✧ VT44/35

Valatári

vala-queen

Valatári noun "Vala-queen" (BAL; this entry of the Etymologies states that Vala has no feminine form except this compound, but Silm gives Valië as a feminine form). The word Valatári is apparently also the unchanged plural form, so used in this quote: "The Valatári were Varda, Yavanna, Nienna, Vana, Vaire, Este, Nessa, Uinen" (BAL; Tolkien later reclassified Uinen as a Maia, not a Valatári/Valië). Notice that the plural form of Valatar would apparently also be *Valatári.

Este

Estë

Estë is a Quenya name meaning "rest". The same Root, EZDE, also yielded her Sindarin name, Îdh (pron. [iːð]) and the Nandorin Eord.

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Estë

Rest

Estë is a Quenya name meaning "rest". The same Root, EZDE, also yielded her Sindarin name, Îdh (pron. ) and the Nandorin Eord.

Quenya [Tolkien Gateway "Estë"] Published by