elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo

a star shines on the hour of our meeting

Cognates

• T. él síla lúmena vomentienguo “A star shines upon the hour of the meeting of our ways” ✧ WJ/367

Elements

Word	Gloss
elen	“star”
sil-	“to shine (white)”
lúmë	“time, period of time, hour”
omentië	“meeting (of pathways), (lit.) coming together of journey-path, meeting or junction of the directions of two people”

Variations

• elen síla lúmenn’ omentielmo ✧ Let/265
• síla lúmenna omentielvo ✧ Let/425
• Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo ✧ LotR/0081
• elen síla lummenn(a) omentielmo ✧ PE17/012
• Elen sīla lúmenn(a)’ omentielmo ✧ PE17/014
• Elen síla lúmenna omentielvo ✧ WJ/367

lúmë

time

lúmë (1) noun "time" (LU, PE17:168) or "hour", locative lúmessë (VT43:34), pl. locative lúmissen "at the times" (VT49:47), allative lúmenna "upon the hour", elided lúmenn' in the greeting elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo "a star shines upon the hour of our meeting", because the next word begins with a similar vowel. The complete form lúmenna omentielvo is found in WJ:367 and Letters:425 (footnote). Cf. also the compounds lumenyárë and lúmequenta, q.v.; see also #sillumë.

lú

time, occasion

lú noun "a time, occasion" (LU)

lû

noun. a time, occasion

anann

for a long time

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lû

time

_(a time) _1) lû (occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

lû

time

(occasion), pl. lui, coll. pl. lúath.

lhû

noun. a time, occasion