enderi
middle-days
enderi
collective name. middle-days
The name used for leap-days added to the various calendar systems of Middle-earth (LotR/1108, 1112). It is a compound of endë “middle” and the suffixal form -re of ré “day”: ✱enderë “middle-day” pluralized to enderi.
Conceptual Development: In the 1st edition of The Lord of the Rings, a similar term atendëa was used.
Elements
Word Gloss endë “centre, middle, centre, middle; [ᴹQ.] core” ré “day (period from sunset to sunset)” Variations
- Enderi ✧ LotR/1112
atendëa
double-middle
atendëa noun "double-middle", name of the two enderi or middle-days that occurred in leap-years according to the calendar of Imladris (Appendix D, first edition of LotR)
atendëa
proper name. double-middle
The name of the leap-days used to adjust the Númenórean calendar in the 1st edition of The Lord of the Rings (RC/728). It is a combination of at(a)- “double”, endë “middle” and the adjective suffix -a. In the 2nd edition, the name was changed to the enderi (LotR/1108).
Elements
Word Gloss at(a)- “double, second time, double, [repeat a] second time; [ᴱQ.] bi-, twi-; [ᴹQ.] back, again, re-” endëa “middle”
enderi noun "middle-days" (sg. *enderë), in the calendar of Imladris three days inserted between the months (or seasons) yávië and quellë (Appendix D)