hrívë noun "winter", in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 72 days, but also used without any exact definition (Appendix D). Yá hrívë tenë, ringa ná "when winter comes (arrives, is with us), it is cold" (VT49:23; Tolkien changed tenë to menë, p. 24). The word Hrívion, heading a section of the poem The Trees of Kortirion that has to do with the "fading time", would seem to be related (LT1:42)
Quenya
hrívion
proper name. Hrívion
Elements
Word Gloss hrívë “winter”
hríve
noun. winter
hrívë
winter
hrívë
noun. winter
Cognates
- S. rhîw “winter” ✧ LotR/1107
Element in
- Q. hrívë úva véna “winter is drawing near (to us)” ✧ PE22/167; VT49/14
- Q. Hrívion
- Q. Metterrívë “January, *(lit.) End-winter”
- Q. umbë nin i hríve nauva urra (si loa) “I have a feeling that winter will be bad (this year)” ✧ PE22/168
- Q. yá hríve menë, ringa ná “when winter comes/arrives/is with us, it is cold” ✧ VT49/23 (
yá hríve tene, ringa ná)Variations
- hríve ✧ PE22/167; PE22/168; VT49/14; VT49/23
Hesin
winter
Hesin noun "winter" (LT1:255; LotR-style Quenya has hrívë instead)
Yelin
winter
Yelin noun "winter" (LT1:260; LotR-style Quenya has hrívë, and Yelin was probably obsoleted together with the adjective yelwa_ "cold", that appears with a different meaning in the Etymologies)._
Title of a section of the poem “The Trees of Kortirion” from the 1960s (LT1/42). The meaning of the name is unclear, but it appears to be related to hrívë “winter”.