lenwë

lenwë

Lenwë (2) noun the leader of the Nandor (Nandorin Denweg, primitive ¤Denwego) (WJ:412)

lenwë

masculine name. Lenwë

The Quenya name of the leader of the Nandor (S/54). Its final element is the suffix -wë common in ancient names, and its primitive form ✶Denwego meant “Light-and-active” (WJ/412). See the entry for his Nandorin name, Nan. Denweg, for further discussion.

Conceptual Development: In earlier linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE18/24) and Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/169), his Quenya name was Nano or [ᴹQ.] Nanno.

lenwë

leaving, departure

lenwë (1) noun "leaving, departure" (PE17:51)

lenwë

noun. leaving, departure

A noun glossed “leaving, departure” derived from primitive ✶ledmē based on the root √LED “go” (PE17/51). Here the ancient dm became nm, and then nm became nw.