Quenya 

Nienna

nienna

Nienna noun (name of a Valië, related to nië = tear) (NEI)

nienna

feminine name. Lady of Pity and Mourning

One of the most powerful of the Valier, sister of Mandos and Lórien, whose name is glossed “Lady of Pity and Mourning” (S/28). The exact meaning of her name is unclear, but its initial element is probably be related to [ᴹQ.] nie “tear” (Ety/NEI).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, her true name is ᴱQ. Fui and the name ᴱQ. Nienna is given as a sobriquet (LT1/66). Starting with Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, her name is given only as ᴹQ. Nienna (SM/79, LR/206). This name also appears in The Etymologies as a derivative of the root ᴹ√NEY (NEI̯) “tear” (Ety/NEI).

Elements

WordGloss
nie“tear”
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Variations

  • Niënna ✧ MRI/Niënna
Quenya [MRI/Niënna; S/028; SI/Nienna; UTI/Nienna] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Nyenna

nyenna

Nyenna noun alternative form of Nienna (LT1:262)

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.


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Qenya 

nienna

feminine name. Nienna

A powerful female Vala, at this stage the sister of Manwe and Melko (LR/206).

Qenya [Ety/NEI; LRI/Nienna; SMI/Nienna] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

nienna

feminine name. Nienna

Sobriquet for the female Vala ᴱQ. Fui, at this stage the wife of Mandos (LT1/66). Her name appeared as Nyenna in the Qenya Lexicon, a derivative of either ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” or ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” (QL/68).

Changes

  • NyenaNyenna ✧ QL/068

Cognates

  • G. Nenir ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Nienna; PE14/014

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna
    • ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59
  • ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ QL/068

Variations

  • Nyenna ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; QL/068
  • Nyena ✧ QL/068 (Nyena)
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; LT1I/Fui; PE14/014; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fui

feminine name. Death-goddess, Nienna

Cognates

  • G. Fuil “Queen of the Dark” ✧ GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; PE14/014

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ GL/36

Element in

  • Eq. Fuinen “Tuesday”
  • Eq. fuiyáru “deadly nightshade” ✧ PE15/14
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; LT1I/Fui; LT2I/Fui; PE14/014; PE15/14; PMI/Fui; QL/038; QL/040; QL/068; SMI/Fui] Group: Eldamo. Published by

núri

feminine name. Fui

Another name for Nienna in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), derived from the root ᴱ√NURU having to do with growling (QL/68).

Cognates

  • G. Nurnil ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Núri

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NURU “*growl, grumble” ✧ LT1A/Núri; QL/068

Variations

  • Nūri ✧ GL/18; QL/068
Early Quenya [GL/18; LT1A/Núri; LT1I/Núri; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by