quenta silmarillion

proper name. History of the Silmarils

The full and proper title for The Silmarillion (S/33). It is a combination of quenta “tale” and the genitive plural of Silmaril.

Conceptual Development: In the early 1930s, the original Quenya title of the cycle of tales that eventually became The Silmarillion was ᴹQ. Qenta Noldorinwa (SM/77). In the mid-30s, Tolkien introduced the name ᴹQ. Qenta Silmarillion which became the full title of the tales, while Quenta Noldorinwa became an alternate title (LR/202).

pennas silevril

proper name. History of the Silmarils

Noldorin equivalent to ᴹQ. Qenta Silmarillion, one of the names of the Silmarillion story cycle (LR/202). This name is a combination of pennas “history” and (plural?) Silevril “Silmaril”, also appearing in its lenited form Hilevril.

Changes

• Pennas Hilevril → Pennas Silevril “History of the Silmarils” ✧ LR/202

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Qenta Silmarillion “History of the Silmarils” ✧ MRI/Pennas Silevril; LR/202

Elements

Word	Gloss
pennas	“history”
Silevril	“Silmaril”

Variations

• Pennas Hilevril ✧ LR/202; LRI/Pennas
• Pennas ✧ WJI/Pennas