Quenya 

quenta

tale

quenta ("q")noun "tale" (KWET), "narrative, story" (VT39:16); Quenta Silmarillion "the Story/Tale of the Silmarils", also Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303), notice "Qenya" genitive in -n in the latter title. Quenta is also translated "account", as in Valaquenta "Account of the Valar".

quenta

noun. story, narrative, account, history, story, narrative, account, history, [ᴹQ.] tale

Quenya [PE17/166; PE18/082; PM/030; PMI/Quenta; S/033; SA/quen; VT39/16; WJ/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quenta#

noun. account

account

Quenya [PE 18:30 PE 18:8, 70] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

quenta noldorinwa

proper name. the History of the Noldor

Another title for the Quenta Silmarillion (WJ/27). It is a combination of quenta “tale” and the possessive form of Noldorin. As Noldorin is itself already an adjective, this name is best understood as the “Tale of the Noldorin (People)”.

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

In later writings, this name appeared with a number of variations. In some cases its final element was the genitive plural of Noldo: Noldoron (VT39/16) or Noldorion (PM/30). Sometimes its initial element was quentalë “history” (VT39/16). This entry uses Quenta Noldorinwa for consistency with its earlier form.

Quenya [PM/030; PM/062; PMI/Quenta Silmarillion; VT39/16; WJ/027; WJI/Quenta Noldorinwa] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Quenya [PMI/Quenta Silmarillion; S/033; SI/Quenta Silmarillion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quentalë

account, history

quentalë ("q") noun "account, history" (KWET), "narration, History" as abstract, but the word may also be used with a particular reference, as in quentalë Noldoron or quentalë Noldorinwa "the history of the Noldor", referring to the real events rather than an account of them: "that part of [universal] History which concerned the Noldor". (VT39:16; in this source the spelling really is "quentale" rather than "qentale")

quentaro

narrator

quentaro ("q")noun "narrator" (KWET)

quentasta

historical account

quentasta noun *"historical account", "any particular arrangement (by some author) of a series of records or evidences into a given historical account" (not History as such, which is quentalë). (VT39:16, VT48:19). May include the "group suffix" -asta.

quentalë

noun. history, narration, history, narration, [ᴹQ.] account

Quenya [VT39/16; WJ/206] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quentaro

noun. speaker, reciter, speaker, reciter; [ᴹQ.] narrator, minstrel

Quenya [PE18/100; PE19/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quentasta

noun. historical account

quentalë ardanómion

*History of the Places of Arda

Quenya [WJ/206; WJI/Quentalë Ardanómion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quentaro

noun. speaker

speaker, reciter, minstrel

Quenya [PE 18:50, 51 PE 19:40] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Valaquenta

account of the valar

Valaquenta noun "Account of the Valar" (SA:val-). See quenta.

lúmequenta

history, chronological account

lúmequenta ("q")noun "history, chronological account" (LU)

lúmequentalë

history

lúmequentalë ("q")noun "history" (LU, KWET). According to VT45:29, the accent marking the ú as a long vowel is actually missing in the entry LU in Tolkien's original Etymologies manuscript; yet it is apparently included both in the entry KWET and in the related words lúmequenta and lúmequentalëa; its omission in the entry LU is therefore probably just a slip.

Eldalië

the elven-folk

Eldalië noun "the Elven-folk" (often used vaguely to mean all the race of Elves, though it properly did not include the Avari) (WJ:374, ÉLED; possessive Eldaliéva in the name Mindon Eldaliéva, q.v.) "Qenya" genitive in -n in Eldalien as part of the title Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303).

Silmaril

radiance of pure light

Silmaril (Silmarill-, as in pl. Silmarilli), noun, name of the shining jewels made by Fëanor; full sg. form Silmarillë (SA:sil, SIL, RIL, MIR).Translated "radiance of pure light" in Letters:148. Gen. pl. Silmarillion, as in (Quenta) Silmarillion "(the Story) of the Silmarils".

asta

month

asta (1) noun "month", a division of the year (VT42:20). Pl. astar is attested (Appendix D). According to VT48:11, the basic meaning of asta is "division, a part", especially one of other equal parts: "of the year, a month or period". According to VT48:19, asta is also used in Quenya as a group suffix (see quentasta).

lumenyárë

history, chronological account

lumenyárë noun "history, chronological account" (NAR2 - read *lúmenyárë?) According to VT45:36, the manuscript spelling actually seems to be lumennyáre, but Hostetter and Wynne conclude that this is "probably a slip": The double nn would be difficult to justify.

nyarna

tale, saga

nyarna noun "tale, saga" (NAR2), compounded in nyarmamaitar noun "storyteller" (PE17:163), literally *"tale-artist" (see maitar).

nyárë

tale, saga, history

nyárë noun "tale, saga, history". Compounded in Eldanyárë "History of the Elves", lumenyárë "history, chronological account" (NAR2, LR:199). Compare nyarië, nyarna.

eldanyárë

proper name. History of the Elves

A title for the history of Elvenkind, an alternate title to The Silmarillion (MR/143). This name is a compound of Elda “Elf” and nyárë “history”.

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Eldanyáre first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/199).

Quenya [MR/143; MR/200; MRI/Eldanyárë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nyáre#

noun. account

account

Quenya [PE 18:8, 70] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Sindarin 

pethron

noun. speaker, reciter, speaker, reciter, [N.] narrator, minstrel

Sindarin [PE18/100] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glaer

noun. tale, [N.] long lay, narrative poem, [S.] tale, song

Sindarin [S/209; WJ/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lothron

noun. the month of May

Sindarin [LotR/D] Group: SINDICT. Published by

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

Sindarin [Ety/374, WJ/313, MR/373, S/412] OS *narna, CE *nʲarnâ "told". Group: SINDICT. Published by

narn

noun. tale, tale, [N.] saga

Sindarin [MR/373; MR/471; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057; UT/146; WJ/313] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narwain

noun. the month of January

Sindarin [LotR/D] naur+gwain "new sun". Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobennas

history

1) gobennas (i **obennas), pl. gebennais (i ngebennais = i ñebennais), collective pl. gobennnassath**. (Archaic pl. *göbennais.) 2) pennas (i bennas, o phennas) (account), pl. pennais (i phennais), coll. pl. pennassath

gobennas

history

(i ’obennas), pl. gebennais (i ngebennais = i ñebennais), collective pl. gobennnassath. (Archaic pl. ✱göbennais.)

nara

story

(i nara, in narar).

narn

tale

1) narn (saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. nern**; 2) pent (i bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i threnern); 4) gwanod (i **wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd).

narn

tale

(saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. *nern***; 2) pent (i** bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i** phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i** drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i** threnern); 4) gwanod (i ’wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd**).

pennas

history

(i bennas, o phennas) (account), pl. pennais (i phennais), coll. pl. pennassath

pent

story

pent (i bent, o phent) (tale), pl. pint (i phint), coll. pl. pennath.

pent

story

(i bent, o phent) (tale), pl. pint (i phint), coll. pl. pennath.

pethron

narrator

pethron (i bethron, o phethron), pl. pethryn (i phethryn), coll. pl. pethronnath

pethron

narrator

(i bethron, o phethron), pl. pethryn (i phethryn), coll. pl. pethronnath

ranoth

noun. month

trenarn

account

trenarn (i drenarn, o threnarn) (tale), pl. trenern (i threnern)

trenarn

account

(i drenarn, o threnarn) (tale), pl. trenern (i threnern)

Noldorin 

gobennas

noun. history

Noldorin [Ety/366] go-+pennas. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobennas

noun. history

Noldorin [Ety/KWET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwanod

noun. tale, number

Noldorin [Ety/378] Group: SINDICT. Published by

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

Noldorin [Ety/374, WJ/313, MR/373, S/412] OS *narna, CE *nʲarnâ "told". Group: SINDICT. Published by

pennas

noun. history, historical account

Noldorin [Ety/366, WJ/192, WJ/206] Group: SINDICT. Published by

pennas

noun. history

Noldorin [Ety/KWET; LR/201; LR/202; LRI/Pennas; LRI/Qenta; SM/077; SM/206; SM/27; SMI/Pennas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pennas ingeleidh

proper name. History of the Gnomes

Noldorin equivalent to ᴹQ. Qenta Noldorinwa, one of the names of the Silmarillion story cycle (LR/201). This name is a combination of pennas “history”, the definite article i “the” and the nasal-mutated plural of Golodh “Gnome”.

Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as N. Pennas-na-Ngoelaidh (SM/77), using na “of” and an earlier form of the plural of Golodh, along with a number of similar variants, the last being the one given above. The Sindarin form of this name has not appeared.

Noldorin [LR/201; LRI/Pennas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Noldorin [LR/202; LRI/Pennas; MR/200; MRI/Pennas Silevril; WJI/Pennas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pent

noun. tale

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

pethron

noun. narrator

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

pethron

noun. narrator, reciter, minstrel

Noldorin [Ety/KWET; PE18/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

trenarn

noun. account, tale

Noldorin [Ety/374] tre-+narn. Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

qenta

noun. tale, story, account, history

Qenya [Ety/KWET; LRI/Qenta; PE18/030; SD/303; SM/206; SM/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qentaro

noun. narrator, reciter, minstrel

Qenya [Ety/KWET; PE18/051; PE19/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qentasse

noun. history

qenta eldalien

proper name. History of the Elves

A fictional book appearing in Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Notion Club Papers” (SD/303), a combination of qenta “tale” and the genitive form of Eldalie “Elvish People”. It also appeared as Quenta Eldaron, but this form was rejected (SD/308 note #14).

Qenya [SD/303; SDI2/Quenta Eldalien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qenta noldorinwa

proper name. History of the Gnomes

Qenya [LBI/Qenta Noldorinwa; LR/201; RSI/Quenta Noldorinwa; SDI2/Quenta Noldorinwa; SM/077; SMI/Pennas; SMI/Quenta Noldorinwa; TII/Quenta] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qenta silmarillion

proper name. History of the Silmarils

Qenya [LR/202; LR/204; MRI/Pennas Silevril; TII/Quenta] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eldanyáre

proper name. History of the Elves

Qenya [LR/199; LR/202; LRI/Eldanyárë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lúmeqentale

noun. history

as this form is an abstraction, it likely means “History” as a general concept

Qenya [Ety/KWET; Ety/LU; EtyAC/LU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

ranoth

noun. month

Gnomish [GL/64; LT1A/Rána] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ranuin

masculine name. Month

Gnomish [LT1/217; LT1/222; LT1A/Rána; LT1I/Ranuin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

nyara

noun. tale

Early Quenya [QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

cwindor

noun. narrator

A Doriathrin noun meaning “narrator” derived from primitive ᴹ✶kwentrō (Ety/KWET). This word underwent several notable phonetic changes: first the voiceless stop was voiced after the nasal ([nt] > [nd]), after which [[ilk|[e] became [i] before the [nd]]] ([end] > [ind]) and finally an [[ilk|[o] developed between the consonant and the final [r]]] ([-dr] > [-dor]). These changes were all noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/cwindor).

Doriathrin [Ety/KWET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

kwentrō

noun. narrator, reciter, minstrel

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWET; EtyAC/KWET; PE18/050; PE19/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kwentā

noun. tale

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWET] Group: Eldamo. Published by