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

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.

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).

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")

quenta#

noun. account

account

Valaquenta

account of the valar

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

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".

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).

nyáre#

noun. account

account

gwanod

noun. tale, number

narn

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

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.

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.

pent

noun. tale

trenarn

noun. account, tale

glaer

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

narn

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

narn

noun. tale, tale, [N.] saga

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**).

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.

trenarn

account

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

trenarn

account

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