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")

quentalë

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

Element in

• Q. Quentalë Ardanómion “*History of the Places of Arda” ✧ WJ/206
• Q. Quenta Noldorinwa “the History of the Noldor” ✧ VT39/16; VT39/16
• Q. vehtequentalë “biography”

Elements

Word	Gloss
quenta	“story, narrative, account, history, story, narrative, account, history, [ᴹQ.] tale”
-lë	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• quentale ✧ VT39/16
• Quentalë ✧ WJ/206

quenta#

noun. account

account

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.

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.

quentasta

noun. historical account

Element in

• Q. Noldo-quentasta Ingoldova “Ingoldo’s History of the Noldor” ✧ VT39/16

lúmequenta

history, chronological account

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

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.

nyáre#

noun. account

account

pennas

history

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

trenarn

account

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

trenarn

account

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

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.)

trenarn

noun. account, tale

pennas

noun. history, historical account

pennas

noun. history

Cognates

• ᴹQ. qenta “tale, story, account, history” ✧ SM/27; LRI/Qenta
• ᴹQ. qentale “account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET

Derivations

• ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

• N. gobennas “history” ✧ Ety/KWET
• N. Pennas inGeleidh “History of the Gnomes” ✧ LR/201
• N. Pennas-na-Ngoelaidh “History of the Noldoli” ✧ SM/077; SMI/Pennas
• N. Pennas Silevril “History of the Silmarils” ✧ LR/202

Elements

Word	Gloss
pent	“tale, story”
-as	“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KWET > pennas	[kwentasse] > [pentasse] > [pentʰasse] > [penθasse] > [penθass] > [pennass] > [pennas]	✧ Ety/KWET

Variations

• Pennas ✧ LR/201; LR/202; LRI/Pennas; LRI/Qenta; SM/077; SM/27; SMI/Pennas

gobennas

noun. history

gobennas

noun. history

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lúmeqentale “history” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

• N. gobennathren “historical” ✧ Ety/KWET