nyarnamaitar

noun. storyteller

Elements

Word	Gloss
nyarna	“long epic tale, story, legend, (long epic) tale, story, legend, [ᴹQ.] saga”
maitar	“artist; poet”

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".

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.

nyarna

tale, saga

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

maitar

artist

maitar noun "artist" (by itself usually: a poet), also compounded in lindimaitar "composer, musician", nyarnamaitar "storyteller", ondomaitar "sculptor in stone", (PE17:163)

glaer

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

Derivations

• √LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill”

Element in

• S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” ✧ S/209
• S. Glaer nia Chîn Húrin “Tale of the Children of Húrin” ✧ WJ/160

Variations

• Laer ✧ S/209
• Glaer ✧ WJ/160

narn

noun. tale, tale, [N.] saga

Derivations

• ᴹ√NYAR “tell, relate”

Element in

• S. Narn Beren ion Barahir “*Tale of Beren son of Barahir” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn en·Êl “*Tale of the Star” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·Dant Gondolin ar Orthad en·Êl “*Tale of the Fall of Gondolin and the Raising of the Star” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·Dinúviel “Tale of the Nightingale” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·mbar Hador “*Tale of the House of Hador” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·’Rach Morgoth “Tale of the Curse of Morgoth” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn i Chîn Húrin “Tale of the Children of Húrin” ✧ MR/373; S/198; UT/057
• ᴺS. narphen “character [of a story]”
• S. Nern in Adanath “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373
• S. Nern in Edenedair “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373

Variations

• Narn ✧ MR/373; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057

maeron

noun. artist

_ n. _artist. It usually, but not necessarily, implied a poet. Q. maitar.

narn

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

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

noun. tale

gwanod

noun. tale, number

narn

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