Name of the second Thursday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the name of the goddess Nessa and sana “day”, with the last s dissimilating to r.
Quenya
eärenya
noun. Sea-day, *Thursday
Cognates
- S. Oraeron “Sea-day, *Thursday” ✧ LotR/1110
Elements
Word Gloss ëaren “ocean, great sea” -ya “adjective suffix”
Name of Thursday in the seven-day week of the Elves (otsola) in an early word list (PE14/21). The day was related to the sea and was probably derived from falas(se) “shore”.