Valaquenta

account of the valar

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

valaquenta

proper name. Account of the Valar

Name of the second section of the Silmarillion (S/25-32), a compound of Vala and quenta “account” (SA/val, quen).

Elements

Word	Gloss
Vala	“(Angelic) Power, ‘God’, Authority, (Angelic) Power, Authority, God”
quenta	“story, narrative, account, history, story, narrative, account, history, [ᴹQ.] tale”

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".

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.