anna noun "gift" (ANA1, SA), "a thing handed, brought or sent to a person" (PE17:125), also name of tengwa #23 (Appendix E); pl. annar "gifts" in Fíriel's Song. Masc. name Annatar "Lord of Gifts, *Gift-lord", name assumed by Sauron when he tried to seduce the Eldar in the Second Age (SA:tar). Eruanna noun "God-gift", gift of God, i.e. "grace" (VT43:38)
Quenya
annatar
masculine name. Lord of Gifts
Elements
Word Gloss anna “gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, *present” tar- “high, high; [ᴹQ.] king or queen (in compounds)”
anna
gift
anna, anwa
noun. gift
anwa
noun. gift
A name used by Sauron while he deceived the Elves of Eregion into crafting the rings of power (S/287, UT/254). It is a compound of anna “gift” and the affix -tar “lord” (SA/anna, tar).