Elenna place-name "Starwards", a name of Númenor: Elenna-nórë *"Starwards-land", "the land named Starwards", genitive Elenna-nórëo in CO.
Quenya
elenna-nórë
place name. The Land of the Star
Element in
- Q. vanda sina termaruva Elenna·nóreo alcar enyalien “This oath shall stand in memory of the glory of the Land of the Star” ✧ UT/305
Elements
Word Gloss Elenna “Starwards” nórë “land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family”
Elenna
starwards
elenna
place name. Starwards
Another name for Númenor (S/261), it was the allative form of elen “star”, and thus meant “Starwards”.
Cognates
- Ad. Gimlad “Starwards”
Element in
- Q. Elenna-nórë “The Land of the Star” ✧ UT/305
Elements
Word Gloss elen “star” -nna “(movement) to, towards, onto, at (arriving at a point); allative suffix”
A longer name of Elenna appearing in the Cirion’s Oath (UT/305), with the word nórë “land” suffixed.