enwina

old

enwina adj. "old" (Markirya)

enwina

adjective. old

enwina lúmë

the old darkness

The twenty-eighth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is enwina “old” followed by the noun lúmë “darkness”, possibly a variant of more common lómë as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL/Markirya).

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> enwina lúmë = “✱old darkness”

aira

old

aira (3) adj. "old" (MC:214; this is "Qenya")

linyenwa

old, having many years

linyenwa adj. "old, having many years" (YEN)

yerna

old, worn

yerna adj. "old, worn" (GYER)