Peace, name of wife of Lórien
Quenya
Este
noun. Rest
Este
noun. Peace
Estë
repose, rest
Estë fem. name "Repose, Rest" _(WJ:403, EZDĒ, SED), only used as name of a Valië (WJ:404)_
estë
feminine name. Rest, Repose, Peace
The Valië of peace and healing (S/28), spouse of Irmo (Lórien). Her name is variously translated as “Rest” (SI/Estë, Ety/EZDĒ), “Repose” (WJ/403) and “Peace” (PE19/91). In Quenya, the word Estë is only used for the name of this Valië (WJ/404). A more ordinary word for “rest, repose, peace” is sérë (VT44/35, Ety/SED). Both the name and the word are derived from the same root √SED (Ety/SED, WJ/403). The name is derived from the primitive form ✶ezdē (PE19/091-2, WJ/403).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, Lórien had no wife (LT1/66). ᴹQ. Este first appeared in the initial drafts of the Annals of Beleriand (SM/263), and the derivation of her name first appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/SED).
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ezdē > Este [ezdē] > [estē] > [este] ✧ PE19/091 ✶Ezdē > Este [ezdē] > [estē] > [este] ✧ PE19/092 ✶ezdē > Este [ezdē] > [estē] > [este] ✧ WJ/403 Variations
- Este ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092 (Este); PE19/101; WJ/403; WJ/404
esto
pronoun. they (dual emphatic)
ser-
rest
ser- vb. "rest" (1st pers. aorist serin "I rest"); pa.t. probably *sendë since the R of ser- was originally D (cf. stem SED; compare rer- pa.t. rendë from RED concerning the past tense)
erdë
repose
erdë (3) noun "repose" (marked by Tolkien with an "X", perhaps indicating that he considered dropping this form to eliminate homophones)(VT46:12). Compare sérë.
ser-
verb. rest,repose;stay, tarry, be at the moment
rainë
peace
rainë noun "peace" (VT44:34-35)
sérë
rest, repose, peace
sérë noun "rest, repose, peace" (SED, VT44:35); see under úyë concerning the sentence úyë sérë indo-ninya símen in Fíriel's Song
sívë
peace
sívë (2) noun "peace" (VT44:35)
sívë
noun. peace
Derivations
- √SIB “rest, quiet” ✧ VT44/35
Element in
- Q. ar mi cemen rainë i hínin “and on earth peace, good will toward men” ✧ VT44/35
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √SIB > síve [sībe] > [sīβe] > [sīve] ✧ VT44/35 Variations
- síve ✧ VT44/35
Valatári
vala-queen
Valatári noun "Vala-queen" (BAL; this entry of the Etymologies states that Vala has no feminine form except this compound, but Silm gives Valië as a feminine form). The word Valatári is apparently also the unchanged plural form, so used in this quote: "The Valatári were Varda, Yavanna, Nienna, Vana, Vaire, Este, Nessa, Uinen" (BAL; Tolkien later reclassified Uinen as a Maia, not a Valatári/Valië). Notice that the plural form of Valatar would apparently also be *Valatári.
Este
Estë
Estë
Rest
Estë is a Quenya name meaning "rest". The same Root, EZDE, also yielded her Sindarin name, Îdh (pron. ) and the Nandorin Eord.
Rest