Quenya 

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.

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".

Sindarin 

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

Sindarin [Ety/374, WJ/313, MR/373, S/412] OS *narna, CE *nʲarnâ "told". Group: SINDICT. Published by

narn

noun. tale, tale, [N.] saga

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NYAR “tell, relate”

Element in

Variations

  • Narn ✧ MR/373; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057
Sindarin [MR/373; MR/471; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057; UT/146; WJ/313] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glaer

noun. tale, [N.] long lay, narrative poem, [S.] tale, song

Derivations

  • LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill”

Element in

Variations

  • Laer ✧ S/209
  • Glaer ✧ WJ/160
Sindarin [S/209; WJ/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narn

tale

1) narn (saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. nern**; 2) pent (i bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i threnern); 4) gwanod (i **wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd).

narn

tale

(saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. *nern***; 2) pent (i** bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i** phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i** drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i** threnern); 4) gwanod (i ’wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd**).

Noldorin 

gwanod

noun. tale, number

Noldorin [Ety/378] Group: SINDICT. Published by

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

Noldorin [Ety/374, WJ/313, MR/373, S/412] OS *narna, CE *nʲarnâ "told". Group: SINDICT. Published by

pent

noun. tale

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Middle Primitive Elvish

kwentā

noun. tale

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. qenta “tale, story, account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • N. pent “tale, story” ✧ Ety/KWET
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

nyara

noun. tale

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NYAÐA “relate, tell” ✧ QL/068

Element in

  • Eq. nyarie “fable, story, legend” ✧ QL/068

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NYAŘA > nyara[nʲaðā] > [nʲaða] > [nʲaza] > [nʲara]✧ QL/068
Early Quenya [QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by