An element in the name Q. Lestanórë for Doriath (WJ/369), untranslated but probably the cognate to S. lest “girdle” from the name Lest Melian “Girdle of Melian” (WJ/228).
Quenya
lesta
measure
lesta
noun. *girdle
Cognates
- S. lest “girdle, girdle, *belt”
Element in
- Q. Lestanórë “Doriath, *(lit.) Land of the Girdle” ✧ WJ/369
Variations
- Lesta ✧ WJ/369 (Lesta)
Lestanórë
doriath
Lestanórë place-name "Doriath", gen. Lestanórëo (WJ:369). If this name means the same as the Sindarin name Doriath, "Land of the Fence", #lesta ought to mean "fence" here (but it is obviously not a cognate of the Sindarin term iâth "fence").It may mean "girdle"; compare Sindarin Lest Melian as a name of the Girdle of Melian (WJ:XXX), suggesting*"Girdle-land" as the meaning of Lestanórë.
combë
gathering, assembly, assemblage, collection
combë ("k") noun "gathering, assembly, assemblage, collection". Also ocombë (PE17:158)
ocombë
gathering, assembly, assemblage, collection
ocombë ("k") noun "gathering, assembly, assemblage, collection". Also combë (PE17:158)
#lesta (2) noun "measure", only attested in the instrumental case: lestanen"in measure" (FS). The name Lestanórë (q.v.) may contain a distinct noun #lesta "fence" or "girdle".