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ᴹQ. Arendien (Arendién-) pn. “Midyear’s Day”

ᴹQ. Arendien (Arendién-), pn. “Midyear’s Day”

Name of the mid-year holidays from drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/134). It seems to be a combination of are “day”, ende “middle” and yén “year”, the last of these supported by its stem form Arendién- as seen in its plural Arendiéni.

References ✧ PM/134

Glosses

“Midyear’s Day” ✧ PM/134

Variations

Arendiën ✧ PM/134

Arendien “Midyear’s Day” may be obsolete by Q. loëndë “mid-year (Númenórean calendar), *(lit.) year-middle”

Inflections

Arendiéni

plural

✧ PM/134

Elements

are	“day”
ende	“centre, middle, core”
yén	“year”