Q. atalantëa adj. “ruinous, downfallen” (Category: to Fall)
An adjective translated “fallen” in the phrase atalantëa mindonnar “upon fallen towers” in the Markirya poem of the 1960s (MC/222). In notes associated with the poem Tolkien gave it the glosses “ruinous, downfallen” as an adjectival form of atalantë “collapse, downfall” (MC/223). In the poem itself, Tolkien revised it to its plural form atalantië before reverting it back to atalantëa.
Conceptual Development: In the Oilima Markirya version of the poem from around 1930, Tolkien used ᴱQ. lanta for “fallen” instead; see that entry for discussion.
References ✧ MC/222-223
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| atalantië | plural | “fallen” | ✧ MC/222 |
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| atalantë | “collapse, downfall” |
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