Eldamo : Quenya : lesta

Q. #lesta n. “*girdle” (Category: Belt, Girdle)

Q. #lesta, n. “*girdle” (Category: Belt, Girdle): ᴱQ. lesta “gathering, assembly”

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).

Reference ✧ WJ/369 ✧ #Lesta

ᴺQ. quilta “belt, ⚠️girdle” vs. #lesta “*girdle”

Element In

Q. #Lestanórë “Doriath, *(lit.) Land of the Girdle” ✧ WJ/369 (Lestanórëo)

Cognates

S. lest “girdle”