Dates
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Title: Dates
Author: Isilmea
The "dates" by Quenya standards
Aduial
The dim light of evening The Elvish name for the twilight of dusk
Minuial
The twilight of dawn The Sindarin name for the twilight of dawn, when the stars faded; an important time for the Elves. The twilight of dusk they named aduial.
Tindm
The twilight before the rising of the Sun A Quenya name for the twilight of dawn, called minuial in Sindarin.
Coir
The Elves' name for early spring 'Stirring'; the Quenya name for the Elvish season that lay between modern 11 February and 5 April.
Echuir
The time of stirring 'Stirring'; the Sindarin name for the Elvish season that lay between modern 11 February and 5 April.
Laer
An Elvish name for the season of summer The Sindarin name for the season of Summer, 72 days that fell between modern 1 June and 11 August, known in Quenya as Lair.
Lair
The season of summer The Quenya name for the season of summer, 72 days that fell between modern 1 June and 11 August, known in Sindarin as Laer.
Iavas
A season of the Sindarin calendar The Sindarin name for the season that corresponded to late summer and early autumn; 54 days between modern 12 August and 4 October. Called Y￡vi in Quenya.
Enderi
The 'middle-days' of the Elvish year The three 'middle-days' unique to the Elvish calendars such as the Reckoning of Rivendell; modern 5, 6 and 7 October. Every twelfth year, these Enderi were increased in number from three to six.
Firith
The Sindarin season of late autumn The Sindarin name for the season of late autumn, 54 days lying between modern 8 October and 30 November, and called Quell in Quenya.
Lasse-lanta The season of falling leaves 'Leaf-fall', an alternative name for the Quenya season of Quell, or autumn; 54 days between modern 8 October and 30 November. The Sindarin equivalent is Narbeleth.
Narbeleth An Elvish name for autumn An alternative name for the Sindarin season of Firith, or autumn; 54 days between modern 8 October and 30 November. The Quenya equivalent is Lasse-lanta.
Hrv
The Quenya word for winter The Quenya name for winter; 72 days between modern 1 December and 10 February. Called Rhw in Sindarin.
Orgaladhad
The day of the Two Trees 'Day of the Two Trees'; the fourth day of the Sindarin week, equivalent to modern Tuesday.
Quell
The season of autumn The Quenya name for autumn, also called Lasse-lanta; 54 days between modern 8 October and 30 November. Called Firith in Sindarin.
Rhw
Winter, according to the Sindarin usage The Sindarin name for winter; 72 days between modern 1 December and 10 February. Called Hrv in Quenya.
T￡rion
The last day of the Elves' week A name for the last and most important of the six days that made up the Elves' week, dedicated to the Valar or Powers. T￡rion was a Quenya name, as was the more common name for the same day, Valanya. In Sindarin, this day was called Orbelain or Rodyn.
Tuil
The Quenya name for spring The first season of the Elves' year, lasting fifty-four days and covering the period between modern 8 April and 31 May. Tuil was the Quenya word for this season; the Sindar called it Ethuil.
Y￡vi
The ending of summer The Quenya name for the season that corresponded to late summer and early autumn; 54 days between modern 12 August and 4 October. Called Iavas in Sindarin.
Yestar
The first day of the year
'First-day', the name used in the Elves' calendars, and those derived from them, for the first day of the year. The actual date of yestar varied from calendar to calendar; according to the Reckoning of Rivendell, it fell on modern 7 April, while in the calendars of the Nmenreans and their descendants, its modern equivalent would be 22 December.
Mettar
The last day of the year The last day of the year; to the Elves, whose calendar started in spring, this was modern 6 April, but to the Dnedain in Middle-earth, Mettar fell in winter, on modern 21 December.
Coranar
An Elvish word for 'year' Literally 'sun-round', a name given by the Elves to a single year.
Yni
The long 'years' of the Elves The main units of time used by the Elves; one yn was equivalent to 144 years
Loa
A year, to the Elves A name used by the Elves for a single year; also called a coranar