eär

ëar means "sea" in Quenya.^[1] When capitalized, Eär refers to the Great Sea, i.e. Belegaer.

[edit] Examples

• Eärendil = "Sea-friend"
  • Eärnil (contraction)
• Eärendur = "Sea-servant"
  • Eärnur (contraction)
• Eärwen = "Sea-maiden"

References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ëar

• The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel
• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger