eär

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

Examples

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

Congnate

Sindarin aer

References

↑ 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

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Quenya nouns