Anaxarta
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Anaxarta is a Quenya word that perhaps refers to the Great Eagles of Manwë.[1][2]
Etymology
The etymology of the word is not obvious. Arguably, it is a compound of the words *anaxara "most rushing" plus arta "exalted". The word *Anaxararta would be simplified as Anaxarta.
The word *anaxara would contain the prefix an- "most". The stem *axara could be a cognate of ascar (root SKAR) meaning "rushing".[2]
Other possibilities link the word to Máhanaxar.
Other forms
- Anaxartaron (gen.pl.) *"of the Great Eagles"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: IV. Of the Ents and the Eagles", pp. 340-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Analysis of the phrase Anaxartaron Onyalie by Patrick H. Wynne
