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Riellë

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'''''riellë''''' or '''''riel''''' is a noun in [[Quenya]] meaning ""a maiden crowned with a festival garland", or more simply "garlanded maiden". Compare with ''[[rî]]'' in [[Sindarin]].
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'''''riellë''''' or '''''riel''''' is a noun in [[Quenya]] and [[Telerin]] meaning "a maiden crowned with a festival garland"<ref>{{HM|PM}} p.347</ref>, or more simply "garlanded maiden". Compare with ''[[rî]]'' in [[Sindarin]].
  
 
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* [[Míriel]] = "Maiden of the Jeweled Garland"
 
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== References ==
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==Etymology==
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
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Possible [[Primitive Elvish]] form *''rîgellê'' from the [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[RIG]].
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
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From ''[[ría]]/[[rie]]'' "garland" and ''[[elle]]''.
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 9 November 2012

riellë or riel is a noun in Quenya and Telerin meaning "a maiden crowned with a festival garland"[1], or more simply "garlanded maiden". Compare with rî in Sindarin.

Examples:

  • Altáriel = "Maiden of the Radiant Garland"
  • Míriel = "Maiden of the Jeweled Garland"

[edit] Etymology

Possible Primitive Elvish form *rîgellê from the Root RIG.

From ría/rie "garland" and elle.

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth p.347
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