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'''''Yén''''' (plural '''''yéni''''') is [[Quenya]] for "year", and was a unit of time used by the [[Elves]] of [[Middle-earth]] before the first rising of the [[Sun]]. Compare with a [[Valian Years|Valian Year]], the unit of time used in [[Valinor]]. | '''''Yén''''' (plural '''''yéni''''') is [[Quenya]] for "long year",<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 62</ref> and was a unit of time used by the [[Elves]] of [[Middle-earth]] before the first rising of the [[Sun]]. Compare with a [[Valian Years|Valian Year]], the unit of time used in [[Valinor]]. | ||
:1 ''yén'' = 144 solar years = 52,596 days | :1 ''yén'' = 144 solar years = 52,596 days | ||
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Yén (plural yéni) is Quenya for "long year",[1] and was a unit of time used by the Elves of Middle-earth before the first rising of the Sun. Compare with a Valian Year, the unit of time used in Valinor.
- 1 yén = 144 solar years = 52,596 days
Tolkien used Valian Years to measure the passing of time in the Elder Days as recorded in the Annals of Aman, but such a Valian Years equals 9.582 solar years = 3500 days (in older versions, the Annals of Valinor, it equals 10 solar years).
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 62
