Ossë

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| image=[[Image:Ossë.png|250px]]
| name=Ossë
| othernames=none
| coming=During the [[Years of the Trees]]
| death=Immortal
| duty=[[Ulmo]], formerly [[Melkor]]
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| gender=Male
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'''Ossë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈosːe]}}) was a [[Maiar|Maia]] of the [[Belegaer|Sea]] associated with [[Ulmo]]. He guarded the waters around [[Middle-earth]] and islands, and did not go into the deep places of the Sea. [[Uinen]] was his spouse, and he was a friend of [[Círdan]] the Shipwright.

In the early days of [[Arda]], Ossë turned to [[Melkor]] for a time, but Uinen brought him back to the loyalty of the Ulmo. However, Ossë's wild and wilful nature was still evident; he delighted in and enjoyed making dangerous Sea storms.

Ossë was a friend of the [[Sindar]], a kindred of Elves who lived by the shores of the Sea in Beleriand, and was respected as much as the [[Valar]] by them.

After the [[Valar]] pronounced the [[Doom of the Noldor]], Ossë helped guard the shores of [[Beleriand]] to keep the ships of the Noldor from reaching [[Valinor]]. His storms had a part in wrecking all the ships that they sent, and only one [[Elves|Elf]] from among their crews survived, by the will of Ulmo: [[Voronwë of Gondolin|Voronwë]]. During the [[Second Age]] he rose the island of [[Elenna]] ([[Numenor]]) from the depths of the Sea.
==Etymology==
The name is said to derive from the [[Valarin]] ''[[Ošošai]], Oššai''<ref>{{WJ|AD1}}</ref>

It is also understood as the [[Quenya]] word ''osse'' "terror" from [[PQ]] [[root]] [[GOS]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}</ref>

In [[Eriol]]'s [[Old English]] translations, Osse is referred as ''Saefrea'' "Sea-ruler"<ref>{{SM|QA1}}</ref>. However this reflects his status as a Vala (Fréa) in the earlier [[Legendarium]].

==Other versions==
In older versions of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' as well as the [[Annals of Aman]], Ossë (along with his spouse [[Uinen]])were Valar in their own right, and often opposed the will of Ulmo.

''Osse'' was also the name of a [[Tengwa]] similar to Roman c, which apparently had the value ''o''<ref>{{VT|45}} p.15</ref>. However elsewhere, this letter is named ''[[Elwe]]'' and has the value of ''e''.

However in the [[Mode of Beleriand]] this letter has the value ''a'' instead.
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