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'''''Anaxarta''''' is a [[Quenya]] word that perhaps refers to the [[Great Eagles]] of [[Manwe]].<ref>{{WJ|IV}}, pp. 340-1</ref><ref name=Wynne/>
'''''Anaxarta''''' is a [[Quenya]] word that perhaps refers to the [[Great Eagles]] of [[Manwë]].<ref>{{WJ|IV}}, pp. 340-1</ref><ref name=Wynne/>
==Etymology==
==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 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''.

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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

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 Analysis of the phrase Anaxartaron Onyalie by Patrick H. Wynne