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'''Quendi and Eldar''' is a collection of short essays published in [[The War of the Jewels]] which provide the etymological development of certain words the [[Elves]] used to name themselves and other peoples, or to refer to individuals in some way.
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'''Quendi and Eldar''' is a collection of short essays by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] dating from c. [[1959]]-[[1960|60]], which were published in ''[[The War of the Jewels]]''. ''Quendi and Eldar'' provides the etymological development of certain words the [[Elves]] used to name themselves and other peoples, or to refer to individuals in some way.


[[Category:Books by J.R.R. Tolkien|Quendi and Eldar]]
A large section of "Appendix D. <nowiki>*</nowiki>''Kwen'', ''Quenya'', and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'" was omitted from ''The War of the Jewels'' by [[Christopher Tolkien]], but was released years later in [[Vinyar Tengwar 39|''Vinyar Tengwar'', Issue 39]] together with a shorter text entitled "''Appendix'': Noldorin words for Language".<ref>{{VT|39a}}</ref>
[[Category:Books by Christopher Tolkien|Quendi and Eldar]]
 
==Overview==
* A. The principal linguistic elements concerned
* B. Meanings and use of the various terms applied to the Elves and their varieties in Quenya, Telerin, and Sindarin
* C. The Clan-names, with notes on other names for divisions of the Eldar
* Appendix A. Elvish names for Men
* Appendix B. Elvish names for the Dwarves
* Appendix C. Elvish names for the Orcs
* Appendix D. <nowiki>*</nowiki>''Kwen'', ''Quenya'', and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'
** From ''Quendi and Eldar'', Appendix D ([[Vinyar Tengwar 39|VT 39]])
** From ''Quendi and Eldar'', Appendix D: Author's Notes to the extract from ''Quendi and Eldar'', App. D ([[Vinyar Tengwar 39|VT 39]])
** From ''Quendi and Eldar'', Appendix D: Editorial glossary to the extract from ''Quendi and Eldar'', App. D ([[Vinyar Tengwar 39|VT 39]])
*** From ''Quendi and Eldar'', Appendix D: ''Appendix'': Noldorin words for Language ([[Vinyar Tengwar 39|VT 39]])
*** From ''Quendi and Eldar'', Appendix D:  Author's Notes to 'Noldorin words for Language' ([[Vinyar Tengwar 39|VT 39]])
*** From ''Quendi and Eldar'', Appendix D:  Editorial glossary to 'Noldorin words for Language' ([[Vinyar Tengwar 39|VT 39]])
*** From ''Quendi and Eldar'', Appendix D:  Editorial Notes <nowiki>[</nowiki>to 'Noldorin words for Language'<nowiki>]</nowiki>" ([[Vinyar Tengwar 39|VT 39]])
** Note on the 'Language of the Valar'
* Author's Notes to Quendi and Eldar
* Editorial Notes [to Quendi and Eldar]
* Appendix: [[Cuivienyarna|The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)]]
 
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[[Category:The War of the Jewels chapters|Quendi and Eldar]]

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The War of the Jewels chapters
Part One: The Grey Annals
Part Two: The Later Quenta Silmarillion
  1. Of Men
  2. Of the Siege of Angband
  3. Of Beleriand and its Realms
  4. Of Turgon and the Building of Gondolin
  5. Concerning the Dwarves
  6. Of the Coming of Men into the West
  7. Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
  8. The Last Chapters
Part Three: The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings
  1. The Wanderings of Húrin
  2. Ælfwine and Dírhaval
  3. Maeglin
  4. Of the Ents and the Eagles
  5. The Tale of Years
Part Four: Quendi and Eldar
Appendix: The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi

Quendi and Eldar is a collection of short essays by J.R.R. Tolkien dating from c. 1959-60, which were published in The War of the Jewels. Quendi and Eldar provides the etymological development of certain words the Elves used to name themselves and other peoples, or to refer to individuals in some way.

A large section of "Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'" was omitted from The War of the Jewels by Christopher Tolkien, but was released years later in Vinyar Tengwar, Issue 39 together with a shorter text entitled "Appendix: Noldorin words for Language".[1]

Overview[edit | edit source]

  • A. The principal linguistic elements concerned
  • B. Meanings and use of the various terms applied to the Elves and their varieties in Quenya, Telerin, and Sindarin
  • C. The Clan-names, with notes on other names for divisions of the Eldar
  • Appendix A. Elvish names for Men
  • Appendix B. Elvish names for the Dwarves
  • Appendix C. Elvish names for the Orcs
  • Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'
    • From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D (VT 39)
    • From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Author's Notes to the extract from Quendi and Eldar, App. D (VT 39)
    • From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Editorial glossary to the extract from Quendi and Eldar, App. D (VT 39)
      • From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Appendix: Noldorin words for Language (VT 39)
      • From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Author's Notes to 'Noldorin words for Language' (VT 39)
      • From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Editorial glossary to 'Noldorin words for Language' (VT 39)
      • From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D: Editorial Notes [to 'Noldorin words for Language']" (VT 39)
    • Note on the 'Language of the Valar'
  • Author's Notes to Quendi and Eldar
  • Editorial Notes [to Quendi and Eldar]
  • Appendix: The legend of the Awaking of the Quendi (Cuivienyarna)

References