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'''Yestarë''', meaning 'First-day', was the name used in the [[Elves]]' calendars, and those derived from them, for the first day of the year. The actual date of yestarë varied from calendar to calendar.  
'''Yestarë''', meaning "First-day", was the name used in the [[Elves]]' calendars, and those derived from them, for the first day of the year. The actual date of yestarë varied from calendar to calendar; in the [[Shire Calendar]], it was [[April 6]]. It was the first day of spring and the renewal of nature.  


[[Category:Quenya words]]
[[Category:Quenya words]]
[[Category:Middle-earth Calendars]]
[[Category:Middle-earth Calendars]]

Revision as of 23:07, 15 March 2009

Yestarë, meaning "First-day", was the name used in the Elves' calendars, and those derived from them, for the first day of the year. The actual date of yestarë varied from calendar to calendar; in the Shire Calendar, it was April 6. It was the first day of spring and the renewal of nature.