om+gods

1 noun "Power, God, angelic power", pl. Valar or Vali BAL, Appendix E, LT2:348, described as “angelic governors” or “angelic guardians” Letters:354, 407. The Valar are a group of immensely powerful spirits guarding the world on behalf of its Creator; they are sometimes called Gods as when Valacirca, q.v., is translated “Sickle of the Gods”, but this is strictly wrong according to Christian terminology: the Valar were created beings. The noun vala is also the name of tengwa \#22 Appendix E. Genitive plural Valion "of the Valar" FS, MR:18; this form shows the pl. Vali, irregular alternative to Valar the straightforward gen. pl. Valaron is also attested, PE17:175. Pl. allative valannar *"to/on the Valar" LR:47, 56; SD:246. Feminine form Valië Silm, in Tolkien’s earlier material also Valdë; his early writings also list Valon or Valmo q.v. as specifically masc. forms. The gender-specific forms are not obligatory; thus in PE17:22 Varda is called a Vala not a Valië, likewise Yavanna in PE17:93. –Vala is properly or originally a verb "has power" sc. over the matter of Eä, the universe, also used as a noun "a Power" WJ:403. The verb vala- "rule, order", exclusively used with reference to the Valar, is only attested in the sentences á vala Manwë! "may Manwë order it!" and Valar valuvar "the will of the Valar will be done" WJ:404. However, Tolkien did not originally intend the word Valar to signify "powers"; in his early conception it apparently meant "the happy ones", cf. valto, vald- LT2:348. – For various compounds including the word Valar, see below.

place-name "the land or people of the Valar", *"Vali-land" Vali = Valar, land of the Gods in the West BAL, NDOR; cf. Valandor. Full form Valinórë BAL; Vali-nórë under NDOR.Said to be “the true Eldarin name of Aman”, the latter name being explained as a borrowing from Valarin in some versions of the linguistic scenario VT49:26. In the early "Qenya Lexicon", Valinor, Valinórë is glossed "Asgard", the name of the city of the gods in Norse mythology LT1:272. It seems that in such more restricted use, Valinor is not the entire Blessed Realm but rather the specific region beyond the Pelóri where most of the Valar dwelt, with Valimar as the chief city. Thus it is said of Eärendil that he “went into Valinor and to the halls of Valimar” only after he had already left his ship and ventured as far as Tirion Silmarillion, chapter 24. – Possessive Valinóreva in Nurtalë Valinóreva, the "Hiding of Valinor", the possessive case here assuming the function of object genitive Silm; genitive Valinórëo in Yénië Valinórëo “Annals of Valinor” MR:200; the last word was changed from Valinóren, Tolkien revising the genitive ending from -n to -o

noun "Sickle of the Gods", a name of the Great Bear Big Dipper constellation SA:val-, MR:388, KIRIK, OT/OTOS/OTOK

noun *"Day of the younger gods", sc. Ossë, Oromë and Tulkas in Tolkien's earlier conception, Ossë was a "god" or Vala.LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK

noun *"Day of the three younger gods", sc. Ossë, Orome and Tulkas LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK. Elsewhere neldion appears as as the genitive plural form of neldë “three” VT49:54, but Tolkien emended the relevant text.