to+let+go+of

vb. "let loose, free, let go" VT43:18

1 form of the verb "to be", evidently the imperative or subjunctive: Tolkien stated that na airë would mean "be holy" VT43:14, and san na q.v. must mean "thus be" = "let it be so"; see ná \#1 Cf. also the sentence alcar mi tarmenel una/u Erun "glory in high heaven ube/u to God" VT44:32/34. Inserted in front of a verb, na expresses a wish: aranielya na tuluva "may thy kingdom come" ibid. 2 prep. "to, towards", possibly obsoleted by \#1 above; for clarity writers may use the synonym ana instead NĀsup1/sup. Originally, Tolkien glossed na as "at, by, near"; the new meaning entered together with the synonyms an, ana VT45:36.

2 noun “the universe”, so called because Ilúvatar used the command “Eä! Let these things be!” when he gave independent being to the Music of the Ainur Ainulindalë. See ëa \#1 for references.

vb. "release, set free, let go"; negated avalerya- "bind, make fast, restrain, deprive of liberty" VT41:5, 6

1 adv. "then" MC:216; also twice in Narqelion, a “Qenya” term apparently replaced by tá in Tolkien’s later conception. In his later Quenya, san would be the dative form of sa “it”, hence “for it; to it”. 2 adv. ephemeral word for "so" yan...san "as...so"; san na "thus be" = let it be so, "amen"; this form was apparently quickly abandoned by Tolkien VT43:16, 24, VT49.18

as in pl. sardi noun "small stone" SAR. In Elessar, q.v. Since Tolkien let this name have a stem in -sarn- genitive Elessarno, VT49:28, he may seem to have changed the stem-form of sar from sard- to sarn-.

1 stem nów- as in pl. nówi noun "conception" = idea NOWO. In an earlier version, later deleted, nó represented earlier ñó ngó, glossed "idea, thought" VT46:6. 2 conj."but" VT41:13 3 prep. “before” of time, compare nóvo, “at back” of spatial relationships. In other conceptual phases, Tolkien also let the word have the opposite meaning “after” of time or “in front” of space. VT49:32.

“k” 1 vb. “try, put forth effort, strive, endeavour” PE17:93, 94, 167, imperative á ricë “try!”, pl. á ricir “let them try”, á rice amaricië “try harder!” or more idiomatically á carë sí ancarië, lit. *“do now with more doing!” 2 vb. "twist", perfect irícië "has twisted" VT39:9

noun "downfall, overthrow, especially as name Atalantë of the downfallen land of Númenor" DAT/DANT, TALÁT, Akallabêth, SD:247, 310; also LR:47, VT45:26. Variant atalantië "Downfall", said to be a normal noun-formation in Quenya Letters:347, footnote. From the common noun atalantë "collapse, downfall" is derived the adj. atalantëa "ruinous, downfallen", pl. atalantië in Markirya changed to sg. atalantëa – this change does not make immediate sense, since the adjective undoubtedly modifies a plural noun, but Tolkien does not always let adjectives agree in number.

pronominal element "you", originally the "reverential 2nd person sing" RGEO:73, VT49:56. However, singular le was apparently altered to lye q.v., and le took on a plural significance le for pl. “you” is apparently derived from de, the ancient 2nd person pl. stem, VT49:50-51. Stressed lé VT49:51, dual let *“the two of you” ibid.. At certain points in Tolkien’s conception, le was still sg. “thou” rather than pl. “you”. It is attested as an ending in the imperative form antalë *"give thou" VT43:17; see anta-. The form ólë in VT43:29 apparently means *"with thee"; according to Tolkien’s later system, it would rather mean “with you” pl. Compare aselyë “with thee” sg. in a later source see as.

1 sometimes "eä" vb. "is" CO, in a more absolute sense "exists", VT39:7/VT49:28-29 than the copula ná. Eä "it is" VT39:6 or "let it be". The verb is also used in connection with prepositional phrases denoting a position, as in the relative sentences i or ilyë mahalmar ëa “who is above all thrones” CO and i ëa han ëa *“who is beyond the universe of Eä” VT43:14. Eä is said to the be “present & aorist” tense VT49:29. The past tense of ëa is engë VT43:38, VT49:29; Tolkien struck out the form ëanë, VT49:30, the historically correct perfect should be éyë, but the analogical form engië was more common; the future tense is euva VT49:29. See also ëala. – Eä is also used as a noun denoting "All Creation", the universe WJ:402; Letters:284, footnote, but this term for the universe "was not held to include souls? and spirits" VT39:20; contrast ilu. One version of Tolkien's Quenya Lord's Prayer includes the words i ëa han ëa, taken to mean "who is beyond Eä" VT43:14. Tolkien noted that ëa “properly cannot be used of God since ëa refers only to all things created by Eru directly or mediately”, hence he deleted the example Eru ëa *”God exists” VT49:28, 36. However, ëa is indeed used of Eru in CO i Eru i or ilyë mahalmar uëa/u “the One who uis/u above all thrones” as well as in various Átaremma versions see VT49:36, so such a distinction may belong to the refined language of the “loremasters” rather than to everyday useage. 3 "eagle" LT1:251, LT2:338, a “Qenya” word apparently superseded by soron, sornë in Tolkien's later forms of Quenya.

emphatic pronoun ?, apparently 3rd person dual, *“even the two of them” VT49:48. The word comes from a conceptual phase where Tolkien let dual pronouns end in the vowel -o, an idea that was apparently abandoned; also, -st- is associated with the second rather than the third person dual in later sources see -stë. The ending may have been conceived as *-sto at an earlier stage VT49:49.

1 vocative particle "O" in a vanimar "O beautiful ones" LotR3:VI ch. 6, translated in Letters:308; also attested repeatedly in VT44:12 cf. 15: A Hrísto *"o Christ", A Eruion*"o God the son/son of God", a Aina Fairë *"o Holy Spirit", a aina Maria *"o holy Mary". 2 conj. "and", a variant of ar occurring in Fíriel's Song that also has ar; a seems to be used before words in f-, but contrast ar formenna *”and northwards” in a late text, VT49:26. According to PE17:41, “Old Quenya” could have the conjunction a as a variant of ar before n, ñ, m, h, hy, hw f is not mentioned, PE17:71 adding ty, ny, hr, hl, ñ, l, r,þ, s. See ar \#1. It may be that the a or the sentence nornë a lintieryanen “he ran with his speed” i.e. as quickly as he could is to be understood as this conjunction, if the literal meaning is *“he ran and did so with his speed” PE17:58. 3, also á, imperative particle. An imperative with “immediate time reference” is expressed by á in front of the verb or “occasionally after it, sometimes before and after for emphasis”, with the verb following in “the simplest form also used for the uninflected ‘aorist’ without specific time reference past or present or future” PE17:93. Cf. a laita te, laita te! "o bless them, bless them!", á vala Manwë! "may Manwë order it!", literally *"o rule Manwë!" see laita, vala for reference; cf. also á carë *“do!”, á ricë “try!”, á lirë “sing!”, á menë “proceed!”, a norë “run!” PE17:92-93, notice short a in this example, á tula *"come!" VT43:14. In the last example, the verb tul- “come” receives an ending -a that probably represents the suffixed form of the imperative particle, this apparently being an example of the imperative element occurring both “before and after” the verbal stem “for emphasis” PE17:93. This ending may also appear on its own with no preceding a/á, as in the command queta “speak!” PE17:138. Other examples of imperatives with suffixed -a include cena and tira VT47:31, see cen-, tir-; the imperatives of these same verbs are however also attested as á tirë, á cenë PE17:94 with the imperative particle remaining independent and the following verb appearing as an uninflected aorist stem. This aorist can be plural to indicate a 3rd person pl. subject: á ricir! “let them try!” PE17:93. Alyë VT43:17, VT44:9 seems to be the imperative particle a with the pronominal suffix -lyë "you, thou" suffixed to indicate the subject who is to carry out the command; attested in the phrase alyë anta *"give thou" elided aly' in VT43:11, since the next word begins in e-: aly' eterúna me, *"do thou deliver us"; presumably other pronominal suffixes could likewise be added. The particle a is also present in the negative imperatives ala, \#ála or áva, q.v.

1 vb. "to name" ES, VT45:12. In an earlier form of the relevant entry in the Etymologies, Tolkien let esta- mean "to place, set, plant" VT45:12; a deleted entry SET also had esta- "precede" VT46:13

1 imperative verb "be it that", used with a verb usually in the future tense to express a wish. The translation "maybe" in Tolkien's rendering of Namárië is somewhat misleading; he used "be it that" in the interlinear translation in RGEO:67. Apparently this is na as the imperative "be!" with a suffix -i "that", cf. i \#3. It can be used with the future tense as an “expression of wish” VT49:39. Nai hiruvalyë Valimar! Nai elyë hiruva! *"May thou find Valimar. May even thou find it!" Nam, VT49:39. Nai tiruvantes "be it that they will guard it" "may they guard it" CO. Nai elen siluva parma-restalyanna *“may a star shine upon your book-fair” VT49:38, nai elen siluva lyenna *”may a star shine upon you” VT49:40, nai elen atta siluvat aurenna veryanwesto *”may two stars shine upon the day of your wedding” VT49:42-45, nai laurë lantuva parmastanna lúmissen tengwiesto “may a golden light fall on your book at the times of your reading” VT49:47. Nai may also be used with a present continuative verb if an ongoing situation is wished for: Nai Eru lye mánata “God bless you” VT49:39 or literally *”be it that God is already blessing you”. The phrase nai amanya onnalya *”be it that your child will be blessed” omits any copula; Tolkien noted that “imperative of wishes precedes adj.” VT49:41. VT49:28 has the form nái for “let it be that”; Patrick Wynne theorizes that nái is actually an etymological form underlying nai VT49:36 2 prefix “ill, grievously, abominably” PE17:151, cf. naiquet-. Earlier material also lists aninterjection nai "alas" NAY; this may be obsoleted by \# 1 above; Namárië uses ai! in a similar sense