Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Year, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya words for year are loa (year, growth, seasonal changes), coranar (sun-round, solar year), and yén (Elvish long year).

The Sindarin words for year are în (year), and ennin (Valian year, elven year).

There are multiple solar years in a Valian or elven year. I found figures of 9.58 solar years in each Valian year and 144 solar years in each Valian year. An age or cycle is 100 Valian years.

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