Eldamo : Quenya : quellë

Q. quellë n. “late autumn and early winter, (lit.) fading” (Category: Autumn)

Q. quellë, n. “late autumn and early winter, (lit.) fading” (Category: Autumn): ᴹQ. Narquelion “Fire-fading, Autumn”

The Quenya word for a specific 54 day period in the calendar of Imladris used for late autumn and early winter (LotR/1111), more properly meaning “fading” (LotR/1107). It seems to be a noun form of quel- “to fade”. It is also used as the equivalent of lasselanta “the fall”.

Conceptual Development: The word Quellë was first used for late autumn in drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/134).

References ✧ LotR/1107, 1111

Glosses

“fading” ✧ LotR/1107
“late autumn and early winter” ✧ LotR/1111

lasselanta “(late) autumn, (lit.) leaf-fall”
lasse-lanta “leaf-fall” is an alternate name for quellë “fading” ✧ LotR/1107
lasselanta “late autumn and early winter” is equivalent to quellë “late autumn and early winter” ✧ LotR/1111

Elements

#quel-	“to fade”
-lë	“abstract noun, adverb”

Cognates

S. firith “fading; [late] autumn” ✧ LotR/1107

ᴹQ. qelle n. “Autumn” (Category: Autumn)

See Q. quellë for discussion.

Reference ✧ PM/134 ✧ Quellë “Autumn”

Elements

#qel-	“†to fail”
-le	“abstract noun”

Element In

ᴹQ. Erqelle “September, *First-autumn”
ᴹQ. Nóqelle “October, *After-autumn”

Cognates

N. firith “autumn” ✧ PM/135