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Westernesse
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Changed: 1c1
The English version of the name of the island of Númenor, given to the three Houses of the Edain.
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Changed: 3,5c3
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... but when the men of that land spake of it to the men of Middle-earth they named it Númenor, that is Westernesse, for it lay west of all lands inhabited by mortals.
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Changed: 7c5
In the language of the Numenoreans themselves it is also called Anadûnë and Númenórë in the High Eldarin tongue.
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Changed: 9c7,21
From the Hobbits' point of view, translated to us in English, "Númenor" is "western isle", where "esse" is an archaic suffix for islands.
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[[quote]Westernesse. The CommonSpeech name of Númenor (which means 'West-land'). It is meant to be western + ess, an ending used in partly francized names of 'romantic' lands, as Lyonesse, or Logres (England in Arthurian Romance). The name actually occurs in the early romance King Horn, of some kingdom reached by ship.
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[[quote]I have often used Westernesse as a translation. This is derived from rare Middle English Westernesse (known to me only in MS. C of King Horn) where the meaning is vague, but may be taken to mean 'Western lands' as distinct from the East inhabited by the Paynim and Saracens.
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==== Comments and Annotations =
From the Hobbits' point of view, translated to us in English, "Númenor" is "western isle", where "esse" is an archaic suffix for islands. -- [PhlIp]
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The CommonSpeech name for Númenor.
See also: Númenor
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| I have often used Westernesse as a translation. This is derived from rare Middle English Westernesse (known to me only in MS. C of King Horn) where the meaning is vague, but may be taken to mean 'Western lands' as distinct from the East inhabited by the Paynim and Saracens. | | Letters #276 |
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From the Hobbits' point of view, translated to us in English, "Númenor" is "western isle", where "esse" is an archaic suffix for islands. -- [PhlIp]
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