Q. Minyar coll. “Firsts (original clan name of the Vanyar)”

Q. Minyar, coll. “Firsts (original clan name of the Vanyar)”

The original name of the Vanyar as first tribe of the Elves (WJ/380), a name they sometimes still used to refer to themselves (WJ/382). This name is simply the adjective minya “first” used as a plural noun.

References ✧ PE17/149, 155; WJ/380, 382, 420; WJI

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minya “first; eminent, prominent” plural

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