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Vairë (Quenya; IPA: [ˈvaɪre] or [ˈwaɪre] - "Weaver") was an Ainu and Vala responsible for the weaving of the story of Arda.[1]
Biography[]
Vairë was counted among the Valier, the Queens of the Valar, though she was not as great in power or prestige as some. Her "storied webs" covered the Halls of Mandos, where she apparently lived with Mandos, her husband.[1]
With the passage of time and its many Ages, her woven tapestries expanded and clothed all the walls of the Halls of the Dead.[1]
After the death of Finwë, Míriel returned to life and dwelt in the house of Vairë. She was given the task to record the deeds of the House of Finwë.[2]
Etymology[]
In Quenya, Vairë means "Weaver", and was derived from the Primitive Quendian weirē, which derives from the root wey ("weave, wind"). Her Ñoldorin name is Gwîr, from gwi ("net, web").[3]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ቫኢሬ |
| Arabic | فايري ? (Vairë)
الحائك (The Weaver) |
| Armenian | Վաիրը |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Ваірё |
| Bengali | বাইরে |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Вайре |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 薇瑞 |
| Danish | Vairë (Vala - åndevæverske og dronning) |
| Georgian | ვაირე |
| Greek | Βάιρε |
| Gujarati | વાયર |
| Hebrew | וירה |
| Hindi | व्ऐरे |
| Japanese | ヴァイレ |
| Kannada | ವೈರ್ |
| Kazakh | Вайре (Cyrillic) Vayre (Latin) |
| Korean | 바이레 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Ваирэ |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Ваире |
| Malayalam | വൈരെ |
| Marathi | व्हायर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Ваирё |
| Nepalese | व्ऐरे |
| Pashto | وایرې |
| Persian | وایره |
| Punjabi | ਵਾਇਰ |
| Russian | Вайрэ |
| Serbian | Валари (Cyrillic) Vaire (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ව්ඓරෙ |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ваире |
| Tamil | வயிறே |
| Telugu | వైర్ |
| Thai | วานา |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Вайре |
| Urdu | وایری |
| Uzbek | Ваире (Cyrillic) Vaire (Latin) |
| Yiddish | בֿאַירע |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Silmarillion, Valaquenta, "Of the Valar"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Later Quenta Silmarillion, The Second Phase, II: "The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"