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Dates
54 days between 1 February to 27 March on a modern (Gregorian) calendar
Race
Elves
Pronunciation
e'chuir (where 'ch' is pronounced as in Scots 'loch', and 'ui' as in the word 'ruin')
Meaning
'stirring', 'awakening' (Echuir marked the end of winter and the beginning of spring)
Other names
Coirë

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Echuir

The time of stirring

Seasons of the Elves

'Stirring'; the Sindarin name for the Elvish season that lay between modern 1 February and 27 March.


See also...

Reckoning of Rivendell

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