Earliest name of Taur-en-Faroth in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/225). Its seems to be a combination of the plural of dôl “hill” and the form rewinion “of the hunters”, apparently a genitive plural formation, possibly related to N. rhui(w) “hunt” from the root ᴹ√ROY “chase” or perhap G. raust “hunt” from the root ᴱ√RAVA.
Noldorin
-en
suffix. adjective suffix
-ren
suffix. adjective suffix
-ien Reconstructed
suffix. feminine ending
amon dengin
place name. Hill of Slain
duil rewinion
place name. Hills of the Hunters
fenn forn(en)
place name. Closed Door
Earlier name for S. Fen Hollen in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s glossed “Closed Door” (WR/338, 341), a combination of fenn “door” and forn(en) “closed”.
forn(en)
adjective. closed
haudh-na-dengin
place name. Hill of Slain
-(i)on
suffix. adjectival suffix
-eb
suffix. adjective suffix
-ian(d)
suffix. -land
-iel
suffix. adjective suffix
-in
suffix. adjective suffix
-rin
suffix. adjective suffix
-ui
suffix. adjective suffix
a(n)
preposition. of
brethel
noun. beech, beech-tree, silver birch
brethel
noun. beech
brethil
noun. beech
calad
gerund noun. light
calad
noun. light
cunn
noun. prince
cunn
noun. prince
el
noun. star
emil
noun. mother
emil
noun. mother
eneg
cardinal. six
eneg
cardinal. six
ernil
noun. prince
fêr
noun. beech-tree
gail
noun. bright light
gal-
prefix. light
galad
noun. light
ganna-
verb. to play a harp
gannada-
verb. to play a harp
geil
noun. star, bright spark
geil
noun. star
giliath
noun. all the host of stars
glaur
noun. golden light (of the golden tree Laurelin)
glor-
noun. golden light (of the golden tree Laurelin)
gondrafn
noun. hewn stone
gondram
noun. hewn stone
gonn
noun. great stone, rock
heltha-
verb. to strip
The form helta- in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:14
hûn
noun. heart (physical)
i
definite article. the
i
definite article. who
i
article. the
iaur
adjective. ancient, old, original
iaur
adjective. older, former
lhass
noun. leaf
lhass
noun. leaf
lheben
cardinal. five
lheben
cardinal. five
lithui
adjective. ash[en]
nan
preposition. of
nana
noun. mother, mummy
naneth
noun. mother
naneth
noun. mother
A noun for “mother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√NAN (Ety/NAN). It apparently replaced archaic/poetic N. †emil (Ety/AM¹; EtyAC/AM¹).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon had a similar set of words for “mother”: G. maba, mabir, baba, and mavwin from the early root ᴱ√maƀ “something nice” (GL/57). The last of these appeared as G. mavwen “ancestress” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, with an archaic meaning of “mother” and variant forms mafwyn and mavuin (PE13/115). In these slips, it seems the normal “mother” word was G. nân (originally glossed “father”) with variant nanwin (PE13/115). This last word is likely the direct precursor of N. naneth.
Neo-Sindarin: I would use S. emel from the late 1960s as the normal word for “mother” in Neo-Sindarin, but would retain N. naneth as a dialectical or more formal variant.
pannod
verb. to fill
pathra-
verb. to fill
sarn
noun. stone (as a material)
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
sarn
noun. small stone
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
teilia-
verb. to play
telia-
verb. to play
then
pronoun. this
ui
adverb. ever
uidavnen
adjective. ever-closed
Normalized to uidafnen, as in lefnui
An earlier form of the name Haudh-en-Ndengin, translated “Hill of Slain” (SM/146, LR/314), a combination of N. amon “hill” and the plural of N. dangen “slain (person)”.