badh-

verb. to judge

bad- Reconstructed

verb. *to tread, travel, *to tread, [G.] travel

The earliest appearance of this verb was G. bad- “travel” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/21), probably based on the early root ᴱ√VAHA (QL/99). N. bad- appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as an element in the verb N. trevad- “traverse” under the root ᴹ√BAT “tread” (Ety/BAT), so probably of similar meaning.

The verb bad- was probably the original basis for the passive participle N. govannen “met” in the phrase mai govannen “well met” in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (RS/194). In Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s, Tolkien gave the primitive form of this passive participle as ✶gwā-ƀandina (PE17/17). In this same set of notes he considered basing govannen on a Sindarin verb form ba(n)- “go” (PE17/16). By 1959 Tolkien had abandoned √BA(N) “go” and replaced it with √MEN (PE17/143); see those entries for discussion.

Neo-Sindarin: I don’t think the verb S. ba(n)- “go” can be used, but I think N. bad- can be salvaged with the sense “to tread”. For “travel” I prefer glenna-.

ú-

prefix. un, bad-

baudh

noun. judgement

baudh

noun. judgement

blab-

verb. to beat, batter, flap (wings, etc.)

dringa-

verb. to beat (with a hammer, etc.)

foeg

adjective. mean, poor, bad

foeg

adjective. mean, poor, bad

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)

lhonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lhonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lond

noun. narrow path or strait

lond

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. path

othlon

noun. paved way

othlond

noun. paved way

pâd

noun. ?way

rada-

verb. to make a way, find a way

râd

noun. path, track

tharbad

place name. (?Crossway)

um

adjective. bad, evil