cathrae

noun. tressure, net for combining the hair

cathrae

noun. tressure, *headdress

A noun for “tressure” in notes from the late 1960s derived from ✶cas-raya = √KAS “head” + √RAY “net, lace” (VT42/12). Given this word’s etymology, Tolkien was probably using “tressure” with its Middle English sense = “headdress”.

Cognates

• Q. carrëa “tressure, tressure, *headdress” ✧ PE22/159; VT42/12

Derivations

• ✶kasraya “a tressure” ✧ PE22/159; VT42/12

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶karrai > ...rāye > ...raiya > cathrae	[kasraja] > [kasraia] > [kasrai] > [kasrae] > [kaθrae]	✧ PE22/159
✶cas-raya > cathrae	[kasraja] > [kasraia] > [kasrai] > [kasrae] > [kaθrae]	✧ VT42/12

cathrae

tressure

cathrae (i gathrae, o chathrae) (hairnet). No distinct pl. form except with article (i chathrae). (VT42:12))

cathrae

tressure

(i gathrae, o chathrae) (hairnet). No distinct pl. form except with article (i chathrae). (VT42:12))