A noun for “mirror” in Nen Cenedril “Mirrormere”, which Tolkien initially gave as Nen Singil (PE17/35). Tolkien said that this word meant “looking glass” or more literally “looking crystal” (PE17/37). The initial element cened clearly means “looking”, the gerund of cen- “to see”. Thus the second element -ril must be “crystal”, perhaps a reduction of bril as in Brilthor “Glittering Torrent” (S/123); in the 1930s this was an Ilkorin name whose initial element Ilk. bril meant “glass, crystal” (Ety/MBIRIL).
Sindarin
cenedril
'looking-cristal'
cenedril
noun. mirror, looking-glass, (lit.) looking-crystal
Changes
Singil→ Cenedril “mirror” ✧ PE17/035Cognates
- ᴺQ. ceniril(lë) “mirror”
- Q. cilintilla “looking-glass, looking-glass, *mirror” ✧ PE17/037
Element in
- S. Nen Cenedril “Mirrormere, (lit.) Lake Looking-glass” ✧ PE17/037
Elements
Word Gloss cened “looking, looking, *seeing” bril “glass, crystal” Variations
- Cenedril ✧ PE17/035; PE17/037
- Singil ✧ PE17/035 (
Singil)
heledh
noun. glass
heledh
noun. glass
Cognates
- Kh. kheled “glass” ✧ RS/466
Derivations
- Kh. kheled “glass” ✧ PE17/037; RS/466; SA/khelek
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Kh. kheled > heleð [kʰeled] > [xeled] > [xeleð] > [heleð] ✧ PE17/037 Variations
- heleð ✧ PE17/037; RS/466
heledh
'looking-cristal'
{ð} n. 'looking-cristal', looking-glass. >> Nen Cenedril
singil
noun. mirror
tíra-
verb. to see
tírad
gerund noun. to see, for the seing
cenedril
mirror
cenedril (i genedril, o chenedril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chenedril), coll. pl. cenedrillath. Literally "looking-glass" (cened + rill).
cenedril
mirror
(i genedril, o chenedril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chenedril), coll. pl. cenedrillath. Literally "looking-glass" (cened + rill).
cened
seeing
(i gened) (sight), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see MIRROR.
cened
sight
#cened (i gened) (seeing), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see MIRROR.
cened
sight
(i gened) (seeing), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see
cen
verb. see
cen- (i gên, i chenir), also tíra- (i díra, i thírar), the latter rather meaning “watch”. SEEING #cened (i gened) (sight), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see mirror, SEEING STONE *gwachaedir (*i 'wachaedir) (palantír), no distinct pl. form. except with article (in gwachaedir); coll. pl. ?gwachaediriath or ?gwachadirnath (the latter assuming that -dir is reduced from older -dirn) The form occurring in the primary source, gwahaedir, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciation with h for ch (PM:186)
cen
see
(i** gên, i** chenir), also tíra- (i** díra, i** thírar), the latter rather meaning “watch”.
gwachaedir
seeing stone
(i ’wachaedir) (palantír), no distinct pl. form. except with article (in gwachaedir); coll. pl. ?gwachaediriath or ?gwachadirnath (the latter assuming that -dir is reduced from older -dirn) The form occurring in the primary source, gwahaedir, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciation with h for ch (PM:186) ****
heledh
glass
heledh (i cheledh, o cheledh), pl. helidh (i chelidh) if there is a pl.
heledh
glass
(i cheledh, o cheledh), pl. helidh (i chelidh) if there is a pl.
n. 'looking-cristal', looking-glass. >> Nen Cenedril