Sindarin
dan-
prefix. nan-
dan
Dan
dan
dan
dan
preposition. back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again
A preposition translated as “back to, back (in return) against” in Tolkien’s notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/38). In drafts of these notes it was translated “down upon, back on” (PE17/38). In notes from 1959, Tolkien gave dan as a derivative of √NDAN(A) “back (again)”, itself an enlargement of √NDĀ̆ (PE17/166). Its most notable use is in the phrase naur dan i ngaurhoth (LotR/299), which probably means “✱fire [be] against the wolf-horde”.
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s the phrase was [N.] naur ad i gaurhoth (TI/187), with preposition ad perhaps related to [N.] ad- “back, again, re-” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/AT(AT)). In the Túrin Wrapper from the late 1940s or early 1950s, Tolkien had a similar word den in the phrase sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor {a >>} den ammen]], which perhaps meant “✱now all hands of the Dwarves and Elves will be against us” (VT50/5, 23), but this den could have meant something else instead. See VT50/24-25 for possible meanings suggested by Carl Hostetter. The deleted {a} in this phrase might be an incomplete ad.
Possible precursors from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s include G. abod “again; in return, in exchange, back”, originally two separate entries avod “again; in return, in exchange” and abod “back” (GL/17). G. abod was the adverbial equivalent of the prefix G. bod- “back, again” (GL/23). Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s has ᴱN. {abod >>} avod “again, back again, in return” (PE13/136-137, 160).
dan
preposition. against
dan
preposition. etym. back
dan
back to
_ adv. _back to, back (in return) against, down upon, back on. naur dan i-ngaurhoth! #'fire back against the werewolves'.
dan
back
(prep.) dan (lenited nan) (again, against);
dan
back
(lenited nan) (again, against);
dan
again, against
(lenited nan) (back). As prep. maybe followed by soft mutation.
dan
again, against
dan (lenited nan) (back). As prep. maybe followed by soft mutation.
Deniedhel
probably 'Elf of Dan'
pl1. Deiniedhil {ð}_ n. _probably #'Elf of Dan'.
dân
proper name. *Green-elf
naur dan i ngaurhoth
*fire [be] against the wolf-horde
@@@ for gloss, compare to naur an edraith ammen “fire [be] for rescue/saving us” (PE17/38).
tân
noun. builder, smith, wright, artificer
An element in various words with senses like “builder, smith, wright, artificer”. N. tân was also an element in a number of words in The Etymologies of the 1930s, based on the root ᴹ√TAN “make, fashion” (Ety/KIR, TAN). In notes from the late 1960s, Tolkien revised the primitive root to √TAM “construct”, but he said that “in Sindarin the base appeared mostly in form √TAN owing to contact with √PAN ‘arrange, set in order’ (PE17/108)”. It is not clear whether the element -tan can be used as independent word, but if it can then it would have the form tân.
ad
back
(as prefix) ad-, also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".
ad
back
also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".
ad
against
(prep.) 1) ad (probably followed by soft mutation), 2)
ad
against
(probably followed by soft mutation)
ceredir
maker
ceredir (i geredir, o cheredir) (doer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cheredir)
ceredir
maker
(i geredir, o cheredir) (doer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cheredir)
círdan
shipbuilder
(i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain)
thavron
builder
thavron (wright, carpenter), pl. thevryn, coll. pl. thavronnath.
thavron
builder
(wright, carpenter), pl. thevryn, coll. pl. thavronnath.
tân
maker
- ?tân (i dân, o thân), only attested as -dan or -than as the final element of compounds, e.g. Círdan ”Ship-maker”). Construct tan, pl. tain (i thain), 2)
tân
maker
(i dân, o thân), only attested as -dan or -than as the final element of compounds, e.g. Círdan ”Ship-maker”). Construct tan, pl. tain (i thain)
_ pref. _Q. nan-. >> damen, dangar