dolen

adjective. hidden, hidden, [N.] secret

A word meaning “hidden”, often interpreted as element in the name Gondolin “Hidden Rock”, whose actual meaning was “Singing Stone” (SA/gond). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. dolen “hidden, secret” appeared as the passive participle of N. doltha- “conceal” under the root ᴹ√DUL “hide, conceal” (Ety/DUL).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. dôlin “a song” (GL/29).

dolen

hidden

1. dolen (secret), lenited dholen, pl. dolin. Archaic daulen. 2) hall (veiled, shadowed, shady); lenited chall; pl. hail. Note: a homophone means ”high, exalted”, 3) thoren (guarded, fenced), pl. thorin, 4) thurin (secret); no distinct pl. form_.

dolen

hidden

(secret), lenited dholen, pl. dolin. Archaic daulen.

dolen

secret

(hidden), lenited dholen, pl. dolin

delia

conceal

(i dhelia, i neliar), pa.t. daul (whence the passive participle dolen ”concealed”), later pa.t. deliant.

doltha

conceal

(i dholtha, i noltar). Pa.t. †daul, an archaic form that was maybe replaced by dolthant later. Passive participle dolen (see

thurin

secret

(adjective) 1) thurin (hidden); no distinct pl. form, 2) dolen (hidden), lenited dholen, pl. dolin;

hûl

noun. secret

A noun for “secret” appearing in notes on the Common Eldarin Article (CEA) from 1969 (PE23/136). It could be based on √SKOL “shut, close”, but this root appeared almost a decade earlier and the meanings don’t quite fit.

thurin

masculine name. Secret

A name that Finduilas gave to Túrin translated “Secret” (UT/157), simply the adjective thurin “secret, hidden” used as a name.

torn

hidden

adj. hidden, secret. >> terech

torn

adjective. hidden, secret

An adjective from etymological notes written around 1964 (DD) with the glosses “hidden, secret” derived from √TOR “secrete, hide”, appearing in an explanation of the name Torech Ungol “Shelob’s Lair” (PE17/188).

golu

secret lore

(i ngolu = i ñolu, o n’golu = o ñgolu) (secret lore), analogical pl. gely (in gely = i ñgely) if there is a pl. Archaic golw, hence golwath as the likely coll. pl. 

hall

hidden

(veiled, shadowed, shady); lenited chall; pl. hail. Note: a homophone means ”high, exalted”

thoren

hidden

(guarded, fenced), pl. thorin

thurin

hidden

(secret); no distinct pl. form

thurin

secret

(hidden); no distinct pl. form