n. flood.
Sindarin
duinen
noun. flood, high tide
duinen
noun. flood, high tide
Cognates
- Q. luimë “flood, floodwater, flooded land; flood tide, high tide” ✧ VT48/24
Elements
Word Gloss DUY “flow (strongly), flood, drench, inundate, pour” nen “water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, [ᴱN.] stream”
Ara-
prefix. high, noble, royal
ar-
prefix. high, noble, royal
(h)law
noun. flood
hlô
noun. flood
lô
flood
n. flood.
hall
tall
(exalted); lenited chall; pl. hail. Note: a homophone means ”veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady”.
duinen
high tide
duinen (i dhuinen), pl. duinin (i nuinin). (VT48:26).
duinen
high tide
(i dhuinen), pl. duinin (i nuinin). (VT48:26).
duinen
tide
: 1) (high tide) duinen (i dhuinen), pl. duinin (i nuinin). 2) (low tide) dannen (i nannen, o ndannen) (ebb), pl. dennin (i ndennin) (VT48:26). Notice the homophone dannen ”fallen” (but this past participle has different mutations).
or
high
(adjectival pref.) or- (above, over), also ar- (noble, royal). In the form ar(a)- this is an element in the names of the kings of Arnor and Arthedain. Nouns:
or
high
(above, over), also ar- (noble, royal). In the form ar(a)- this is an element in the names of the kings of Arnor and Arthedain. Nouns:
raud
tall
(eminent, noble), in compounds -rod, pl. roed. Also used as noun ”champion, eminent man, [a] noble”.
taur
tall
(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
telu
high roof
(i delu, o thelu) (dome), pl. tely (i thely).
brand
tall
(lofty, noble, fine), lenited vrand, pl. braind.
andrath
high pass
(literally "long climb"), pl. endraith.
gondrath
highway
(i ’ondrath) (street of stone, causeway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith. (WJ:340). Possibly the pl. can also be gondraith, without umlaut of the first element.
A noun for “flood, high tide” in notes from the late 1960s (VT48/24, 26), a combination of the root √DUY “flood” and S. nen “water”, as suggested by Patrick Wynne (VT48/32 note #19).