A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a plain” (GL/23), probably derived from the root ᴱ√PALA “flatness” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Palúrien; QL/071).
Gnomish
eng
noun/adjective. smooth, level
Derivations
- ᴱ√EŊE “*plane, level”
Element in
- G. engri “flat surface, level, plane” ✧ GL/32; LT2A/Lósengriol
eng(a)
noun. plain, vale
Cognates
- Eq. endl “plain, vale”
Derivations
- ᴱ√EŊE “*plane, level”
Element in
- G. engriol “vale like, of the vale” ✧ GL/32; LT2A/Lósengriol
Variations
- enga ✧ GL/32; LT2A/Lósengriol
- Eng ✧ LT2A/Lósengriol
- eng ✧ PE15/24
bladwen
noun. plain
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as enga “plain, vale” (GL/32). It also appeared in the Name List to the Fall of Gondolin as eng “a plain or vale” (PE15/24). It was probably derived from the early root ᴱ√EŊE from Qenya Lexicon which had derivatives like ᴱQ. endl “plain, vale” (QL/36).