eredfain

place name. Eredfain

Earlier name for S. Ered Nimrais (WR/288), with a final element fain “white” instead of nimrais “white-horns”.

erellont

masculine name. Erellont

erestor

masculine name. Erestor

eriador

place name. Eriador

eredh

noun. seed, germ

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “seed, germ” derived from primitive ᴹ✶eredē under the root ᴹ√ERÉD (Ety/ERÉD). An earlier version of the entry instead had N. erð (EtyAC/ERÉD).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. pim “bead, any small round thing, seed” (GL/64), probably from the early root ᴱ√PINI having to do with small things (QL/73).

eru

noun. waste, desert

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “waste, desert”, the cognate of ᴹQ. erume and a derivative of the root ᴹ√ERE “be alone, deprived” (Ety/ERE).

Conceptual Development: N. eru is probably a later iteration of G. ermin “desert, waste” from Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s (PE13/113), itself replacing G. armin with the same gloss from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/20). These 1910s forms are probably derived from the early root ᴱ√ARA “be dry” (QL/32), with G. ermin the result of i-affection.

eriant

feminine name. Day-bringer

A name appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, the Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Aryante, a combination of the roots ᴹ√AR and ᴹ√ANA (Ety/AR¹). Given its Quenya cognate, it probably developed from a primitive form ✶aryantē [arjantē], where the initial [a] became [e] due to Noldorin i-affection.

erceleb

noun. *true-silver

eredlindon

place name. Mountains of Lindon, (earlier) Blue Mountains

ered orgoroth

place name. Mountains of Terror

Eru

noun. waste, desert

eredh

noun. seed, germ

eregon

place name. Stone Pinnacle

Early name for Tol Brandir in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/285, 367) glossed “Stone Pinnacle” (TI/345). It may be a combination of er or ereg “one, alone” and gonn “stone”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.36).

erchamui

masculine name. One-handed

An earlier variant of S. Erchamion “One-handed” (LR/146, 405; Ety/KAB), ending instead with the adjective suffix -ui.

ered nimras

place name. White Mountains

Earlier name for S. Ered Nimrais (WR/168), with singular ras “horn” instead of plural rais “horns”. The plural was introduced later (WR/288).

ered nimrath

place name. White Mountains

Earlier name for S. Ered Nimrais (WR/137), with a final element rath “course” (“?climb”) instead of rais “horns”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.14). It also appeared as Hebel Nimrath (WR/167).

eredwethion

place name. Shadowy Mountains

Earlier name for S. Ered Wethrin from Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/268, LR/250), a combination of the plural of orod “mountain” (Ety/ÓROT), the lenited plural gwath “shade” (Ety/WATH) and suffix -ion, most likely a genitive plural suffix adapted from the Ilkorin name Urthin Gwethion.

ereg

place name. First

Earlier name for the river S. Erui from Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, apparently a Noldorin word meaning ereg “first” (TI/312, WR/436).

eredlemrin

place name. Echoing Mountains

A “pure Noldorin” name for Eredlómin appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of the plural of orod “mountain” and the lenited plural of glamren “echoing” (Ety/GLAM, LOM, ÓROT).

Conceptual Development: In the entry for the root ᴹ√LAM it first appeared as (rejected) Eredlamrin (EtyAC/LAM).

eredvyrn

place name. Black Mountains

Earliest name for S. Ered Nimrais glossed “Black Mountains” instead of “White Mountains” (TI/124), with the lenited plural of morn “black” instead of nimrais “white-horns”.

erion

masculine name. Eldest

Earlier form of S. Iarwain appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, translated “Eldest” and appearing beside N. Iaur (TI/125). It might be a superlative form of iaur “old”; in the Early Noldorin Grammar, the similar suffix -iant was used for the superlative (PE13/125). If the suffix -ion was a Noldorin superlative suffix, perhaps the initial [e] developed due to Noldorin i-affection.

erebras

place name. Lonely Mountain

Earlier name for Erebor appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (EtyAC/ERE), a combination of ereb “isolated” and the lenited form of rhas “horn”.

eredhithui

place name. Misty Mountains

Earlier name for S. Hithaeglir (TI/124), a combination of the plural of orod “mountain” and hithui “misty”.

erch

noun. prickle

ercha-

verb. to prick

erchamion

masculine name. One-handed

ereb

adjective. isolated

ereg

noun. holly-tree

eregdos

noun. holly, holly-tree

eregion

place name. Hollin

eriol

adjective. single, alone

ereg

adjective. first

erebor

place name. Lonely Mountain

ered-engrin

place name. Iron Mountains

eredlithui

place name. Ash Mountains

eredluin

place name. Blue Mountains

eredlómin

place name. Echoing Mountains

eryd-lómin

place name. Mountains of Shadow

eria-

verb. to rise

ernil

noun. prince

ernil a pheriannath

proper name. Prince of the Halflings

erch

noun. prickle

ercha-

verb. to prick

er-

prefix. alone, one

erchamui

adjective. one-handed

ereb

adjective. isolated, lonely

ereg

noun. holly-tree, thorn

eregdos

noun. holly, holly-tree

eria-

verb. to rise

loer

noun. summer

nan-eregdos

place name. Hollin

Earliest Elvish name for “Hollin” (S. Eregion) appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/166), apparently a combination of nann “grassland” and eregdos “holly”.

er Reconstructed

adjective. one, alone

mist

noun. error, wandering

rhaun

adjective. errant

mist

noun. error, wandering

rhaun

adjective. errant

naneth

noun. mother

A noun for “mother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√NAN (Ety/NAN). It apparently replaced archaic/poetic N. †emil (Ety/AM¹; EtyAC/AM¹).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon had a similar set of words for “mother”: G. maba, mabir, baba, and mavwin from the early root ᴱ√maƀ “something nice” (GL/57). The last of these appeared as G. mavwen “ancestress” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, with an archaic meaning of “mother” and variant forms mafwyn and mavuin (PE13/115). In these slips, it seems the normal “mother” word was G. nân (originally glossed “father”) with variant nanwin (PE13/115). This last word is likely the direct precursor of N. naneth.

Neo-Sindarin: I would use S. emel from the late 1960s as the normal word for “mother” in Neo-Sindarin, but would retain N. naneth as a dialectical or more formal variant.

mell

adjective. dear

muin

adjective. dear

mell

adjective. dear

muin

adjective. dear

emil

noun. mother

lhoss

noun. wilderness

rhofan

noun. wilderness

rhofannor

place name. Wilderness

aronoded

adjective. innumerable, countless, endless

mistrad

noun. straying, error

arnediad

adjective. innumerable, countless, endless, without reckoning, numberless

arnœdiad

adjective. innumerable, countless, endless, without reckoning, numberless

emil

noun. mother

min

fraction. one (first of a series)

mistrad

noun. straying, error

mithril

noun. *true-silver

nana

noun. mother, mummy

naneth

noun. mother

rhofan

noun. wilderness

thilevril

noun. *true-silver

hebel uilos

place name. White Mountains

Earlier name for S. Ered Nimrais appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s with the gloss “White Mountains” (WR/137). It is a combination of hebel and Uilos “Ever-snow”. The second element was initially (rejected) Orolos, perhaps meaning “?Mountain Snow” as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.14).

êg

noun. thorn

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “thorn” under the root ᴹ√EK (Ety/EK). In The Etymologies this root was glossed “spear”, but I think this gloss applied only to the extended form of the root √EKTE, because elsewhere √EK had other glosses like “sharp, (sharp) point, thorn” (WJ/365; VT48/25; PE22/127).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, G. eg merely meant “point” (GL/32) while G. aith was “thorn” (GL/18), both from the early root ᴱ√EKE or ᴱ√EHE having to do with points (GL/31; QL/35). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips this became G. aithr “thorn” which also had an archaic sense “†sword” (PE13/108), a word that also appeared as ᴱN. aithr “thorn, [archaic] †sword” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/136).

hebel dúath

place name. Mountains of Shadow

Earlier name of the Mountains of Shadow in Morder in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/122, 180), a combination of hebel (“?fence”) and dú(w)ath “night-shade”.

mornvenniath

place name. Black Mountains

A variant name of Eredvyrn “Black Mountains” (itself a precursor to Ered Nimrais) appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/124). Patrick Wynne suggested it is a combination of morn “black” and the lenited class-plural of ment “point”, or possibly ending with iath “fence” (Lambengolmor/7.99).

lhúnorodrim

place name. Blue Mountains

A variant name for Eredluin in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/LUG²), a combination of lhûn “blue” and the class-plural of orod “mountain”.

lhagr

adjective. swift, rapid

The form lhegin in the published Etymologies might be a misreading for lhegrin, see VT/45:25. As noted by Bertrand Bellet, the two forms are listed side by side, and they may simply be doublets, but it is also possible that we have here a singular followed by its plural.

arien

feminine name. Daisy

he

pronoun. she

borth

?. [unglossed]

iest

noun. wish

min

cardinal. one

nith

?. [unglossed]

níth

?. [unglossed]

ang

noun. iron

ant

noun. gift

aran

noun. king, lord (of a specific region)

arnen

noun. ?royal

cunn

noun. prince

diragas

?. [unglossed]

edhen

adjective. first

galadh

noun. tree

hargam

adjective. left-handed

harwed

adjective. left-handed

iaur

masculine name. Eldest

ledh-

verb. to go, to go, *travel, journey

@@@ extended meanings suggested by Fiona Jallings

menwed

?. [unglossed]

nithrad

?. [unglossed]

orch

noun. goblin

orn

noun. tree

orod

noun. mountain

porennin

?. [unglossed]

rhain

adjective. free

telwen

?. [unglossed]

îdh

feminine name. Rest

galadh

noun. tree

orn

noun. (any large) tree

orod

noun. mountain

ant

noun. gift

clei

?. [unglossed]

coen

?. [unglossed]

he

pronoun. she

hen

pronoun. she

hene

pronoun. she

iest

noun. wish

mauth

?. [unglossed]

orodrim

noun. range of mountains

ortha-

verb. to raise

âr

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

êg

noun. thorn

ang

noun. iron

angren

adjective. of iron

aran

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

celeg

adjective. swift, agile, hasty

crumui

adjective. left-handed

cunn

noun. prince

heltha-

verb. to strip

The form helta- in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:14

hen(e)

pronoun. she

leithia-

verb. to release

leithian

noun. release, freeing, release from bondage

lhain

adjective. free, freed

lhein

adjective. free, freed

lheithian

noun. release, freeing, release from bondage

lheitho

verb. to release

menniath

noun. many points

menniath

noun. range of mountains

minei

adjective. single, distinct, unique

nasta-

verb. to prick, point, stick, thrust

oegas

noun. mountain peak

oeglir

noun. range of mountain peaks

orch

noun. Goblin, Orc

taur

noun. king (only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes)

In LotR/IV:IV, Frodo is called Daur, which might be the mutated form of this word

taur

noun. great wood, forest

Ídh

noun. Rest

Rest

âr

noun. king