ereb
adjective. single, alone, lonely, single, alone, lonely, [N.] isolated
ereb
adjective. isolated, lonely
amon ereb
place name. Lonely Hill
A hill in East Beleriand where Denethor died (S/122), translated “Lonely Hill” (LR/143, WJ/185). This name is a combination of amon “hill” and ereb “lonely” (SA/er, Ety/ERE).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this hill was briefly named N. Amon Thoros (of unclear meaning), but this was changed to Amon Ereb, translated “Lonely Hill” (LR/56). The name also appeared in The Etymologies with the derivation given above (Ety/ERE).
Amon Ereb
noun. lonely hill
amon (“hill, steep-sided mount”), ereb (“isolated, lonely”)
Tol-ereb
noun. lonely island (Tol-eressea)
toll (“island”) + ereb (“isolated, lonely”)
ereb
lonely
ereb (isolated), pl. erib
ereb
isolated
- ereb (lonely), pl. erib, 2) mîn (lenited vîn; no distinct pl. form) (first, towering). Note: homophones include the noun ”peak” and the numeral ”one”.
ereb
lonely
(isolated), pl. erib
ereb
isolated
(lonely), pl. erib
air
adjective. lonely
A word for “lonely” in notes probably from the early 1960s related to the initial element of Eriador “Lonely Land”, which in this document was called a “Silvan” name (PE17/28). It was derived from ✶eryā, with ✱eri(a) > eir via i-intrusion and then ei > ai in the final syllable as was usual for Sindarin. See S. îr for an alternate phonetic development from the 1950s.
er
adjective. single
erui
adjective. single, alone
The proper word for first in Sindarin was minui
erui
adjective. first (incorrect use by the Gondorians)
The proper word for first in Sindarin was minui
minai
adjective. single, distinct, unique
er
single
- er (pl. ir) (VT48:6), 2)
er
single
(pl. ir) (VT48:6)
erui
single
erui (first, alone). No distinct pl. form. 3) minai (distinct, unique), lenited vinai; pl. mini
erui
single
(first, alone). No distinct pl. form. 3) minai (distinct, unique), lenited vinai; pl. mini**
mîn
isolated
(lenited vîn; no distinct pl. form) (first, towering). Note: homophones include the noun ”peak” and the numeral ”one”.
A word for “single, alone, [N.] isolated” derived from primitive ✶erikwa base on √ER “one” (VT42/10; Ety/ERE). It is an element in names like Erebor “Lonely Mountain” and Amon Ereb “Lonely Hill”.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s its primitive form was ᴹ✶ereqa (Ety/ERE). The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s instead had G. ereg “alone, only” along with G. erethrin “isolated, solitary, lonely” (GL/33). The latter was a noun form of ereth “solitude, oneness, loneliness” and it had a variant erethog originally glossed “united, one” before being assigned the same meaning as erethrin.