_n. _forest, wood of trees.
Sindarin
eryn
noun. wood, forest (of trees)
Derivations
Element in
- S. Eryn Fuir “North Wood” ✧ VT42/20
- S. Eryn Galen “Greenwood” ✧ UT/281
- S. Eryn Lasgalen “Greenwood the Great, (lit.) Wood of Greenleaves” ✧ PE17/033
- S. Eryn Vorn “Dark Wood” ✧ RC/lxv
Elements
Word Gloss orn “(tall straight) tree” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶oronī > Eryn [oronī] > [oroni] > [oruni] > [œryni] > [œryn] > [eryn] ✧ PE17/033 ✶oronyē > eryn [oronjē] > [oronje] > [oronie] > [œrœnie] > [œrœni] > [œrœin] > [œryn] > [eryn] ✧ PE17/119 Variations
- Eryn ✧ PE17/033; RC/lxv; UT/281; VT42/20 (Eryn)
- œryn ✧ PE17/153 (œryn)
eryn
forest
eryn
noun. wood
eryn
wood
1) (forest) eryn. No distinct pl. form. 2) glâd (i **lâd, construct glad) (small forest), pl. glaid (in glaid**) See FOREST. 2)
eryn
wood
. No distinct pl. form.
glad
noun. wood
glad
noun. wood
A word for a “wood” in the name Methed-en-Glad “End of the Wood” (UT/153) and possibly also Gladuial “✱Twilight Wood” (WJ/183, 188 note #48). It resembles galadh “tree” and is probably related to it, but it cannot be derived directly from the same root ᴹ√GALAD as that would produce ✱✱gladh. It was either derived from a variant root ✱√GALAT, or was a loan word from Nandorin where the word for “tree” was Nan. galad (MR/182; PE17/50, 60).
Element in
- S. Methed-en-Glad “End of the Wood” ✧ UT/153
- S. Gladuial “*Twilight Wood”
Variations
- Glad ✧ UT/153
taur
noun. forest
_ n. _forest. Q. taure. >> taw
taur
noun. great wood, forest
tawar
noun. forest, forest; [N.] wood (material)
A word for “forest” in a few Sindarin names, notably Tawar-in-Drúedain “Drúadan Forest” (UT/319) and Tawarwaith “Forest People” (UT/256).
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s N. tawar meant “wood (material)” but was often used with the same sense as N. taur “forest”; it was derived from the root ᴹ√TÁWAR (Ety/TÁWAR). In Sindarin, awa often became au (and then > o), and cases where it was preserved seem to have to do with patterns of stress; see the entry on that phonetic rule for further details.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, it is probably better to stick with the better known S. taur for “forest”.
Element in
- S. Tawar-in-Drúedain “Drúadan Forest” ✧ UT/319
- S. Tawarwaith “Forest People”
Variations
- Tawar ✧ UT/319
glâd
forest
(i ’lâd, construct glad) (wood), pl. glaid (in glaid)
glâd
wood
(i ’lâd, construct glad) (small forest), pl. glaid (in glaid) See FOREST. 2)
taur
forest
1) taur (i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc. 2) tawar (i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (
taur
forest
(i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.
tawar
forest
(i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (SMALL)
tawar
wood
(as material) tawar (i dawar, o thawar) (forest), pl. tewair (i thewair).
tawar
wood
(i dawar, o thawar) (forest), pl. tewair (i thewair).
A word for a wood or forest of trees, most notably in the name Eryn Lasgalen “Wood of Greenleaves”, the name of Mirkwood when it was restored after the War of the Ring (LotR/1094, Let/382).
Possible Etymology: Tolkien gave a couple different explanations for this word. Sometimes he explained it as derived from ✶oronī, an ancient variant plural of S. orn reinterpreted a collective word, much like English “woods” (PE17/33, 153). But elsewhere he said it was derived from an ancient abstract noun ✶oronyē “of trees” (PE17/119). Of the two, I prefer the first explanation as a nice parallel to English.