esten

adjective. short

esten

adjective. thenna

adj. Q. thenna, senna. >> thenn

estent

adjective. short

The word estent was a longer form of thent “short” < ✶stentā (PE17/141; WJ/311), where the initial s became syllabic and developed into es-. In one place it had a variant esten as part of a paradigm where the word for “short” was thenn (PE17/185); see the entry on S. thent for discussion.

estent

adjective. (very?) short

The slash sign in minlamad thent/estent might indicate either variant forms of an adjective, or a sequence of two short verse units, possibly of alliterating half-lines, see Tolkien's Legendarium p. 122

thenn

thenna

adj. Q. thenna, senna. >> esten

thent

adjective. short

The most common Sindarin word for “short”. In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was N. thent “short” derived from ᴹ√STINTĀ of the same meaning where the e was the result of a-affection (Ety/STINTĀ). In 1957 Notes on Names (NN), it was thent < ✶stentā where it was contrasted with thenn “grey-elf” < ✶thindā (PE17/141).

In 1957 Quenya Notes (QN) Tolkien instead had thenn “short” < ✶stenna, but this was part of a (brief?) paradigm where medial nt did not become nn in Sindarin (PE17/185). As such thent could no longer be the basis for Ann-thennath “✱Long-shorts” (LotR/193), name of a form of Elvish verse from The Lord of the Rings, and thus a new etymology was required:

> Since nt &c. no longer are held to yield nn &c., the word for “short” should be ✶stenna √STEN- “cut short, limit, confine, cramp”. Q thenna/senna. S thenn, esten (PE17/185).

However, this word appeared again as thent in the name of another style of Elvish alliterative verse: Minlamad Thent “✱First-echoing Short” in the draft introduction to the tale Narn i Chîn Húrin (WJ/311).

Neo-Sindarin: Since I prefer to assume medial nt did become nn, I would use thent “short” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

thent

short

thent (pl. thint), also ?estent (pl. estint).

thent

short

(pl. thint), also ?estent (pl. estint).

then

adjective. short

thenn

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

nuitha

stop short

(i nuitha, in nuithar) (prevent from coming to completion; stunt; not allow to continue) (WJ:413)

thinnas

shortness

(also used for a “breve”, a mark indicating that a vowel is short). Verb

stenna

adjective. short

stentā

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

senna

short

senna (þ, cf. older form thenna) adj. "short" (PE17:185). This is a later (TLT) variant of sinta.

sinta

short

sinta (þ) (1) adj. "short" (STINTĀ). Cf. senna #2.

thenna

thenna

†thenna, see senna #2

senna

adjective. short

senta

adjective. short

An adjective for “short” with various forms. In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was ᴹQ. sinta under the root ᴹ√STINTĀ of the same meaning (Ety/STINTĀ). In 1957 Notes on Names (NN), it was senta < ✶stentā where it was contrasted with sinda “grey-elf” < ✶thindā (PE17/141). In contemporaneous Quenya Notes (QN) Tolkien instead had senna < ✶stenna, but this was part of a (brief?) paradigm where medial nt did not become nn in Sindarin (PE17/185); see S. thent for further discussion.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer senta [þ] “short”.