esten(t)

adjective. short

Derivations

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/141
  • √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185
• √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > estent	[ṣtentā] > [ṣtenta] > [estenta] > [estentʰa] > [estenθa] > [estenθ] > [estent]	✧ PE17/141
√STEN > esten	[ṣtenna] > [estenna] > [estenn] > [esten]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• estent ✧ PE17/141; WJ/311
• esten ✧ PE17/185

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

thent

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

Cognates

• Q. senna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185

Derivations

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
  • √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Element in

• S. Ann-thennath “*Long-shorts”
• S. Minlamad Thent “mode of Elvish verse” ✧ WJ/311
• S. Thenfalas “Short Beach”
• ᴺS. thennas “shortness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > thent	[stentā] > [stenta] > [sθenta] > [sθentʰa] > [sθenθa] > [θenθa] > [θenθ] > [θent]	✧ PE17/141
✶stenna > thenn	[stenna] > [sθenna] > [θenna] > [θenn]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• thenn ✧ PE17/185

then

adjective. short

thenn

adjective. short

thent

short

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

thent

short

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

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