Early Quenya
firinga
noun. carcanet, necklace
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
firinga
noun. carcanet, necklace
A word appearing as ᴱQ. firinga in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate to G. fring “carcanet, necklace” (GL/59), an element in the early name G. Nauglafring (LT2/221). In notes from this period Tolkien gave the full Qenya translation of this name as ᴱQ. Firin (i) Nautaron along with variants like Naufiringe (PE15/15).
Neo-Quenya: Since we have no better “necklace” words in Tolkien’s later writing, I’d retain ᴺQ. firinga “necklace, carcanet” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.