_ adj. _dark, black shadow.
Sindarin
graw
noun. bear
graw
noun. bear
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶grā > graw [grā] > [grǭ] > [grau] ✧ VT47/12
dúath
adjective. dark
dûr
dark
_ adj. _dark, gloomy, 'hellish'.
madu
?. [unglossed]
maud
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶matwā > madw̯ > maud [matwā] > [matwa] > [matw] > [maut] > [maud] ✧ PE17/148 ✶matwā > madw̯ > madu [matwā] > [matwa] > [matw] > [madw] > [madu] ✧ PE17/148 Variations
- madu ✧ PE17/148
medli
noun. bear
dûr
adjective. dark, sombre
cinnog
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- √KIT “*small” ✧ PE17/157
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KIT > cinnog [kintok] > [kintʰok] > [kinθok] > [kinθog] > [kinnog] ✧ PE17/157
cidinn
?. [unglossed]
Cognates
- Q. cinta “small” ✧ PE17/157
Derivations
- √KIT “*small” ✧ PE17/157
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KIT > cidinn [kitinne] > [kitinn] > [kidinn] ✧ PE17/157
graw
dark
graw (swart), lenited raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16)
graw
dark
(swart), lenited ’raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16)
graw
bear
(noun) 1) graw (i **raw), pl. groe (in groe), coll. pl. ?grawath or ?groath (VT47:12). 2) brôg (i vrôg, construct brog), pl. brŷg (i mrŷg**), 3) *medli (i vedli), no distinct pl. form except with article (i medli). The word literally means ”honey-eater”. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” megli.
graw
bear
(i ’raw), pl. groe (in groe), coll. pl. ?grawath or ?groath (VT47:12).
graw
swart
(swart), lenited ’raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16)
graw
adjective. dark, swart
graurim
dark people
(VT45:16);
baran
swart
1) baran (dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain. 2) graw (swart), lenited raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16) 3)
baran
swart
(dark brown, yellow brown, golden-brown), pl. berain.
guldur
dark sorcery
(i nguldur = i ñuldur), pl. gyldyr (in gyldyr = i ñgyldyr)
brôg
bear
(i vrôg, construct brog), pl. brŷg (i mrŷg)
doll
dark
doll (dusky, misty, obscure), lenited noll, pl. dyll. Note: In ”Noldorin”, this word appeared as dolt as well as doll, but the latter seems the best form in S.
doll
dark
(dusky, misty, obscure), lenited noll, pl. dyll. Note: In ”Noldorin”, this word appeared as dolt as well as doll, but the latter seems the best form in S.
dúath
dark shadow
(i dhúath) (nightshade), pl. dúaith (i núaith);
dûr
dark
dûr (sombre), lenited dhûr, pl. duir
dûr
dark
(sombre), lenited dhûr, pl. duir
medli
bear
(i vedli), no distinct pl. form except with article (i medli). The word literally means ”honey-eater”. – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” megli.
morn
dark
morn (black), pl. myrn, lenited vorn. Note: the latter word is also used as a noun ”darkness, night”. (Letters:386)
morn
dark
(black), pl. myrn, lenited vorn. Note: the latter word is also used as a noun ”darkness, night”. (Letters:386)
môr
dark
môr (black), lenited vôr, pl. mŷr (Letters:382), also
môr
dark
(black), lenited vôr, pl. m**ŷr* (Letters:382)*, also
donn
swart, swarty
(black, shady, shadowy) (lenited dhonn, pl. dynn). (VT45:11). Also dunn- in compounds.
medlin
bearish, of bears
(adjective derived from medli ”bear”), lenited vedlin, no distinct pl. form. – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” meglin.
A Sindarin word for “bear” in notes from the late 1960s, derived from primitive ✶grā (VT47/12).
Neo-Sindarin: Its Quenya cognate Q. roa had the revised meaning {“bear” >>} “dog”, so for purposes of Neo-Sindarin it is probably best to stick with [N.] brôg and ᴺS. medli [N. megli] as words for “bear”.