vendelë

noun. maidenhood

A word appearing as wendele “maidenhood” in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, an abstract noun formation from wendë “maiden” (PE17/191). In modern Quenya spelling and pronunciation it would be ✱vendelë.

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. ’wendele had the same form and meaning in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the only difference being the ’ indicating the loss of initial g from the early root ᴱ√GWENE (QL/103).

Cognates

• S. gweneth “maidenhood, maidenhood, [N.] virginity” ✧ PE17/191

Elements

Word	Gloss
vendë	“maiden, *virgin”
-lë	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• wendele ✧ PE17/191

venessë

virginity

venessë noun "virginity" (WEN/WENED)

vénë

virginity

vénë < wénë noun "virginity" (WEN/WENED); in one source vénë also appears with the concrete meaning "virgin" (VT44:10), but this is normally vendë, wendë instead.

wendelë

maidenhood

wendelë noun "maidenhood" (LT1:271, PE17:191)

wendelë

noun. maidenhood

wénë

virginity

wénë > vénë noun "virginity" (WEN/WENED)

gweneth

noun. maidenhood

_n. _maidenhood. Q. wendele. >> gwen, gwend

gweneth

noun. maidenhood, maidenhood, [N.] virginity

A noun meaning “maidenhood” (PE17/191) or “virginity” (Ety/WEN), an abstract noun formation from gwend “maiden”.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, the word for “maidenhood” was {gwendithli >>} G. gwenithli, an elaboration of {gwendi >>} G. gwethli “maiden, little girl” (GL/45).

Cognates

• Q. vendelë “maidenhood” ✧ PE17/191

Elements

Word	Gloss
gwend	“maiden, maiden, *young woman”
-th	“abstract noun”

gweneth

virginity

gweneth (i **weneth), pl. gwenith (in gwenith**) if there is a pl.

gweneth

virginity

(i ’weneth), pl. gwenith (in gwenith) if there is a pl.

gweneth

noun. virginity

Cognates

• ᴹQ. venesse “virginity” ✧ Ety/WEN

gweneth

noun. virginity