Name of the chain of Angaino in the earliest Lost Tales, described as “fetters that might not be filed or cleft” (LT1/101). It might be derived from the root YḶTḶ and related to G. ilt- “to yoke, join”.
Early Quenya
ilt
noun. dig, stab
ilterendi
proper name. Ilterendi
ilt-
verb. to thrust home, come in
A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as iltin “I thrust home” under the early root ᴱ√ᴵLTᴵL “thrust in” (QL/42). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, the form ilta appeared in a sentence where it was translated “in came” (PE14/54).
iltanka
adjective. unsteady
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a dig or stab” under the early root ᴱ√ᴵLTᴵL “thrust in” (QL/42).