ir

noun. interior, centre, inwards, inner parts

irtinsa

proper name. Irtinsa

Name of a lake in Valinor in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/193). Its meaning is unclear.

irmaldi

collective name. Creatures of the Earth

A name for the inhabitants of the world, appearing in an early name list (PE14/9). It is derived from Irmardi (via dissimilation), so its second element is the plural of mardo “dweller”, a word that appears in the Qenya Lexicon (QL/60). The initial element of is Gnomish cognate G. Isbaroth is related to G. Idhru “World” (GL/50), so the initial element of the Qenya form is likely related to its Qenya equivalent irmin.

irmin

noun. the inhabited world

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “the inhabited world” and derived from the root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell”, with the usual change of ancient ð > z > r (QL/43). It also appeared in the phrase ᴱQ. Irmina Telume “End of the World, Great End” in a list of names from the same period (PE13/104). In later writings it seems to have been supplanted by Q. Ambar of similar meaning.

irt

noun. peck, pinprick

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. irt (irty-) “a peck, pinprick” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ᴵRTYᴵR of “peck, prick” (QL/43).

Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this noun as ᴺQ. irtë (irti-) “peck, pinprick” based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√IRIT “peck, prick”.

irty-

verb. to peck, prick

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. irtin “I peck, prick” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ᴵRTYᴵR of similar meaning (QL/43).

Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this verb as ᴺQ. irta- “to peck, prick” based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√IRIT “peck, prick”.

irmina telume

proper name. End of the World, Great End

A name for the end of the world in an early name list (PE13/104), a combination of a (early?) genitive form of irmin “world” with telúme “end”. In the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s, the world telúme by itself was glossed “the great end” (PME/91).

irilde

feminine name. Mortal Maiden

irin

noun. town

irya

noun. wish

mir

cardinal. one

angien

masculine name. Iron-god

A rejected Qenya name for G. Angainos (GL/18), probably related to anga “iron”.

ere(n)

noun. iron, steel

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “iron or steel” (QL/36), equated ᴱQ. yeren which was elsewhere glossed “pig iron” (QL/105). ᴱQ. ĕrĕ(n) was also mentioned (along with yĕrĕ(n)) in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon in the entry for G. ger “ore, metal” (GL/38). Its most notable use in the 1910s was as an element in ᴱQ. Eremandu or Erimandu “Hells of Iron” (PE15/20), a variant of ᴱQ. Angamandi (LT1/77). Since Tolkien only used the latter form in the narratives, it is likely Tolkien abandoned eren early on.

eriollo

place name. Ironcliffs

Qenya name for G. Angol appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s (GL/19), a compound of ere(n) “iron” and ollo “cliff” according to Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Eriol). In the tales themselves this name appeared as Erenol, but was soon changed to Evadrien.

íverin

place name. Ireland

Elvish name for Ireland in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/283), appearing also as Íwerin or Iverindor in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/18). In a Discord post from 2025-03-14, Valerie suggested Tolkien based this on Proto-Celtic ✱Īweriū / Iveriu > Ériu > (modern) Éire “Ireland”, which seems very plausible to me. She further suggested it may be related to G. ivrin “fertile” which could be have a similar inspiration from (possibly) related Primitive Indo-European ✱pi-wer- “fertile”.

anga

noun. iron

tongo

noun. iron

angasan

place name. Halls of Iron

A name appearing in early name lists but not in the Lost Tales (PE13/104; PE15/20), a compound of anga “iron” and san “hall”.

evadrien

place name. Coast of Iron

The region of “the West” in the earliest Lost Tales glossed “Coast of Iron” (LT2/313), changed from Erenol (LT2/334). Its etymology is unclear.

tong??a

adjective. of iron

A rejected and hard-to-read word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “of iron”, adjectival form of the also-rejected noun ᴱQ. tongo “iron” (QL/94).

yeraina

adjective. of iron

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ’yeraina, ’yereva and glossed “of iron”, adjectival forms of ᴱQ. ’yere(n) “pig iron” under the early root ᴱ√DYEÐE (QL/105).

angaina

adjective. of iron

angamandi

place name. Hells of Iron

eremandu

place name. Hells of Iron

itisya-

verb. to itch, irritate

yereva

adjective. of iron

i

article. the

-oran

suffix. town

-uran(do)

suffix. town

e-

verb. to be

el

adverb/adjective. one

in

article. the

itisin

adjective. itching

limil

noun. chain

pelle

noun. town

saina

adjective. smooth

tustima

adjective. inflammable

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “inflammable” derived from the early root ᴱ√TUŘU [TUÐU] “kindle” (QL/96).

yan

conjunction. when

ó-

verb. to be