laden

adjective. flat, wide, flat (and wide), *level; [N.] open, cleared; [G.] fair, equitable; [ᴱN.] smooth

The earliest iteration of this word was G. ladin in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where it meant either “level, smooth” or “fair, equable” (GL/52). In this period it was an element in the name Tumladin and was mentioned as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√LAHA (QL/50). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it became {lhadin >>} lhaden “flat, smooth” (PE13/148). N. lhaden reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “open, cleared” under the root ᴹ√LAT “lie open” (Ety/LAT), consistent with the revised 1930s name N. Tumladen (Ety/TUB). The Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 had the form N. laden < ᴹ✶lătĭna “flat (and wide)” (PE22/126). Tolkien’s continued use of S. Tumladen in his later writings indicates its ongoing validity.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume the proper form of this word was laden, since the unvoicing of initial l to lh was a feature of Noldorin in the 1920s and 30s and no longer occurred in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. I would assume its base meaning is “flat (and wide), ✱level”, and by extension “open, cleared”. I would assume this sense of the word is mostly used in describing landscapes. I would also retain its 1910s use for “fair, equable” as a more metaphorical meaning: sa laden “that’s flat/level” = “that’s fair” when speaking of a deal or arrangement.

laden

adjective. open, cleared

lad

noun. plain, valley

laden

open

(adj.) laden (plain, flat, wide, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

wide

1. laden (plain, flat, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT), 2) land (plain), pl. laind. Also used as noun ”open space, level”. 3) pann (i bann, o phann, construct pan), pl. pain (i phain). Since the pl. form clashes with *pain ”all” (mutated phain, SD:129), other terms may be preferred for clarity. 4) ûr (pl. uir). Notice the homophone ûr ”fire, heat”.

laden

flat

1. laden (plain, wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT), 2) *talu (lenited dalu, analogical pl. tely). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” dalw (LR:353 s.v. DAL; notice how dalath from the same root was changed to talath in Sindarin).

laden

plain

(adjective) laden (flat, wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (suggested Sindarin forms for ”Noldorin” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

cleared

laden (plain, flat, wide, open), pl. ledin (for ”Noldorin” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

open

(plain, flat,  wide, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

wide

(plain, flat,  open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

flat

(plain, wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

plain

(flat,  wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (suggested Sindarin forms for ”Noldorin” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

cleared

(plain, flat,  wide, open), pl. ledin (for ”Noldorin” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

edra-

verb. to open

edra-

verb. open

_ v. _open (out). >> edro

edro

verb. open!

iand

adjective. wide

land

adjective. wide, broad

talu

adjective. flat

edra

open

(verb) 1) *edra- (i edra, in edrar), only attested in imperative form edro. 2) panna- (i banna, i phannar) (enlarge). Note: a homophone means ”fill”.

edra

open

(i edra, in edrar), only attested in imperative form edro.

land

wide

(plain), pl. laind. Also used as noun ”open space, level”.

lâd

plain

(valley, lowland), construct lad, pl. laid

palan

over a wide area

(far off)

pann

wide

(i bann, o phann, construct pan), pl. pain (i phain). Since the pl. form clashes with ✱pain ”all” (mutated phain, SD:129), other terms may be preferred for clarity.

panna

open

(i banna, i phannar) (enlarge). Note: a homophone means ”fill”.

talath

flat surface

(i dalath, o thalath) (plane, flatlands, plain, [wide] valley), pl. telaith (i thelaith). Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath, LR:353 s.v. DAL. Compare the Talath Dirnen or ”Guarded Plain” mentioned in the Silmarillion.

talath

plain

(noun) 1) talath (i dalath, o thalath) (flat surface, plane, flatlands, [wide] valley), pl. telaith (i thelaith). Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath_, LR:353 s.v.

talath

plain

(i dalath, o thalath) (flat surface, plane, flatlands, [wide] valley), pl. telaith (i thelaith). *Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath, LR:353 s.v. DAL. Compare the Talath Dirnen or ”Guarded Plain” mentioned in the *Silmarillion.

talu

adjective. flat

talu

flat

(lenited dalu, analogical pl. tely). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” dalw (LR:353 s.v. DAL; notice how dalath from the same root was changed to talath in Sindarin).

ûr

wide

(pl. uir). Notice the homophone ûr ”fire, heat”.