Sindarin 

lain

adjective. free, freed

Sindarin [Ety/368, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lain

noun. thread

Sindarin [hithlain LotR/II:VIII, LotR/Index] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lain

noun. thread, warp, ‽twine, thread, warp

An element in the name of the grey elvish rope S. hithlain (LotR/371) which in a note from the late 1960s was glossed “grey thread” and derived from √LAN “stretch, extend; ?twine” (PE17/60). As such, the word lain probably means “thread”. Tolkien later wrote “warp” after hithlain, probably an alternate meaning of lain, likely with the sense of cross-threads as in the “warp and weft” that are part of weaving in a loom.

Cognates

  • Q. lanya “thread, warp” ✧ PE17/060

Derivations

  • LAN “stretch, extend; ‽twine, stretch, extend; ‽twine; [ᴹ√] weave” ✧ PE17/060

Element in

  • ᴺS. golain “connection, relation, context, (lit.) threadage”
  • S. hithlain “mist thread, grey elvish rope” ✧ PE17/060

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
LAN > lain[lanja] > [lania] > [lenia] > [leni] > [lein] > [lain]✧ PE17/060
Sindarin [PE17/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhê

noun. fine thread, spider filament

Sindarin [Ety/386, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lain

thread

(noun) lain; no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”free, freed”.

lain

thread

; no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”free, freed”.

lain

free, freed

1) lain; no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”thread”. 2)

lain

adjective. free(d), *liberated

Derivations

  • LEK “loose, unbind, let, permit, loose, unbind, let, permit, [ᴹ√] let loose, release”

Element in

  • ᴺS. leidhron “liberator, saviour”
  • ᴺS. leinas “freedom, liberty”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

lain

free, freed

; no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”thread”.

rain

free

rain (wandering, erratic). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border” (VT46:10; suggested Sindarin form of ” Noldorin” rhain)

rain

free

(wandering, erratic). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border” *(VT46:10; suggested Sindarin form of ” Noldorin” rhain)*

lae-

verb. to not be

Derivations

  • lā- “to not be”
    • LA “no, not; negative; not to be” ✧ PE22/153
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

leitha

set free

(i leitha, i leithar)

adleitha

free

(i adleitha, in adleithar), also †adleg- (i adleg, in edlegir), pa.t. adlenc, pp. adlengen, pl. edlengin).