lanya

noun. thread, warp

A word appearing only in a note from the late 1960s as an element in Q. hísilanya, cognate to S. hithlain, name of the grey elvish rope which in this note was glossed “mist thread” and was derived from √LAN “stretch, extend; ?twine” (PE17/60). As such, the word lanya probably meant “thread”. Tolkien later wrote “warp” after hithlain, probably an alternate meaning of S. lain/Q. lanya. This is probably “warp” in the sense of cross-threads, as in the “warp and weft” that are part of weaving in a loom.

lanya

thread

#lanya (3) noun "thread", isolated from hísilanya "mist thread" (PE17:60)

lanya-

bound, enclose, separate from, mark the limit of

lanya- (1) vb. "bound, enclose, separate from, mark the limit of" (VT42:8)

lanya-

weave

lanya- (2) vb. "weave" (LAN)

lanya-

verb. to bound, enclose, separate from, mark the limit of

lanya-

verb. to cross

were-

verb. to weave

A verb based on √WER “weave” that Tolkien coined in notes from around 1957 while exploring the development of the name S. Gwaihir (PE17/33). The section where this verb appeared was marked out, and in notes 1959-60 Tolkien changed the root to √WIR “weave” (PE17/191; VT39/10).

Neo-Quenya: This verb might be updated to ✱vir- “to weave” from the later form of the root, but I prefer to stick to attested [ᴹQ.] lanya- for “to weave” (Ety/LAN).

lahta-

verb. to cross, pass over, go over; to surpass, excel

nauta

bound, obliged

nauta adj. "bound, obliged" (NUT)

were-

weave

were- vb. "weave" (cited as a derivative of the root WER "twine, weave" and maybe a primitive form rather than a Quenya word). (PE17:33)

sar-

verb. to cross