leithian

noun. release from bondage, release from bondage, [N.] release, freeing

A noun most notably used as the name of the “Lay of Leithian” in The Silmarillion, translated “Release from Bondage” (S/162). It had this translation back in its earliest appearance in the 1920s (LB/120). The Etymologies of the 1930s has N. Lheithian “Release, Freeing” based on the verb N. lheithia- “to release, set free” under the root ᴹ√LEK “loose, let loose, release” (Ety/LEK). Here the initial lh is the result of the Noldorin unvoicing of initial l, a sound change Tolkien abandoned for Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, and indeed this entry also had an “EN” [Exhilic Noldorin] form leithian “release”. A slip accompanying The Etymologies indicated the root was instead Leth-, but √LEK was the root form given in Tolkien’s later writing (VT41/6).

leithian

noun. release, freeing, release from bondage

leithian

freeing

leithian (release), pl. leithiain

leithian

release

(freeing), pl. leithiain

leithian

freeing

(release), pl. leithiain

adleitha

release

(verb, = "to free") adleitha- (i adleitha, in adleithar); also adleg- (i adleg, in edlegir), pa.t. adlenc, pp. adlengen, pl. edlengin). RELEASE (noun) 1) adleithian, pl. adleithiain, 2) leithian (freeing), pl. leithiain

adleitha

release

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

Lay of Leithian

Lay of Leithian

Leithian means "Release from bondage" from the verb leithia "release" from verb leith "set free" (root LEK) The exact derivation of the word is peculiar since it is the only occurrence of a verb becoming a noun simply with the ending -n, although it could be related to the Primitive Quendian ending such as -nê, -nâ.[source?] In this case, the noun leithian is derived from an earlier Old Sindarin *lektiane.[source?]

adleithian

release

pl. adleithiain