*lhê (?i thlê or ?i lê the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (spider filament), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê. -THREAD, see MIST.
Sindarin
lhê
noun. fine thread, spider filament
lhê
fine thread
lhê
fine thread
lhê
spider filament
*lhê (?i thlê or ?i lê the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (fine thread), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.
lhê
filament
(spider filament) *lhê (?i thlê or ?i lê the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (fine thread), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.
lhê
fine thread
(?i thlê or ?i lê – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (spider filament), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.
lhê
spider filament
(?i thlê or ?i lê – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (fine thread), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.
lhê
filament
(?i thlê or ?i lê – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (fine thread), pl. lhî (?i lî). – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.
lhê
noun. fine thread, spider filament
leber
noun. finger
The Sindarin word for “finger”, derived from primitive ✶leper and based on the root √LEP “pick up” (VT47/10; VT48/5).
Conceptual Development: Tolkien used various Elvish words for “finger” over his life, but most were based on the root √LEP. The Gnomish Grammar and Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. leptha “finger” (GG/13; GL/53), clearly derived from the early root ᴱ√LEPE that was the basis for contemporaneous Qenya finger words (QL/53). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it was ᴱN. lhê “finger”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶lept- (PE13/148). In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was N. lhebed “finger” based on the root ᴹ√LEPET of the same meaning (Ety/LEP). In drafts of the 1968 notes mentioned above, Tolkien had S. lebed “finger” (VT47/27), but this was replaced by leber in the finished versions (VT47/23-24 note #30).
Cognates
- Q. leper “finger” ✧ VT47/10; VT47/24; VT48/05
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶leper- > leber [lepero] > [leper] > [leber] ✧ VT47/10 ✶leper- > lebir [leperī] > [leperi] > [lepiri] > [lepir] > [lebir] ✧ VT47/10 ✶leper- > leber [lepero] > [leper] > [leber] ✧ VT47/24 ✶leperī > lebir [leperī] > [leperi] > [lepiri] > [lepir] > [lebir] ✧ VT47/24 ✶leper > leber [lepero] > [leper] > [leber] ✧ VT48/05 ✶leperī > lebir [leperi] > [leperi] > [lepiri] > [lepir] > [lebir] ✧ VT48/05 Variations
- lebed ✧ VT47/23 (
lebed)
leber
finger
leber (pl. lebir) (VT47:10, 23, 24; VT48:5). This may replace ”Noldorin” lhebed, which we would otherwise update to Sindarin as lebed. For names of specific fingers, see INDEX FINGER, LITTLE FINGER, MIDDLE FINGER, RING FINGER, THUMB.
lain
noun. thread
lebed
noun. finger
Tolkien later seems to have replaced this form by leber
lebenedh
noun. middle finger
lebent
noun. ring finger
leber
noun. finger
lebig
noun. little finger
lhind
adjective. fine, slender
lhing
noun. spider, spider's web, cobweb
lhingril
noun. spider
niged
noun. little finger
nobad
noun. the pair of fingers composed of the thumb and the index (grouped together as in the act of picking something)
ungol
noun. spider
ungol
noun. spider
The Sindarin word for “spider” (Let/180; RC/490, 767), derived from √ungu- that was the basis for spider words (PE22/160).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish word for “spider” was initially G. gung in both the Qenya Lexicon and Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√GUŊU (QL/98; GL/43), also appearing an element in G. Gungliont, the earliest name of Ungoliant (LT1/160). In the Gnomish Lexicon the word gung was crossed through, but may have become ging in G. gwidh-a-ging “cobweb” (GL/46). Regardless, Tolkien added G. ungwi “spider” in pencil to the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/75), which seems to indicate a change of the root from ᴱ√GUŊU to ᴱ√UŊU, consistent with the replacement name G. Ungoliont from the contemporaneous narratives (LT1/152).
In The Etymologies of the 1930s, “spider” words were derived from the root ᴹ√SLIG (Ety/SLIG); see N. thling for discussion. Tolkien soon restored Ung-, however, since N. ungol was translated as “spider” in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (WR/202).
Cognates
- ᴺQ. ungol “(monstrous) spider”
Derivations
- √UÑG “spider”
Element in
- S. Cirith Ungol “Cleft of the Spider” ✧ RC/767
- S. Torech Ungol “Shelob’s Lair, (lit.) Tunnel of the Spider” ✧ RC/490
- S. Ungoliant
Variations
- Ungol ✧ Let/180; RC/767
brand
fine
1) brand (high, lofty, noble), lenited vrand, pl. braind, 2) trîw (lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (slender) , 3) *lhind (slender), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Sugggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.
brand
fine
(high, lofty, noble), lenited vrand, pl. braind
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”.
lhind
fine
(slender), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Sugggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.
lhing
spider’s web
(?i thling or ?i ling – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (cobweb), no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i ling). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thling.
lhingril
noun. spider
lhingril
spider
(?i thlingril or ?i lingril – the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i lingril). Coll. pl. lhingrillath. (Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *thlingril**.*)
tess
fine pierced hole
(i dess, construct tes), pl. tiss (i thiss). Older ters (VT46:18).
trîw
fine
(lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (slender)
ungol
spider
1) ungol (pl. yngyl); coll. pl. ?unglath or ungolath; 2) *lhingril (?i thlingril or ?i lingril the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i lingril). Coll. pl. lhingrillath. (Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlingril.) 3) or
ungol
spider
(pl. yngyl); coll. pl. ?unglath or ungolath
*lhê (?i thlê or ?i lê the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (spider filament), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.