mai

adverb. well

maidhros

masculine name. Pale-glitter

maidh

adjective. pale, fallow, fawn [light yellowish tan colour]

mai govannen

well met

maidh

adjective. pale, fallow, fawn

gwenn

noun. maiden

gwend

noun. maiden

gwenn

noun. maiden

iell

noun. girl, maid

Stated to be an alteration of sell , remodelled after ion "son" (OS *jondo). It was "a change assisted by the loss of s in compounds and patronymics", hence the ending -iel in several feminine words

sell

noun. girl, maid (child)

sell

noun. girl, maid

moe

adjective. soft, pliant

maew

noun. gull

iell

noun. daughter

moed

adjective. handy, skilled

moel

noun. lust

moelui

adjective. lustful

aes

noun. cooked food, meat

balch

adjective. cruel

balch

adjective. cruel

bein

adjective. beautiful, fair

bess

noun. (young) woman

bess

noun. wife

borth

?. [unglossed]

cadwar

adjective. shapely

cadwar

adjective. shapely

cadwor

adjective. shapely

cadwor

adjective. shapely

cam

noun. hand

cam

noun. hand

camb

noun. hand

camm

noun. hand

camm

noun. hand

clei

?. [unglossed]

coen

?. [unglossed]

côl

noun. gold (metal)

dess

noun. young woman

diragas

?. [unglossed]

dor

noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live

The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor

dî

noun. woman, lady

edhel

noun. Elf

edhen

adjective. first

erchamui

adjective. one-handed

ereg

place name. First

Earlier name for the river S. Erui from Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, apparently a Noldorin word meaning ereg “first” (TI/312, WR/436).

ereg

adjective. first

faug

adjective. thirsty

faug

adjective. thirsty

gael

adjective. pale, glimmering

galadriel

feminine name. Galadriel

gar-

verb. to hold, have

gerin

verb. I hold, I have

glaur

noun. gold

golodh

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

gwann

adjective. departed, dead

gwanod

noun. tale, number

iell

noun. daughter

Stated to be an alteration of sell , remodelled after ion "son" (OS *jondo). It was "a change assisted by the loss of s in compounds and patronymics", hence the ending -iel in several feminine words

lobor

noun. horse

lobor

noun. horse, [heavy riding] horse

A word for “horse” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√LOP (EtyAC/LOP). It did not appear in The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne reported it in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT45/28).

Conceptual Development: The similar word G. lobros “steed, horse” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/54), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LOPO that was the basis for “horse” words in the Qenya Lexicon (QL/56). In The Etymologies, Tolkien first gave the root as ᴹ√LOB and the Noldorin form as {lum >>} lhuv, perhaps from ✱lōbo, but these were deleted and replaced by ᴹ√LOP and lobor.

Neo-Sindarin: Since Tolkien sometimes described S. roch as a “swift horse”, I’d assume lobor was a heavy riding horse or war horse.

mad-

verb. to eat

maew

noun. gull

malen

adjective. yellow

malen

adjective. yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly

mallen

adjective. of gold, golden

malt

noun. gold (as metal)

malthen

adjective. of gold, golden

malw

adjective. fallow, pale

mann

noun. food

The earliest word for “food” in precursors to the Sindarin language was G. môs “food (of men)” (GL/56, 58), probably based on the early root ᴱ√M(B)ASA “cook, bake” (QL/59). This became ᴱN. math “food” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, appearing only in its lenited form vath as an element in ᴱN. orvath “foodless” (PE13/155). In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien had N. mann “food” as a derivative of primitive ᴹ✶matna under the root ᴹ√MAT “eat”, but the version of the entry where this form appeared was struck out (EtyAC/MAT). The primitive form ✶matnā “food” did reappear in the early 1950s, however (PE22/136).

Neo-Sindarin: Of the above, I prefer ᴺS. math for “food”. I first saw math proposed as the Neo-Sindarin word for “food” in a list of neologisms by Elaran on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) from 2018. I prefer math because I tend to assume Q. matta is derived from ✱mattā rather than ✶matnā to avoid certain phonological difficulties; see that entry for discussion. If you are not concerned with those difficulties, ᴺS. mann “food” is also viable.

mauth

?. [unglossed]

meidh

adjective. pale, fallow, fawn

mell

adjective. dear

mell

adjective. dear

menwed

?. [unglossed]

moe

adjective. soft

moeas

noun. dough

moeas

noun. dough

A word appearing as N. moeas “dough” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an elaboration of primitive ᴹ✶mazgē (probably ✱mazgassē) under the root ᴹ√MASAG “knead” (Ety/MASAG).

Neo-Sindarin: It is common to adapt this word as ᴺS. maeas for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, since the diphthong oe < older ai in Noldorin of the 1930s generally became ae in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s: compare N. oel “lake” vs. S. ael. However, the word moeas < ✱mazgassē has other phonological difficulties, since the phonetic developments of ancient zg were also different in Sindarin. See the entry on how [[s|[zb], [zg] became [ðβ], [ðɣ]]] for further discussion, as well as (rejected) N. madhias “softness” which shows the expected developments (EtyAC/MASAG). I personally retain ᴺS. maeas “dough” and assume it is the result of alternate developments, but ᴺS. madhias “dough” would be a reasonable alternative that better fits later Sindarin phonology.

moed

adjective. handy, skilled, skilful

moel

noun. lust

moelui

adjective. lustful

muin

adjective. dear

muin

adjective. dear

mâl

noun. pollen, yellow powder

mō

noun. hand

ON. hand

naith

noun. gore

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

nim-

adjective. pale, white

nimp

adjective. pale, white

nimp

adjective. pale

nith

?. [unglossed]

nithrad

?. [unglossed]

níth

?. [unglossed]

pent

noun. tale

porennin

?. [unglossed]

roch

noun. horse, swift horse for riding

sell

noun. daughter

taur

adjective. mighty, vast, overwhelming, huge, awful, high, sublime

telwen

?. [unglossed]