_adv. _on this (the speaker's) side. nebā << nibā; NEB << NIB. aear, sí nef aearon lit. 'beyond the Sea, here beyond the Great Sea'.
Sindarin
nef
preposition. hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation], hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation]; *near
nef
on this side
nef
preposition. on this side of
nef aear, sí nef aearon
here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea
nef
on this side of
(prep.) nef, also used as an adjectival prefix nev- ”hither, near, on this side”
nef
on this side of
(prep.) nef, also used as an adjectival prefix nev- ”hither, near, on this side”;
nef
on this side of
also used as an adjectival prefix nev- ”hither, near, on this side”
nev
hither
(adj. pref.) nev- (near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.
nev
hither
(near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.
nedhu
noun. bolster, cushion
thîr
noun. face, face, [N.] look, expression, countenance
A word appearing as an element in the name Caranthir “Red-face”, derived from primitive ✶stīrē (VT41/10), which was likely tied to the root √TIR “watch”.
Conceptual Development: The same noun N. thîr appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the glosses “look, face, expression, countenance”, but there it was derived from the root ᴹ√THĒ “look (see or seem)” (Ety/THĒ). Earlier “face” words include G. gwint from the 1910s (GL/46) and ᴱN. ant from the 1920s with more elaborate form ᴱN. annas (PE13/137, 160).
forvo
right hand, right side
pl. forvoe (VT47:6);
hae
on the other side
(far, distant, further); lenited chae; no distinct pl. form;
harvo
left hand, left side
pl. harvoe (VT47:6);
nedhu
bolster
*nedhu (pillow), analogical pl. nedhy. Cited in archaic form nedhw (LR:378, s.v. NID), so the coll. pl. is likely nedhwath.
nedhu
bolster
(pillow), analogical pl. nedhy. Cited in archaic form nedhw (LR:378, s.v. NID), so the coll. pl. is likely nedhwath.
nedhu
noun. bolster, cushion
nîf
face
- nîf (construct nif) (front). No distinct pl. form. 2) thîr (look, expression, countenance) (VT41:10)
nîf
face
(construct nif) (front). No distinct pl. form.
nîf
front
nîf (construct nif) (face). No distinct pl. form.
nîf
front
(construct nif) (face). No distinct pl. form.
rafn
extended point at the side
(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn);
thîr
face
(look, expression, countenance) (VT41:10)
A word appearing in the phrase nef aear, sí nef aearon “here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea” (LotR/238), as well as an element in the name Nevrast “Hither Shore” (S/119; WJ/197) as opposed to Haerast “Far Shore” (PE17/27). In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien clarified that the actual meaning of nef was “on this (the speaker’s) side” and that it was derived from {✶nibā >>} ✶nebā based on {√NIB >>} √NEB “turn towards (speaker)” (PE17/27). In The Road Goes Ever On (RGEO) from 1967 he again said the literal translation of nef was “on this side of” (RGEO/64). Thus “beyond” is loose translations and “hither” is used in its archaic English meaning “situated on this side” rather than “✱✱to here”.
Conceptual Development: The Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s had ᴱN. neb “near” (PE13/164).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume nef is a preposition and prefix meaning is “on this side of”, but as an adverb can be used in the sense “near” especially in opposition to something else that is “far” (and on the opposite side).