_suff. _past tense of intransitive verb. A letter, probably an s, was added in pencil above the ending -ir. >> agarfant, -nt
Sindarin
past
adjective. shaking
gwanwen
adjective. departed, departed, *gone, lost [to time], past
-ir
suffix. past tense of intransitive verb
-nt
suffix. past tense of transitive verb
-ant
suffix. 3rd person past tense
-iel
suffix. past-active-participle
-ir
suffix. past of intransitive verbs
-nt
suffix. past of transitive verbs
thoniel Archaic
adjective. kindler (in the past)
An element in the name Gilthoniel “Star-kindler” which Tolkien explained as “an archaic perfect participle/adjective of √THAN, kindle” in a 1955 letter to David Masson (PE17/82).
Neo-Sindarin: This perfect participle implies the existence of a verb ✱than- “to kindle”, but since Tolkien said the participle was archaic, the verb may be as well, and it is probably better to use attested [N.] nartha- for “kindle” in Neo-Sindarin.
gwenwi
noun. past, past tense
en
adverb. then, [G.] that past, that by you, that already mentioned (by you)
gwanwas
noun. the past, past days, olden times
flâd
noun. skin
flâd
noun. skin
A word for “skin” (or possibly “bark”) appearing only in the name S. Fladrif “Skinbark” (LotR/474).
gobennas
noun. history
go (prefix “together, with”) + pent (“story”) + as (#abstract collective suffix) #This suffix probably denotes “a complete set of different items of one kind”.
A word for “departed” in the Quendi and Eldar (Q&E) essay from 1959-60 (WJ/378), clearly derived from the root √WĀ “away”. It might be related to the verb gwae- from Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) of 1959 (PE17/148). That verb had an irregular passive participle gwawn or gwanu. The word gwanwen may be a modification of (archaic?) gwanu from DLN to more strongly resemble other passive participles like govannen (LotR/209) or onnen (WJ/387). Alternately, it could be a simple adjective, the Sindarin equivalent of Q. vanwa.
Neo-Sindarin: I would assume that, like its Quenya equivalent, gwanwen has the added connotation of “✱gone, lost [to time], past” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. haim or haithin “gone, departed, lost”, the latter based on the verb G. haitha- “hie, go, fare, walk” (GL/47).