Sindarin 

paur

noun. fist (often used to mean "hand", its chief use was in reference of the tighly closed hand, as in using an implement or a craft-tool, rather than to the fist used in punching)

Sindarin [Ety/366, S/429, PM/179, PM/318, VT/47:8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

paur

fist

(baur) _ n. _fist. Q. quáre. >> Celebrimbor

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:42] < _kwārē _< KWĂR squeeze, clench. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

paur

noun. fist, closed hand

The Sindarin word for a “fist” or a “closed hand” (PE17/42; PM/179), derived from either ✶kwārē or ✶kwāră (PE17/42; VT47/8) with the usual sound changes of ancient kw to p and ā to au. The word paur is most notable as the element -bor in the name Celebrimbor “Silver-fist”, with the usual soft-mutation of p to b and the change of au to o in polysyllables. In 1968 notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals Tolkien specified that “its chief use was in reference to the tightly closed hand as in using an implement or a craft-tool rather than to the ‘fist’ as used in punching” (VT47/8). For a “punching fist” the word [N.] drambor is more likely to be used.

Conceptual Development: N. paur “fist” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWAR, neither of which was deleted (Ety/KWAR). In the first version of this root, the form was N. par “hand” (EtyAC/KWAR).

Cognates

  • Q. quár(ë) “fist, closed hand” ✧ PE17/042; PM/318; SA/celeb; VT47/08

Derivations

  • kwāra “fist” ✧ PE17/042; PM/318; VT47/08
    • KWAR “press together, squeeze, wring, clench; clenched hand, fist” ✧ PE17/042; PM/318; VT47/08

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
kwārē > paur[kwārē] > [pārē] > [pāre] > [pǭre] > [paure] > [paur]✧ PE17/042
kwāra > paur[kwāra] > [kwār] > [pār] > [pǭr] > [paur]✧ PM/318
Sindarin [PE17/042; PM/179; PM/318; SA/celeb; VT47/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tafnen

adjective. closed, blocked, stopped

Orthography normalized to tafnen, as in lefnui

Sindarin [uidavnen WR/341] Group: SINDICT. Published by

uidafnen

adjective. ever-closed

Normalized to uidafnen, as in lefnui

Sindarin [WR/341, X/Z] ui+tafnen "ever-blocked". Group: SINDICT. Published by

dond

noun. fist, hand (especially in punching)

Sindarin [VT/47:23] Group: SINDICT. Published by

donn

noun. fist, hand (especially in punching)

Sindarin [VT/47:23] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dond

fist

1) dond (i dhond; construct don) (hand), pl. dynd (i nynd), coll. pl. donnath (VT47:23). 2) paur (i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (tightly closed hand), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath. or

dond

noun. fist

A word for “fist” appearing as dond or donn only in draft notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s derived from primitive ✶dond(a) (VT47/23 note #25). A more usual word for “fist” is S. paur.

Cognates

  • T. donda “fist” ✧ VT47/23

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
dond(a) > dond[donda] > [dond]✧ VT47/23

Variations

  • donn ✧ VT47/23

dond

fist

(i dhond; construct don) (hand), pl. dynd (i nynd), coll. pl. donnath (VT47:23).

donn

noun. fist

hollen

noun. closed

Sindarin [Fen Hollen LotR/V:IV, RC/550] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hollen

closed

(passive participle) hollen; see CLOSE.

paur

tightly closed hand

(i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (fist), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath.

paur

fist

(i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (tightly closed hand), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath.

paur

tightly closed hand

paur (i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (fist), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath.

paur

tightly closed hand

paur (i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (fist), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath.

paur

tightly closed hand

paur (i baur, o phaur, also -bor in compounds) (fist), pl. poer (i phoer), coll. pl. porath

tafnen

closed

(adj.) #tafnen (stopped, blocked), lenited #dafnen; pl. tefnin (WR:341, isolated from uidavnen, with f rather than v in normalized orthography);

tafnen

closed

(stopped, blocked), lenited #dafnen; pl. tefnin *(WR:341, isolated from uidavnen, with f rather than v in normalized orthography)*;

uidafnen

ever-closed

(WJ:341, where the spelling ”uidavnen” is used), pl. uidefnin****