pelehta-

verb. pelehta-

*pelehta- see pelecta-

Pelendur

fence-servant

Pelendur masc.name, *"Fence-servant"??? (Appendix A)

pelecco

axe

pelecco ("k") noun "axe" (LT2:346)

pelecta-

hew

pelecta- ("k")vb. "hew" (this "Qenya" word may be adapted to LotR-style Quenya as *pelehta-)(LT2:346)

peler

fenced field

peler noun "fenced field" (Old English tún) (PEL(ES) )

pelendur

masculine name. ?Servant of the Border

A steward of Gondor in the middle of the Third Age (LotR/1039). His name seem to be a compound of some derivative of the root √PEL “border” and the suffix -(n)dur “-servant”, so it perhaps means: “✱Servant of the Border”.

pelë

noun. revolution

pelecco

noun. axe

@@@ used in NQNT

hahta

noun. fence

fence, hedge

#nac-

hew, cut

#nac- ("k") vb. "hew, cut" (nacin "I hew, cut", VT49:24) or "bite" (NAK); compare nahta #2.

histanë

fading

histanë pre-classical participle? "fading" (MC:213; this is "Qenya")

panda

enclosure

panda noun "enclosure" (PAD)

quelië

waning

quelië noun "waning" in Narquelië, q.v.

quellë

fading

quellë noun "fading", in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 54 days, but also used without any exact definition, for the latter part of autumn and the beginning of winter (Appendix D)

yonwa

fence, border, boundary

yonwa noun "fence, border, boundary" (PE17:43)

querë

noun. revolution

yur-

verb. to run

pelennor

place name. Pelennor

pêl

noun. fenced field

cerin

noun. circular enclosure

cerin

noun. mound

draf-

verb. to hew

drava-

verb. to hew

ephel

noun. outer fence, encircling fence

hast

noun. axe-stroke

pelin

noun. fading, withering

thora-

verb. to fence

pel

root. fence, border, edge; bound, limit; go round, encircle, fence, border, edge; bound, limit; go round, encircle; [ᴹ√] revolve on fixed point

This root was connected to fences, encirclement and rotation for much of Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as two distinct roots in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s. The first was ᴱ√PELE “fence in” with derivatives like ᴱQ. pelin “fenced in, pent”, ᴱQ. pelto “hedge, hedged field”, and ᴱQ. pelle “town” (QL/73). It had some clear derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. pel “village”, G. pelu- “fence, enclose”, and G. pless “hedge, fence” (GL/64). The second root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s was unglossed ᴱ√PELE with derivatives like ᴱQ. pelko “leg”, ᴱQ. pelte- “run”, and ᴱQ. peltas “pivot” (QL/73), but the “leg” word in the Gnomish Lexicon was unrelated: G. bactha “a leg” (GL/21).

Indeed, in Quenya the “leg” word was also shifted to a new root by The Etymologies of the 1930s: ᴹ√TELEK > ᴹQ. telko “leg” (Ety/TÉLEK). As for the root ᴹ√PEL, it was given the gloss “revolve on fixed point” in The Etymologies and seems to be a blending of 1910s ᴱ√PELE and ᴱ√PELE, with derivatives like ᴹQ. pel- “go round, revolve, return” and ᴹQ. peltas/N. pelthaes “pivot” (Ety/PEL) but also ᴹQ. peler/N. pêl “fenced field” and ᴹQ. opele/N. gobel “walled house or village, town” by way of extended root ᴹ√PEL(ES) (Ety/PEL(ES)).

The root √PEL appeared a number of times in Tolkien’s later writings with glosses like “edge, bound, fence, limit” (PE17/65), “fence, border” (PE17/90) and “go round, encircle” (SA/pel). Tolkien declared that:

> The basic sense should not be “revolve”; but “edge, bound, fence, limit”. Thus [S.] pelennor = fenced land; ephel, Sindarin < eppel < et­pel = “outer wall or fence”; [Q.] peltakse- (peltas) should mean a fence of fixed stakes etc., or a “pale” and fencing stakes; and pelma a border, fringe, edge, limiting device (PE17/65).

Tolkien reassigned the sense “revolve” to the root √KWER. The most notable derivative of the new sense “boundary” for √PEL was Q. pella “beyond”, more literally “beyond the boundary” (PE17/65, 80); this word was likely Tolkien’s motivation for removing the sense “revolve” from √PEL.

peles-, pelsa-

verb. fences round

peles

noun. fence, enclosure

peles-

verb. to fence round

pelek

root. axe

pelsa-

verb. to fence round

tad

root. enclosure

pelennor

place name. Fenced Land

The walled region around Minas Tirith (LotR/749), translated “Fenced Land” (PE17/65, 95; RC/512), a combination of pêl “fenced field” (SA/pel) and dôr “land”.

Possible Etymology: David Salo suggested that its initial element could have developed from an archaic older form of pêl: ✶peles- ⇒ OS. peleh-ndore (GS/388), which explains its initial form Pelen-. See below for possible phonetic developments.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Pelennor (WR/268).

pelennor

noun. fenced land

_ n. _fenced land.

pelennor

fenced land

n. fenced land. . This gloss was rejected.

pelennor

noun. fenced inner land

pel (from stem pel- “go round, revolve”) + end (from enedh “middle”) + (n-)dor (“land, dwelling”)

peleth

noun. fading, withering

peleth

noun. waning, waning, *fading

Pelennor Fields

Pelennor Fields

The name Pelennor translates to "fenced, encircled land" in Sindarin. Christopher Tolkien has noted that the first element derives from the Elvish root/element pel- ("go round, encircle"); the other elements appear to be end (from enedh "middle")' + (n-)dor ("land, dwelling"). The field was called by several other names as well, such as Fields of Pelennor, the Pelennor, and the townlands.

peleth

withering

(noun) *peleth (i beleth, o pheleth) (fading), pl. pelith (i phelith).

peleth

withering

(i beleth, o pheleth) (fading), pl. pelith (i phelith).

pêl

fence, fenced field

(i bêl, construct pel) (enclosure, garth), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root PEL(ES), LR:380)

pêl

garth

pêl (i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, enclosure), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root __, LR:380)

pêl

garth

(i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, enclosure), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root PEL(ES), LR:380)

pêl

enclosure

pêl (i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, garth), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root __, LR:380).

pêl

enclosure

(i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, garth), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root PEL(ES), LR:380).

pelin

fading

(noun) 3) *pelin (i belin) (withering), no distinct pl. form except with article (i phelin), 2) #peleth (i beleth, o pheleth) (withering), pl. pelith (i phelith). Isolated from the name of the month Narbeleth.

pelin

fading

(i belin) (withering), no distinct pl. form except with article (i phelin), 2) #peleth (i beleth, o pheleth) (withering), pl. pelith (i phelith). Isolated from the name of the month Narbeleth.

cail

noun. fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes

cerin

noun. circular enclosure

cerin

noun. mound

ephel

noun. outer fence, encircling fence

hathol

noun. axe

iath

noun. fence

iath

noun. fence

iâth

noun. fence

iâth

noun. fence

cail

fence

(i gail, o chail) (palisade); no distinct pl. form except with article (i chail).

cerin

circular enclosure

(i gerin, o cherin) (circular raised mound), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cherin).

drava

hew

drava- (i dhrava, in dravar), pa.t. †dramp, later apparently dravant; passive participle drammen (VT45:8)

drava

hew

(i dhrava, in dravar), pa.t. †dramp, later apparently dravant; passive participle drammen (VT45:8)

ephel

fence

(pl. ephil)

firith

season of fading

(no distinct pl. form).

hast

axe-stroke

(i chast, o chast), pl. haist (i chaist)

hathel

axe blade

(i chathel, o chathel) (broadsword blade), pl. hethil (i chethil);

hathol

axe

hathol (i chathol, o chathol), analogical pl. hethyl (i chethyl). Archaic *hathl.

hathol

axe

(i chathol, o chathol), analogical pl. hethyl (i chethyl). Archaic ✱hathl.

iâd

noun. fence

iâth

fence

(noun) 1) iâth (construct iath, pl. iaith) (WJ:370, 378), also ?iâd (construct iad), pl. iaid. 2) lest (girdle, boundary), pl. list, 3) (outer/encircling fence) ephel (pl. ephil), 4) (with spikes and sharp stakes) cail (i gail, o chail) (palisade); no distinct pl. form except with article (i chail).

iâth

fence

(construct iath, pl. iaith) (WJ:370, 378), also ?iâd (construct iad), pl. iaid.

lest

fence

(girdle, boundary), pl. list

pelin

withering

(noun) *pelin (i belin) (fading), no distict pl. form except with article (i phelin)

pelin

withering

(i belin) (fading), no distict pl. form except with article (i phelin)

thangail

shield fence

(shield wall). No distinct pl. form? (UT:281)

thora

fence

(verb) *thora- (the curious form ”thoro-” occurs in the primary source, LR:393 s.v. THUR). The passive participle thoren ”fenced, guarded, hidden” is cited (pl. thorin).

thora

fence

(the curious form ”thoro-” occurs in the primary source, LR:393 s.v. THUR). The passive participle thoren ”fenced, guarded, hidden” is cited (pl. thorin).

hacta, hatta

noun. fence

fence, hedge