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peltas

pivot

peltas (peltax-, as in pl. peltaxi ["ks"]) noun "pivot" (PEL, TAK)

peltas

noun. fence of fixed stakes, a ‘pale’

Derivations

  • ✶peltakse “fence of fixed stakes, a ‘pale’” ✧ PE17/065

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶peltakse- > peltas[peltakse] > [peltaks] > [peltas]✧ PE17/065

queren

pivot

#queren noun "pivot" (PE17:65), only cited as a stem-form querend-. (Cf. peltas.) It is unclear whether Tolkien rejected this word or not.