pendë

noun. steep incline, hill side, steep incline, hillside, [ᴹQ.] (down) slope, declivity

A noun meaning “steep incline, hill side” (PE17/24) or “(down) slope, declivity” (Ety/PEN). It has the general implication of a downward slope; an upward slope would be ampendë.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s it first appeared as ᴹQ. nende “slope, hillside” derived from ᴹ√DEN “hillside, slope”, but the meaning of this root was change to ᴹ√DEN “hole; gap, passage” (Ety/DEN). Tolkien introduced a new root ᴹ√PEN(ED) with the derivative ᴹQ. pende “slope, downslope, declivity” (Ety/PEN). In later writings, though, its root form was √PED instead of ᴹ√PEN, as √PEN was given the new sense “lack, be without” (PE17/171; WJ/375).

Cognates

• S. pend “slope, steep incline, hill side; sloping (down), steeply inclined, slope, steep incline, hill side, [N.] declivity; [S.] sloping (down), steeply inclined” ✧ PE17/024

Derivations

• √PED “slope, slant down” ✧ PE17/171

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PED > pende-	[pende]	✧ PE17/171

Variations

• pende ✧ PE17/024
• pende- ✧ PE17/171 (pende-)

pendë

slope, downslope, declivity

pendë noun "slope, downslope, declivity" (PEN/PÉNED), "steep incline, hill side" (PE17:24)

nendë

slope, hillside

[nendë] (2) noun "slope, hillside" (DEN, struck out; compare VT45:9)

penda-

slope, incline

penda- vb. "slope, incline" (PE17:171, 173)