penna-

verb. to come down (in a slant), fall

A word appearing in the phrase silivren penna míriel within the A Elbereth Gilthoniel prayer from The Lord of the Rings (LotR/238). In The Road Goes Ever On (RGEO) from 1967, Tolkien loosely translated this phrase as “from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels” and more exactly as “(white) glittering slants-down sparkling like jewels” (RGEO/63-64). In various private notes, Tolkien specified that penna- was a verb meaning “come down” or “come down in a slant, fall” derived from the root √PED “fall in steep slant, incline, slope” (PE17/24, 173).

penna-

verb. to slant down

penna-

verb. come donw in a slant

v. come donw in a slant, fall. Q. weak v. penda- slope, incline.

penna

verb. 3rd sg

_v. _3rd sg. undefined of penna 'come down', originally 'come down a slope or from a hill'. silivren penna míriel lit. 'glittering slants-down sparkling (as jewels)'. >> penna-

penna

slant down

(i benna, i phennar)

penna

slant down

penna- (i benna, i phennar)

penna

slant down

penna- (i benna, i phennar).

silivren penna míriel

from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels

-ed

3rd sg

_3rd sg. poss. suff. his, her.See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Later -deid_, -deith, -dyn. >> -deid, -deith, -dyn

pen

adverb. lacking

adv. lacking, without.

adlanna

slant

(vb.) *adlanna- (slope) (i adlanna, in adlannar). This is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” atlanna-;

adlanna

slant

(slope) (i adlanna, in adlannar). This is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” atlanna-;

dad

downward

;

dadbenn

downhill, sloping down

(inclined, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn;

pen

lacking

(lenited ben) (without, -less) (WJ:375) Not to be confused with the pronoun pen ”one, somebody, anybody”.

torn

down

(noun) *torn (i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”.

torn

down

(i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”. 

penna

vowel

#penna noun "vowel" (only pl. pennar is attested) (VT39:16)

penna

noun. vowel; (orig.) lacking

penya

lacking, inadequate

penya adj. "lacking, inadequate"; pl. penyë in penyë tengwi "lacking signs", "inadequate signs"; in early Elvish analysis of Quenya the term for vowels with no preceding consonant, held (in many cases incorrectly) to have lost such a consonant (VT39:6, 8)

nunna

adverb. down

undu

down, under, beneath

undu adv. (and prep.?) "down, under, beneath" (UNU, VT46:20); prefixundu- "down", in undulávë "down-licked" = covered. (Nam)

undu

down

óma-tengwë

vowel

#óma-tengwë noun "vowel" (only pl. óma-tengwi attested); this refers to vowels considered as independent phonemes, according to Fëanor's new insights on phonemics. Also #ómëa. (VT39:8; ómatengwi ["ñ"] with no hyphen in VT39:16)

óman

vowel

óman noun "vowel" (stem omand- as in the pl. omandi, which form was misread as "amandi" in the Etymologies as printed in LR, entry OM; see VT46:7). The terms óma-tengwë, ómëa from a later source are probably to be preferred.

óman

noun. vowel

ómëa

vowel

#ómëa noun "vowel" (only pl. ómëar attested); this refers to vowels considered as independent phonemes, according to Fëanor's new insights on phonemics. Also #óma-tengwë. (VT39:8)

ómëa

noun/adjective. vowel, vowel; [ᴹQ.] voiced

dad

adverb. down, downwards

dad

adverb. down