reth
root. remain in same place
(g)reth
root. aid, support
res
root. remain in same place
reth
noun. *climber
reth
often in names
reth-
verb. to remain in same place
A verb for “remain in same place” based on the root √REÞ of the same meaning, appearing in a list of Sindarin words from around 1957 (PE17/182).
reth Reconstructed
noun. endurance
A neologism coined by Vyacheslav Stepanov posted on 2024-03-01 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), probably an element in andreth “long-suffering, patience”.
bronwe
endurance
bronwe (i vronwe)
bronwe
noun. endurance, lasting quality, faith
bronwe
endurance
(i vronwe)
retto
noun. *climber
An apparently Quenya word in 1957 Notes on Names (NN), based on the root √RET and equivalent to S. reth, the latter an element in the name S. Orodreth “Mountaineer” (PE17/182). It is thus likely that Q. retto and S. reth means something like “✱climber”, though it is possible that retto is actually a primitive form.
res-
verb. to remain in same place
A neologism coined by Vyacheslav Stepanov posted on 2024-03-01 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), cognate to reth- of similar meaning.
restë
noun. endurance
A neologism coined by Vyacheslav Stepanov posted on 2024-03-01 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), cognate to S. ✱reth of similar meaning.
coloitie
noun. endurance, staunchness, fortitude
voronwië
endurance, lasting quality
voronwië noun "endurance, lasting quality" (BOR)
bronwe
noun. endurance, lasting quality, faith
bronwe
noun. endurance
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
reþe
root. aid, support
A root given as ᴱ√RESE “aid, support” (gloss marked with a “?”) in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, but Tolkien later decided that it was confused with another root ᴱ√reðe which seemed to do with kinship (QL/79). After this change, forms derived from ᴱ√RESE “aid” probably still included ᴱQ. resta in the sense “support”, as well as ᴱQ. resta- “aid, come to aid of, rescue, save”. In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien has a similar set of words likewise derived from distinct reth- vs. redh- (GL/65), indicating the true form of ᴱ√RESE was probably ᴱ√REÞE, since þ became s in Qenya. As Gnomish derivatives of reth- Tolkien initially gave G. rest, G. resta-, G. reth- (GL/65), but these were deleted leaving only G. grest “succour, salvation”, G. gresta- “aid, help, succour, support”, and G. gretha- “save, rescue, preserve” (GL/42).
It is possible the root ᴱ√REÞE reemerged as √REK “recover, get out/away, save from ruin/peril/loss” given in Tolkien’s later writings as the basis for S. edraith “rescue, saving” (PE17/38).
Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin I think it is worth positing a (Sindarin only) Neo-Root ᴺ√(G)RETH to salvage some of these Gnomish words.
rese
root. aid, support
reth-
verb. to save, rescue, preserve
gretha-
verb. to save, rescue, preserve
A verb appearing as gretha- “save, rescue, preserve” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/42), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√RESE [REÞE] (QL/79; GL/65). Elsewhere in the Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien had reth- “save, rescue, preserve”, but this variant was deleted (GL/65).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would updates these verbs to Fiona Jallings’s neologism ᴺS. reitha- “to rescue, save (from ruin, peril, loss)”, inspired by Q. rehta- of the same basic meaning.
Rethe
Rethe
The name represents a modernization of the Old English name for March, Hreþmōnaþ, meaning "rough-month".
A root appearing in a list of Sindarin words placed with Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, given as √REÞ or √RES “remain in same place, hence be unmoved, patient”. It had the derivatives S. andreth “patience”, which appeared elsewhere as the name of a Bëorian woman (MR/305), and S. Arodreth “Noble Endurance”, a name appearing nowhere else. The variant √RES may have been intended to be the Quenya form.