Noldorin 

rhien

noun/adjective. crowned

Noldorin [Ety/393, Ety/389, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhien

noun/adjective. crowned lady, queen

Noldorin [Ety/393, Ety/389, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhien

noun. (crowned) lady

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RIG “*crown” ✧ Ety/TĀ
  • ᴹ✶rīʒende “queen, lit. ‘crowned’ or crowned-lady” ✧ EtyAC/RIG
    • ᴹ√RIG “*crown” ✧ EtyAC/RIG

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RIG > rhien[rigende] > [riɣende] > [riɣend] > [r̥iɣend] > [r̥iend] > [r̥ienn] > [r̥ien]✧ Ety/TĀ
ᴹ✶rīʒende > rhiend[rigende] > [riɣende] > [riɣend] > [r̥iɣend] > [r̥iend] > [r̥ienn] > [r̥ien]✧ EtyAC/RIG

Variations

  • rhiend ✧ EtyAC/RIG (rhiend)
Noldorin [Ety/TĀ; EtyAC/RIG; TI/249] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhîn

noun/adjective. crowned

Noldorin [Ety/393, Ety/389, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhîn

noun/adjective. crowned lady, queen

Noldorin [Ety/393, Ety/389, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhîn

adjective. crowned

An adjective appearing as N. rhîn “crowned” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RIG (Ety/RIG). The long î is probably the result of the vocalization of g before nasal n, from primitive adjective ✱rignā.

Neo-Sindarin: Since initial r unvoiced to rh in Noldorin of the 1930s but not in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. rîn “crowned”, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. rína “crowned” ✧ Ety/RIG

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RIG “*crown” ✧ Ety/RIG; Ety/TĀ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RIG > rhîn[rigna] > [riŋna] > [rīna] > [rīn] > [r̥īn]✧ Ety/RIG
Noldorin [Ety/RIG; Ety/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

galadhrien

feminine name. Tree-lady

An early name for S. Galadriel appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as a combination of galadh “tree” and the lenited form of rhien “lady” (TI/249). There were also (rejected) variants Rhien and Galdri(e)n.

Conceptual Development: Tolkien soon changed her name to Galadriel (TI/246), but it likely that at this early stage, her name still included galadh “tree”, since Tolkien often represented [ð] with “d” instead of “dh” in Lord of the Rings drafts: compare N. Caradras with S. Caradhras. The derivation of Galadriel’s name from S. galad “light” is probably a later innovation.

Changes

  • RhienGaldri(e)n ✧ TI/249
  • Galdri(e)nGaladhrien ✧ TI/249

Variations

  • Rhien ✧ TI/249; TII/Galadriel
  • Galdri(e)n ✧ TI/249
  • Galdrin ✧ TII/Galadriel
  • Galdrien ✧ TII/Galadriel
  • Galadrien ✧ TII/Galadriel
Noldorin [TI/249; TII/Galadriel] Group: Eldamo. Published by