A word glossed “fillet, snood” in 1968 notes on the name of Galadriel, derived from the √RIƷ “wind about, wreathe” (NM/353). A “fillet” is a ribbon or strip used as a headband for holding hair and “snood” is an older English word for a decorative hairnet.
Quenya
ríma
edge, hem, border
ríma
noun. fillet, snood, fillet, snood, *headband, hairnet
Derivations
- √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ NM/353
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √RIƷ > ríma [riɣma] > [rīma] ✧ NM/353
cimba
noun. edge, brink
úri
sun
úri noun "sun" (MC:214, 221; this is "Qenya"); genitive úrio "sun's" (MC:216)
réna
edge, border, margin
réna noun "edge, border, margin" (REG)
Anar
sun
Anar noun "Sun" (ANÁR, NAR1, SA:nár; UT:22 cf. 51); anar "a sun" (Markirya); Anarinya "my Sun" (FS). See also ceuranar, Úr-anar. (According to VT45:6, Tolkien in the Etymologies mentioned anar "sun" as the name of the short vowel carrier of the Tengwar writing system; it would be the first letter if anar is written in Quenya mode Tengwar.) Compounded in the masc. name Anárion "Sun-son" (Isildur's brother, also the Númenorean king Tar-Anárion, UT:210); also in Anardil "Sun-friend" (Appendix A), a name also occurring in the form Anardilya with a suffix of endearment (UT:174, 418). Anarya noun second day of the Eldarin six-day week, dedicated to the Sun (Appendix D). Anarríma name of a constellation: *"Sun-border"??? (Silm; cf. ríma)
Narsil
sun
Narsil (Þ) noun the sword of Elendil, compound of the stems seen in Anar "Sun" and Isil "Moon"; see Letters:425 for etymology
Calaventë
sun
Calaventë _("k")_noun "Sun" (LT1:254)
Calavénë
sun
Calavénë _("k")_noun "Sun" (lit. "light-vessel", "light-dish") (LT1:254)
ríma
noun. line of seeds planted, row, series, furrow
Derivations
- ᴹ√RIY “*scatter, [ᴱ√] scatter”
hríma
noun. edge, hem, border
Derivations
- ᴹ√SRI “*edge, border”
ríma noun "edge, hem, border" (RĪ)