rimbë

crowd, host, great number

rimbë noun "crowd, host, great number" (RIM, SA:rim, Letters:282)

rimbë

noun. host, great number, host, great number, [ᴹQ.] crowd

Cognates

• S. -rim “collective or group plural” ✧ Let/178
• S. rim “host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), [N.] crowd” ✧ Let/382; PE17/050; SA/rim; UT/318

Derivations

• ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number”

Variations

• rimbe ✧ Let/178; Let/382; PE17/050

cimba

noun. edge, brink

ríma

edge, hem, border

ríma noun "edge, hem, border" (RĪ)

liyúmë

host

liyúmë noun "host" (VT48:32)

liyúmë

noun. host

Variations

• liyúme ✧ VT48/32

réna

edge, border, margin

réna noun "edge, border, margin" (REG)

sanga

crowd, press, throng

sanga (þ) noun "crowd, press, throng" (STAG, SA:thang, LT2:342; pl. sangar (?) twice in Narqelion). In Sangahyando (þ) masc. name "Throng-cleaver", name of a man in Gondor _(SA:thang; a footnote in Letters:425 explains that "throng" here means a closely formed body of enemy soldiers. In the Etymologies, stems STAG, SYAD, _sangahyando is said to be a swordname, and LT2:342 likewise defines the word as a name of Turambar's sword: "cleaver of throngs, Throng-cleaver".)

rim

noun. crowd, host, great number

rîw

noun. edge, hem, border

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)

lanc

noun. sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end (as a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or built)

hoth

host

(noun) 1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth). 2) rim (great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”. 3) gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). WOLF-HOST, see under WEREWOLF (concerning gaurhoth**).

hoth

host

(i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth).

rim

host

(great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

rim

crowd

(great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

rîw

edge

*rîw (construct riw) (hem, border), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhîf.

rîw

edge

(construct riw) (hem, border), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhîf.

lanc

sharp edge

(sudden end, brink), pl. lainc, coll. pl. langath. Note: homophones mean ”naked” and also ”neck, throat”.

hoth

crowd

1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth), 2) ovras (heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath, 3) rim (great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

hoth

crowd

(i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth)

ovras

crowd

(heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath

gwaith

host

(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). –

gaurhoth

werewolf

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rhimb

noun. crowd, host, great number

rhim

noun. crowd, host, great number

rhim

noun. crowd, host

Cognates

• ᴹQ. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM

Derivations

• On. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
  • ᴹ✶rimbē “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
  • ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number” ✧ Ety/RIM

Element in

• N. -rim “group plural” ✧ Ety/LI; Ety/RIM

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. rimbe > rhimb > rhim	[rimbe] > [rimb] > [r̥imb] > [r̥imb] > [r̥imm] > [r̥im]	✧ Ety/RIM

Variations

• rhim ✧ Ety/LI; Ety/RIM

rhîf

noun. edge, hem, border

ovras

noun. crowd, heap.

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)