esten(t)

adjective. short

Derivations

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/141
  • √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185
• √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > estent	[ṣtentā] > [ṣtenta] > [estenta] > [estentʰa] > [estenθa] > [estenθ] > [estent]	✧ PE17/141
√STEN > esten	[ṣtenna] > [estenna] > [estenn] > [esten]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• estent ✧ PE17/141; WJ/311
• esten ✧ PE17/185

then

adjective. short

thenn

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

Cognates

• Q. senna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185

Derivations

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
  • √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Element in

• S. Ann-thennath “*Long-shorts”
• S. Minlamad Thent “mode of Elvish verse” ✧ WJ/311
• S. Thenfalas “Short Beach”
• ᴺS. thennas “shortness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > thent	[stentā] > [stenta] > [sθenta] > [sθentʰa] > [sθenθa] > [θenθa] > [θenθ] > [θent]	✧ PE17/141
✶stenna > thenn	[stenna] > [sθenna] > [θenna] > [θenn]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• thenn ✧ PE17/185

estent

adjective. (very?) short

The slash sign in minlamad thent/estent might indicate either variant forms of an adjective, or a sequence of two short verse units, possibly of alliterating half-lines, see Tolkien's Legendarium p. 122

thent

short

thent (pl. thint), also ?estent (pl. estint).

thent

short

(pl. thint), also ?estent (pl. estint).

thinnas

shortness

(also used for a “breve”, a mark indicating that a vowel is short). Verb

nuitha

stop short

(i nuitha, in nuithar) (prevent from coming to completion; stunt; not allow to continue) (WJ:413)