sow
root. wash, *bath
red
root. scatter, sow
rhedh-
verb. to sow
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form N. rheði “to sow” under the root ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” (Ety/RED).
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. redh- “to sow”, as suggested in HSD (HSD).
rhedh-
verb. to sow
rer-
verb. to sow
#rer- vb. "to sow" (1st pers. aorist rerin "I sow"), pa.t. rendë (RED)
sarrer-
verb. to do something useless or futile, to waste effort, (lit.) sow stone
rel-
verb. to sow
redh-
verb. to sow
redh
sow
redh- (i rêdh, idh redhir), pa.t. rend
redh
sow
(i rêdh, idh redhir), pa.t. rend
redh-
verb. to sow
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!
oro
root. *sow
rer-
verb. to sow
A verb appearing as 1st sg. ᴹQ. rerin “I sow” with past tense rende in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” (Ety/RED). Here the ancient *d* became *r* as it usually did after vowels.
Neo-Quenya: In both Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1940s and Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, Tolkien indicated that when medial *d* followed an *r*, it could dissimilate to *l* rather that following its usual development to *r* (PE19/32, PE19/70). In OP2 he gave the verb Q. ral- < √RAD as an example (PE19/99). Thus it is possible that ᴹQ. rer- should be revised to ᴺQ. rel- “to sow” to fit this rule, as suggested by Elaran. However, since Tolkien had this rule in the 1930s but still had ᴹQ. rer- in The Etymologies, I prefer to think the dissimilation of medial d to l was a sporadic change, and would therefore retain rer- for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. orya- “sow” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√ORO (QL/70).
graus
noun. sow, *female pig
A noun for “a sow” (female pig) in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s of unclear derivation (GL/42).
orya-
verb. to sow
red
root. scatter, sow
This root first appeared as ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s along with augmented variant ᴹ√ERÉD and derivatives like ᴹQ. erde/N. eredh “seed, germ” and ᴹQ. resta/N. rîdh “sown field, acre” (Ety/ERÉD, RED). √RED appeared again in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s with the same gloss “scatter, sow” and derivatives Q. resta/S. rîdh “sown field” (PE19/91). The Quenya word resta reappeared in the 1964 phrase Q. nai elen siluva parma-restalyanna meldonya “✱may a star shine upon your book-fair, my friend” (VT49/38), which might indicate the ongoing validity of this root, but it is also quite possible that resta “✱fair” has a completely different etymology.