palar

flat field, 'wang', plain

palar noun "flat field, 'wang', plain" (the editors indicate that the last gloss may also be read as "place", but "plain" seems more likely in light of the other glosses, VT46:8)

talf

noun. wang, flat field, topographical flat area

A noun for a “topographical flat area” (PE17/52) or “flat field” (RC/779) in the name S. Nindalf “Wetwang”, where Tolkien indicated that “wang” was an archaic English word for “field, flat area” (RC/779). It was derived from the root √TALAM “flat space” (PE17/52).

Cognates

• Q. talma “flat space, platform” ✧ PE17/052

Derivations

• ✶talam “floor; flat space, platform, floor; flat space, platform, [ᴹ✶] ‘flet’; ground” ✧ PE17/052
  • √TALAM “flat space, flat space, [ᴹ√] floor, ground; base, root, foundation”
• √TALAM “flat space, flat space, [ᴹ√] floor, ground; base, root, foundation” ✧ PE17/052

Element in

• S. Nindalf “Wetwang” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/052; PE17/061; RC/779

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√talam > talf	[talma] > [talm] > [talv]	✧ PE17/052

talf

noun. palm of hand

talf

noun. flat field, flat land

talf

a word applied to topographical flat areas

_ n. _a word applied to topographical flat areas, wang. >> Nindalf

talf

palm

(of hand) 1) talf (i dalf, o thalf), pl. ?telf (i thelf), coll. pl. talvath. Note: a homophone means ”low, flat field; wetland”.2) camlann (i gamlann, o chamlann), pl. cemlain (i chemlain), 3) *plâd (cited as ”plad” in the source) (i blâd, construct plad), (flat of the hand, hand held upwards or forwards, flat and tensed, with fingers and thumb closed or spread), pl. plaid (i phlaid). (VT47:9) PASS THE SENSITIVE PALM OVER A SURFACE, see .

talf

palm

(i dalf, o thalf), pl. ?telf (i thelf), coll. pl. talvath. Note: a homophone means ”low, flat field; wetland”.2) camlann (i gamlann, o chamlann), pl. cemlain (i chemlain), 3)  ✱plâd (cited as ”plad” in the source) (i blâd, construct plad), (flat of the hand, hand held upwards or forwards, flat and tensed, with fingers and thumb closed or spread), pl. plaid (i phlaid). (VT47:9)

talf

field

(i dalf, o thalf), pl. telf (i thelf), coll. pl. talvath. (Names:195). Note: a homophone means ”palm”.

talf

wetland

(i dalf), pl. ?telf (i thelf), coll. pl. talvath. (Names:195) Note: a homophone means ”palm”.

parth

field

1) parth (i barth, o pharth) (sward, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth), 2) (low, flat field, or wetland) talf (i dalf, o thalf), pl. telf (i thelf), coll. pl. talvath. _(Names:195). Note: a homophone means ”palm”. 3) sant (i hant, o sant) (garden, yard, or other privately owned place), pl. saint (i saint) (VT42:20)_

camlann

noun. palm of hand

parth

noun. field, enclosed grassland, sward

plad

noun. palm, flat of the hand, hand held upwards or forwards, flat and tensed (with fingers and thumb closed or spread)

camlann

noun. palm of hand

parth

field

(i barth, o pharth) (sward, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth)

rîdh

sown field

(acre);  no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (idh rîdh)

sant

field

(i hant, o sant) (garden, yard, or other privately owned place), pl. saint (i saint) (VT42:20) 

dalf

noun. palm of hand

dalf

noun. palm of hand

Derivations

• On. dalma “palm of hand” ✧ Ety/DAL
  • ᴹ√DAL “flat” ✧ Ety/DAL
• ᴹ√DAL “flat” ✧ Ety/DAL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. dalma > dalf	[dalma] > [dalm] > [dalv]	✧ Ety/DAL

Variations

• dalv ✧ EtyAC/DAL

camland

noun. palm of hand

camland

noun. palm of hand

A noun appearing as N. camland “palm of hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a combination of N. cam “hand” and N. lhann “wide” (Ety/LAD). It is not clear why this word ends in nd rather than reducing to n(n) as is usual.

Conceptual Development: There were some similar words for “palm of the hand” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. mablad or mablod plus G. mavlant, all with an initial element G. mab “hand[s]” and a second element like G. lad “a level, a flat” or G. blant “flat” (GL/23, 52, 55).

Neo-Sindarin: This word is often adapted as ᴺS. camlann for Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD), in keeping with the trend of final nd becoming n(n) in polysyllable in both Noldorin and Sindarin.

dalv

noun. palm of hand

pel

noun. fenced field (= Old English tún)

rîdh

noun. sown field, acre