(verb) ?thel- (intend, purpose, resolve, will)
Sindarin
thel-
verb. to intend, mean, purpose, resolve, will
thel-
verb. to intend, mean, purpose, resolve, will
nethel
noun. sister
thel
mean
thel
mean
(intend, purpose, resolve, will)
thel
resolve
(vb.) ?thel- (intend, mean, purpose, will)
thel
resolve
(intend, mean, purpose, will)
thel
will
(vb.) ?thel- (intend, mean, purpose, resolve)
thel
will
(intend, mean, purpose, resolve)
thel
intend
?thel- (mean, purpose, resolve, will)
thel
intend
(mean, purpose, resolve, will)
thel
purpose
(verb) ?thel- (intend, mean, resolve, will);
thel
purpose
(intend, mean, resolve, will);
cidinn
?. [unglossed]
cinnog
?. [unglossed]
faeg
adjective. mean, poor, bad
hand
noun. [unglossed]
inn
noun. purpose, intention
innas
noun. will
madu
?. [unglossed]
maud
?. [unglossed]
neth
noun. sister
neth
noun. girl (in her teens, approaching the adult)
nethig
noun. "litte sister"
First given in the manuscript as netheg in VT/47:14-15, but see especially VT/48:17 n. 13 for discussion
nethig
noun. ring finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)
First given in the manuscript as netheg in VT/47:14-15, but see especially VT/48:17 n. 13 for discussion
nidh-
verb. will, mean to, have a mind to
nîth
noun. sister
nîth
noun. sister
estel
purpose
(noun, ”steady purpose”) estel (hope, trust), pl. estil
estel
purpose
(hope, trust), pl. estil
faeg
mean
(adj.) faeg (poor, bad); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” foeg.
faeg
mean
(poor, bad); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” foeg.
innas
will
(noun) innas, pl. innais (VT44:23)
innas
will
pl. innais (VT44:23)
neth
sister
1) neth (also used = ”girl”). (VT47:14-16, 33; VT48:6), pl. nith. Notice the homophone neth ”young”. Also nîth (no distinct pl. form though the plural article with show pluarlity when the noun is definite: in nîth) (VT47:14). 2) gwathel (i **wathel), pl. gwethil (in gwethil). 3) muinthel (i vuinthel), pl. muinthil (i muinthil), more usual than the shorter form thêl (stem thele-), pl. theli. In “Noldorin”, the pl. was thelei** (LR:392 s.v. THEL).
thelion
one who purposes
(pl. thelyn, coll. pl. thelionnath)
A word for “sister” coined by Tolkien in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, based on the root √NETH of similar meaning and replacing the archaic form of the word †nîth (VT47/12, 14). The diminutive/affectionate form nethig “[little] sister” was used as a play name for the fourth finger (VT48/6); Tolkien considered an alternate diminutive netheg (VT47/14, 32) and also considered giving this diminutive an alternate meaning “little girl” (VT47/15, 33); see S. neth for discussion.
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. thêl “sister” from the root ᴹ√THEL or THELES (Ety/THEL), and the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. hethir “sister” from the early root ᴱ√HESE [HEÞE] (GL/48; QL/40). See those entries for discussion.