thenna

thenna

†thenna, see senna #2

senna

short

senna (þ, cf. older form thenna) adj. "short" (PE17:185). This is a later (TLT) variant of sinta.

senna

adjective. short

Cognates

• S. thent “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185

Derivations

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

Element in

• ᴺQ. sennacénëa “short-sighted”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > thenta > senta	[stentā] > [θentā] > [θenta] > [senta]	✧ PE17/141
✶stenna > thenna > senna	[stenna] > [θenna] > [senna]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• senta ✧ PE17/141

sinta

short

sinta (þ) (1) adj. "short" (STINTĀ). Cf. senna #2.

Sindel

grey-elf

Sindel (þ) (Sindeld-, as in pl. Sindeldi) noun "Grey-elf" = Sinda pl. Sindar, but less common (WJ:384)

thenn

adjective. short

thenn

Grey-Elf

pl1. thinn n. Grey-Elf. Q. thinda, sinda. The form thinn is given with a dagger, indicating an archaic or poetical form.

thenn

thenna

adj. Q. thenna, senna. >> esten

esten

adjective. thenna

adj. Q. thenna, senna. >> thenn

then

adjective. short

thennes

noun. Grey-Elf

fem. n. Grey-Elf. >> -es

thennon

noun. Grey-Elf

pl1. thennyn masc. n. Grey-Elf. Note the rule on the same page stating that the ending was "after n -or". >> -on

thennor

noun. Grey-Elf

pl1. thennyr masc. n. Grey-Elf.

Thend

Grey-Elf

pl2. thendrim, thennath n. #Grey-Elf. Tolkien notes that in the plural forms "The e is analogical from (rare) sg. thend" (PE17:141).

thend

noun. *Sinda, Grey-Elf

Changes

• thind → thend ✧ PE17/140
• thinið → thineð ✧ PE17/141

Cognates

• Q. Sinda “Grey-elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/140; PE17/141

Derivations

• ✶thindā “grey” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  • √THIN “*grey”

Element in

• S. Thenneth “*Grey-Elf (f.)” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141
• S. Thennor “*Grey-Elf (m.)” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶thindā > thenn	[tʰindā] > [tʰinda] > [θinda] > [θenda] > [θend] > [θenn]	✧ PE17/141
✶thinida > thineð	[tʰinida] > [θinida] > [θineda] > [θineða] > [θineð]	✧ PE17/141

Variations

• thend ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141 (thend)
• thind ✧ PE17/140 (thind)
• Thinn(d) ✧ PE17/140
• thenn ✧ PE17/141
• Thind ✧ PE17/141
• thineð ✧ PE17/141
• thinið ✧ PE17/141 (thinið)

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

thenneth

noun. Grey-Elf

fem. n. Grey-Elf. >> -eth

thindon

noun. Grey-Elf

masc. n. #Grey-Elf. >> -on

thind

Grey-Elf

pl2. thindrim n. #Grey-Elf.

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

thinedh

noun. Grey-Elf

{ð} fem. n. #Grey-Elf. >> -eth

thinidh

Grey-Elf

pl2. thinidhrim {ð} n. #Grey-Elf.

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

thindeth

noun. Grey-Elf

fem. n. #Grey-Elf. >> -eth

thinidhes

noun. Grey-Elf

{ð} fem. n. #Grey-Elf.

mîth

noun. *Sinda, Grey-Elf

Derivations

• ✶mītha “*grey” ✧ PE17/140
  • √MITH “grey”

Element in

• S. Mithres “Grey-Elf (f.)” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140 (mithrel*)
• S. Mithron “*Grey-Elf (m.)” ✧ PE17/140

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶mītha > mîth	[mītha] > [mīth]	✧ PE17/140

Variations

• mîth ✧ PE17/140
• maeth ✧ PE17/140
• mith ✧ PE17/140
• maiþ ✧ PE17/140 (maiþ)
• mĭth ✧ PE17/140 (mĭth)

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

send

grey-elf

#send (i hend, o send, construct sen) _(probably a term only used by the Noldor, borrowed from Quenya Sinda)_, pl. sind (i sind), coll. pl. Sendrim.

nuitha

stop short

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

stenna

adjective. short

Derivations

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

Derivatives

• Q. senna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
• S. esten(t) “short” ✧ PE17/141
• S. thent “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185

Variations

• stentā ✧ PE17/141

thent

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sinta “short” ✧ Ety/STINTĀ

Derivations

• On. sthinta “short” ✧ Ety/STINTĀ
  • ᴹ√STINTĀ “short” ✧ Ety/STINTĀ

Element in

• N. Lammasethen “Shorter Account of the Elvish Tongues”
• N. thinnas “shortness, shortening”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. sthinta > thent	[sθinta] > [sθintʰa] > [sθinθa] > [θinθa] > [θenθa] > [θenθ] > [θent]	✧ Ety/STINTĀ