sindel

noun. Grey-elf

Elements

Word	Gloss
sinda	“grey”
Elda	“Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk”

sinda

proper name. Grey-elf

Quenya name for the Grey Elves (PM/223), usually appearing in its plural form Sindar (LotR/1137). It is simply sinda “grey” used as a name (SA/thin(d)).

Cognates

• S. Thend “*Sinda, Grey-Elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/140; PE17/141
• S. Thindrim “Sindar” ✧ VT41/09

Derivations

• ✶thindā “grey” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  • √THIN “*grey”
• √THIN “*grey” ✧ WJ/384

Element in

• Q. Elwë, aran Sindaron “Elwe, King of the Sindar” ✧ WJ/369
• Q. Sindarin “Grey-elven” ✧ SMI/Sindar

Elements

Word	Gloss
sinda	“grey”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶thindā > thinda > sinda	[tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda]	✧ PE17/141
✶thinida > sinda	[tʰinida] > [tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda]	✧ PE17/141
√THIN > Sindar	[tʰinda] > [θinda] > [sinda]	✧ WJ/384

Variations

• sindē ✧ PE17/140
• sinda ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141

Thinnedhel

'Grey-Elf'

{ð} n. 'Grey-Elf'. Later more generally used of the subjects of Thingol. >> edhel, thinn

thinnedhel

proper name. Grey-elf

A Sindarin term for a “Grey-elf”, equivalent of Q. Sinda, a combination of thind “grey” and Edhel “Elf” (PE17/139).

Elements

Word	Gloss
thind	“grey, grey, [N.] pale”
Edhel	“Elf”

Variations

• Thinneðel ✧ PE17/139