tong

adjective. taut, tight; resonant (of strings)

tong

adjective. taut, tight (of strings), resonant

lamben

place name. Tongue

A transient name for the Naith in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “Tongue” (TI/280). It seems to be an elaboration or variant form of N. lham(b) “tongue”.

lham(b)

noun. tongue

gondolindeb

proper name. Tongue of Gondolin

gondolindrin

proper name. Tongue of Gondolin

Name of the dialect of Gondolin (LR/177), a combination of that name with the Quenya language suffix ᴹQ. -rin.

Conceptual Development: This name was first written Gondolindeb with the Noldorin adjective suffix -eb.

lham

noun. physical tongue

lhamb

noun. physical tongue

dring

noun. hammer

dam

noun. hammer

A noun for “a hammer” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDAM “hammer, beat”, most notably an element in the name N. Damrod “hammer of copper” (Ety/NDAM). In later writings this name became Amrod, but I would keep dam “hammer” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. See S. dring for other “hammer” words.

naith

noun. gore

ang

noun. iron

ang

noun. iron

angren

adjective. of iron

angren

adjective. of iron

dam

noun. hammer

damma-

verb. to hammer

It was long considered that damna-, dammint in the Etymologies might have been misreadings. VT/45:37 confirms this, though the exact reading actually remains rather uncertain

damma-

verb. to hammer

A verb for “to hammer” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDAM “hammer, beat” (Ety/NDAM).