undu

down

foina

hidden

foina adj. "hidden" (LT2:340)

furin

hidden, concealed

furin adj. "hidden, concealed" (also hurin, which form may be preferred in a LotR-compatible form of Quenya) (LT2:340)

hurin

hidden, concealed

hurin adj. "hidden, concealed" (also furin) (LT2:340)

undu

down, under, beneath

undu adv. (and prep.?) "down, under, beneath" (UNU, VT46:20); prefixundu- "down", in undulávë "down-licked" = covered. (Nam)

muina

hidden, secret

muina adj. "hidden, secret" (MUY)

torn

hidden

adj. hidden, secret. >> terech

torn

burial mound

pl1. tyrn n. burial mound. >> Tyrn Gorthad

torn

noun. burial mound

A word appearing in its plural form in Tyrn Gorthad “Barrow-downs” in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1040). In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien translated torn as “burial mound” and the second element gorthad as “wraith, spirit of Dead” (PE17/116).

In notes on Sindarin genitives from around 1967 Tolkien had a nasal-mutated form Thor in the phrase i·m(b)air en Thor “the houses of the Dead” with unmutated Tor or Taur in the margin, but Tolkien revised this to i·m(b)air en N(d)engin “the houses of the Slain” (PE17/116). Christopher Gilson pointed out that this Tor/Taur might be connected to torn “burial mound”. It may be that Tolkien was uncertain which element of Tyrn Gorthad referred to the mounds, and which referred to the dead inside the mounds. He may also have felt constrained by the fact that tyrn was likely plural but gorthad was clearly singular.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, it is probably easiest to assume torn means “burial mound” and gorthad means “wraith”.

Element in

• S. Tyrn Gorthad “Barrow-downs” ✧ PE17/116

Variations

• Torn ✧ PE17/116

torn

adjective. hidden, secret

Derivations

• √TOR “secrete, hide” ✧ PE17/188

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√TOR > torn	[torna] > [torn]	✧ PE17/188

Variations

• torn ✧ PE17/188

dolen

adjective. hidden, hidden, [N.] secret

Element in

• S. Gondolin “Hidden Rock, (originally) Singing Stone” ✧ WJ/201

torn

down

(noun) *torn (i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”.

torn

down

(i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”. 

thoren

hidden

(guarded, fenced), pl. thorin

thurin

hidden

(secret); no distinct pl. form

dolen

hidden

1) dolen (secret), lenited dholen, pl. dolin. Archaic daulen. 2) hall (veiled, shadowed, shady); lenited chall; pl. hail. Note: a homophone means ”high, exalted”, 3) thoren (guarded, fenced), pl. thorin, 4) thurin (secret); no distinct pl. form_.

dolen

hidden

(secret), lenited dholen, pl. dolin. Archaic daulen.

dad

downward

;

dadbenn

downhill, sloping down

(inclined, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn;

haudh

burial mound

haudh (i chaudh, o chaudh) (barrow, grave, tomb), pl. hoedh (i choedh), coll. pl. hodhath

haudh

burial mound

haudh (i chaudh, o chaudh) (barrow, grave, tomb), pl. hoedh (i choedh), coll. pl. hodhath.

penna

slant down

(i benna, i phennar)

hall

hidden

(veiled, shadowed, shady); lenited chall; pl. hail. Note: a homophone means ”high, exalted”

dad

adverb. down

Derivations

• ᴹ√DAT “fall down” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Element in

• N. dadben “downhill, inclined, prone, downhill, inclined, prone; [ᴱN.] (figuratively) easy-going, easy, not arduous” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT
• N. Rhimdad “Rushdown”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DAT > dad	[data] > [dat] > [dad]	✧ Ety/DAT

Variations

• dad- ✧ EtyAC/DAT

dolen

adjective. hidden, secret

Element in

• N. Ardholen “Hidden Realm”

dad

adverb. down, downwards