vṛðṛ

root. *rule

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as ᴱ√VṚDṚ, but primitive forms ᴱ✶vṝđa and ᴱ✶vṛđní suggest the actual root was ᴱ√VṚÐṚ; it had derivatives like ᴱQ. vard- “rule, govern”, ᴱQ. varni “queen”, and ᴱQ. Varda (QL/102). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon it had derivatives like G. bardha- “rule, reign” and G. bridh(n)ir “queen” (GL/22, 24). In later writings, Q. Varda was derived from √BARAD “lofty”.

Derivatives

• ᴱ✶vṝđa ✧ QL/102
  • Eq. Varda ✧ QL/102
• ᴱ✶vṛđní ✧ QL/102
  • Eq. varni “queen” ✧ QL/102
• Eq. vard- “to rule, govern” ✧ QL/102
• G. bardha “realm”
• G. bardha- “to rule, reign”
• G. Bridhil “*Queen”
• G. brindi “(Queen) Princess”

Element in

• Eq. kuruvar “wizard”
• Eq. Varastirion
• G. bridh(n)ir “queen, princess”
• G. bridhweg “liege (m.)”
• G. bridhwig “liege (f.)”
• G. bridhon “king, prince”

Variations

• VṚDṚ ✧ QL/102