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Early Primitive Elvish

yere(ne)

root. *iron

This root appeared in two different forms in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s: as ᴱ√DYEÐE = ‘EÐE equivalent of ᴱQ. anga “iron” (QL/105), and as ERE(N) “iron or steel” = ᴱ√YEREN (QL/36). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien had related forms G. ger “ore, metal” and G. geth “ore of metals (esp. raw iron)” (GL/38); the second of these was deleted, which probably means Tolkien selected ᴱ√YEREN over ᴱ√DYEÐE. In any cases, none of these forms appear in later writings, where Tolkien largely used √ANGA for “iron”.

Derivatives

  • Eq. yere(n) “pig iron” ✧ QL/105
  • G. ger “ore, metal” ✧ GL/38
  • G. geth “ore of metals (esp. raw iron)” ✧ GL/38

Variations

  • yĕrĕ(n) ✧ GL/38
  • YEREN ✧ QL/036
  • DYEÐE ✧ QL/105
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/38; QL/036; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by