gaearon

noun. ocean, (lit.) great sea

A word for “ocean” (PE17/27), “great sea” (PM/363) or “great ocean” (RGEO/64) variously attested as gae(a)ron (PE17/027; PE17/149; PM/363) or aearon (RGEO/65), and a combination of gaear or aear “sea” with the augmentative suffix -on (PE17/27, RGEO/65). Since I prefer gaear for sea; I also prefer gaearon or gaeron for “ocean”. Of these, I think gaeron is the ordinary form, and gaearon is more archaic or poetic.

Cognates

• Q. airon “ocean” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/149
• Q. ëaren “ocean, great sea” ✧ PE17/027; PM/363

Element in

• S. nef aear, sí nef aearon “here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea” ✧ LotR/0238; PE17/027; RGEO/63; RGEO/64
• S. Oraeron “Sea-day, *Thursday”
• S. Seron Aearon “Sea-lover” ✧ PM/348

Elements

Word	Gloss
gaear	“sea”
-on	“augmentative suffix”

Variations

• (g)aearon ✧ PE17/027
• gaer(on) ✧ PE17/149
• gae(a)ron ✧ PM/363
• aearon ✧ RGEO/65