alak

root. rushing, rushing, [ᴹ√] swift

A root whose most notable derivatives are Q. alqua, S. alph “swan”. The earliest iteration of this root was ᴱ√ḶKḶ from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/30); the other derivatives of this root from this period have to do with “appearance” such as ᴱQ. ilk- “to seem” (QL/42). By The Etymologies of the 1930s this root took on its later form, ᴹ√ALAK and had the gloss “rushing” with other derivatives like ᴹQ. alako “rush, rushing flight, wild wind”, N. alag “rushing, impetuous” and N. alagos “storm (of wind)” (Ety/ÁLAK). It was also an element in the name of S./N. Ancalagon “Biting Storm”. Given the continued appearance of this name of The Silmarillion (S/252), the 1930s meaning of this root may have survived, but it is hard to be certain since the name was only properly translated in the 1930s.

The 1930s root also had an unaugmented variant ᴹ√LAK with derivatives ᴹQ. (a)larka, N. lhagr “swift, rapid” (Ety/LAK²). Whether this unaugmented variant remained valid is unclear, but there is nothing in Tolkien’s later writing contradicting it either.

rindi

adjective. swift

alag

adjective. rushing, impetuous

celeg

adjective. swift, agile, hasty

lhagr

adjective. swift, rapid

The form lhegin in the published Etymologies might be a misreading for lhegrin, see VT/45:25. As noted by Bertrand Bellet, the two forms are listed side by side, and they may simply be doublets, but it is also possible that we have here a singular followed by its plural.

tuilin

noun. swallow (bird)

tuilind

noun. swallow (bird)

tuilinn

noun. swallow (bird)

celeg

adjective. swift, agile, hasty

lagor

adjective. swift, rapid

The form lhegin in the published Etymologies might be a misreading for lhegrin, see VT/45:25. As noted by Bertrand Bellet, the two forms are listed side by side, and they may simply be doublets, but it is also possible that we have here a singular followed by its plural.

lim

adjective. swift

adj. swift. Noro lim, noro lim Asfaloth. 'Run swift, run swift Asfaloth'. Q. limbe,#linta.

alag

rushing

(impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn)

ascar

rushing

(impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).

celeg

swift

1. celeg (agile), lenited geleg, pl. celig, 2) lagor, analogical pl. legyr, 3) legrin (rapid), no distinct pl. form, 4) lint (no distinct pl. form)

celeg

swift

(agile), lenited geleg, pl. celig

lagor

swift

analogical pl. legyr

legrin

swift

(rapid), no distinct pl. form

lint

swift

(no distinct pl. form)

rimp

rushing

(adj.) 1) rimp (flying), no distinct pl. form; 2) alag (impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn); 3) ascar (impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).

rimp

rushing

(flying), no distinct pl. form

tuilinn

swallow

(etymologically ”spring-singer”) *tuilinn (i duilinn, o thuilinn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thuilinn). Form normalized from tuilind in source; the latter would be an archaic form.

tuilinn

swallow

(i duilinn, o thuilinn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thuilinn). Form normalized from tuilind in source; the latter would be an archaic form.

alarca

swift, rapid

alarca ("k")adj. "swift, rapid" (LAK2)

arauca

swift, rushing

arauca ("k")adj. "swift, rushing" (LT2:347). Compare arauco.

larca

swift, rapid

larca ("k")adj. "swift, rapid" (LAK2)

linta

swift

linta adj. "swift"; pl. lintë attested (PE17:63. Nam, RGEO:66) Cf. lintië.

linta

adjective. swift

neuma

snare

neuma noun "snare" (SNEW)

rem-

verb. snare

#rem- vb. "snare"; cited in the form "remi-", apparently including the connecting vowel of the aorist tense (as in *remin "I snare"). (VT42:12)

remma

snare

remma noun "snare" (VT42:12)

remma

noun. snare, snare, *trap

A noun glossed “snare” in notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from 1967-69 based on the root √REM or √REB “entangle, snare, trap (as hunters or fishers) with lines or nets”, whose other derivatives include S. remmen “meshed, netted, entangled” and S. Remmirath “Netted Jewels” (VT42/12).

Conceptual Development: Earlier “snare” words include ᴱQ. lak (laq-) “snare” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAQA “catch” (QL/51), and ᴹQ. neuma “snare” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SNEW “entangle” (Ety/SNEW).

Neo-Quenya: I would not use ᴱQ. lak for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but I think ᴹQ. neuma can be salvaged. Its Noldorin cognate N. hniof had the additional gloss “noose”, so I think neuma would apply mainly to nooses and noose-like traps. Conversely, the derivatives of √REM had mostly to do with nets, so I would use remma as a “snare” for net-like traps. I would also use remma as a more general word for “✱trap”, including metaphorical traps like ambushes or “traps” within debates on words. For an actual “net” I would use rembë.

rimpa

rushing, flying

rimpa adj.? noun? "rushing, flying" (RIP; the word is more likely an adjective)

rindë

adjective. swift

tuilindo

swallow

tuilindo noun "swallow", etymologically "spring-singer" (TUY, LIN2, LT1:269, LT2:338)

tyelca

swift, agile

tyelca ("k")adj. "swift, agile" (KYELEK), "hasty" (PM:353)