nud-
verb. to tie, bind
nud-
verb. *to tie
nod-
verb. to tie
-nud Reconstructed
preposition. on
A preposition attested only in the phrase “on us” in the Lament of Akallabêth, changing through the drafts as nēnum >> nēnu >> nēnud (SD/247, 312). Most authors identify -nud as the prepositional element (AAD/20, LGtAG, NBA/14), perhaps related to Q. nu “under”. If so, it may be a derivative of the Elvish roots √NŪ/UNU “under” or √NDU “down”, with a semantic shift to the meaning “on”.
bo
preposition. on
erin
preposition. on the
nod-
verb. to tie, bind
nod
tie
nod- (i nôd, i nedir) (bind), pa.t. likely *nunt since the root is __ (LR:378).
nod
tie
(i nôd, i nedir) (bind), pa.t. likely ✱nunt since the root is NUT (LR:378).
or
on
(prep.) 1) or (above), with article erin ”on the” (followed by ”mixed mutation” according to David Salos reconstructions). Erin represents archaic örin. 2)
or
on
(above), with article erin ”on the” (followed by ”mixed mutation” according to David Salo’s reconstructions). Erin represents archaic örin.
po
on
po (lenited bo) (VT44:23)
po
on
(lenited bo) (VT44:23)
taetha
tie
taetha- (fasten) (i daetha, i thaethar)
taetha
tie
(fasten) (i daetha, i thaethar)
apa
on
apa (2) prep. denoting "on" with reference to contact of surfaces, especially vertical surface (in the sense in which a picture hangs on a wall). Apa is said to have this meaning in various Tolkien manuscripts (VT44:26), but apa is also used for "after" (see apa #1 above), and the two were probably never meant to coexist in a single variant of Quenya. The clash may be avoided by consistently using the variants pá, pa (q.v.) mentioned by Tolkien in the sense of apa #2. Another variant gives apa, pá "on (above but touching)" (VT49:18).
nut-
verb. tie
nut- vb. "tie" (1st pers. aorist nutin "I tie") (NUT)
pá
on
pá, pa (1) prep. "on" with reference to contact of surfaces, especially vertical surface (in the sense in which a picture hangs on a wall); also used = "touching, as regards, concerning" (VT44:26). Another variant gives pá (and apa) with the meaning "on (above but touching)". (2) Variants of apa "after" (VT44:36), which preposition is in one source also ascribed the first meaning here discussed. For Neo-Quenya purposes, pá and pa may be used for "on" or "concerning", whereas apa is used for "after" (see entries for apa #1 and #2), or pa may also be seen as a shorter form of apa "after", as in the phrase yéni pa yéni *"years upon years" (VT44:36)
krimp-
verb. to tie, bind
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
nud-
verb. to incline head, bend face down
A verb appearing as G. nud- “incline head, bend face down” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/61), probably based on the early root ᴱ√NUHU “bow, bend down; stoop, sink” (QL/68). There is a similar and probably-related verb G. nunta- “agree” appearing two lines below it.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would combine and adapt these verbs as ᴺS. nunna- “to incline head, bend face down, ✱nod; to assent, ✱agree” based on the later root √NU “sink, go down”, perhaps from primitive ✱nun-tā.
ther-
verb. to tie
teme
root. tie
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “tie” with no derivatives (QL/91), but ᴱQ. tendl “string” is derived from ᴱ√teme in The Qenya Phonology (PE12/25) and ᴱQ. Vorotemnar, name of the manacles binding Melko in the earliest Lost Tales, is probably related as pointed out by Christopher Tolkien (LT1/101, 273). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
serta-
verb. to tie
A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “tie” under the early root ᴱ√SERE “twine, tie, bind” (QL/83).
nut-
verb. to tie
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as nutin “I tie” under the root ᴹ√NUT “tie, bind” (Ety/NUT).
nut-
verb. to tie, to tie, *bind
snar
root. tie
A verb glossed “tie” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, appearing as nud- under the root ᴹ√NUT “tie, bind” (Ety/NUT) but as nod- under the entry for the root ᴹ√WŌ, where Tolkien said it coalesced with N. nod- “count” in Exhilic Noldorin (Ety/WŌ). Since [[s|short [u] generally became [o]]] in Sindarin and Noldorin, it seems nud- was an archaic form and the modern form was nod- “to tie”, crowding out nod- “count” which in turn was replaced by other independent verbs like N. gonod- “to count (up)”, though nod “count” survived as an element in compounds (Ety/NOT, WŌ).