Quenya 

angaina

of iron

angaina adj. "of iron" (ANGĀ)

Sindarin 

angren

adjective. of iron

Cognates

  • Roh. Isen ✧ UTI/Isen

Element in

Variations

  • Angren ✧ PE17/032; UT/318; UTI/Isen
Sindarin [PE17/032; SA/anga; UT/264; UT/318; UTI/Isen] Group: Eldamo. Published by

angren

place name. Isen, (lit.) Iron

Sindarin name of the river Isen (UT/318), it is simply the adjective angren “iron” used as a name.

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
angren“of iron”
Sindarin [UT/318; UTI/Angren] Group: Eldamo. Published by

angren

of iron

angren (pl. engrin);

Noldorin 

angren

adjective. of iron

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. angaina “of iron” ✧ Ety/ANGĀ

Element in

Variations

  • Angren ✧ SD/033
Noldorin [Ety/ANGĀ; Ety/AYAK; SD/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Rohirric

isen

place name. Isen

Cognates

  • S. angren “of iron” ✧ UTI/Isen

Variations

  • Iren ✧ TII/Isen
Rohirric [LotRI/Isen; PMI/Isen; SDI1/Isen; TII/Isen; UTI/Isen; WRI/Isen] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

angaina

adjective. of iron

Cognates

  • N. angren “of iron” ✧ Ety/ANGĀ

Elements

WordGloss
anga“iron”
-ina“adjective suffix; passive participle”

Gnomish

engri[n]

adjective. of iron

Early Noldorin

angren

adjective. of iron

Element in

Early Noldorin [PE13/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

angaina

adjective. of iron

Cognates

  • G. angrin “of iron, iron” ✧ LT1A/Angamandi

Variations

  • anga(ina) ✧ PME/031
  • ANGAINA ✧ QL/031
Early Quenya [LT1A/Angamandi; PME/031; QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tong??a

adjective. of iron

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TOŊO “to hammer” ✧ QL/094
Early Quenya [QL/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yeraina

adjective. of iron

Cognates

Variations

  • ’yeraina ✧ QL/105
  • ’yereva ✧ QL/105
Early Quenya [QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yereva

adjective. of iron

English

Isen

Isen

Why the river was called Isen, or "Iron" in modern English, is not known. Presumably the grey pebbles on the bottom and the banks of the river made the water look iron-grey.

English [Tolkien Gateway] Published by