ialë

everlasting age

[ialë noun "everlasting age" (GEY; the word "age" dropped out in the Etymologies as printed in LR; see VT45:14. Replaced by oialë.]

randa

cycle, age

randa noun "cycle, age" (100 Valian Years) (RAD, cf. LR:171: "an age, which is 100 years of the Valar"). A Valian year is equated with ten of "our" years (LR:171), making a randa the equivalent of 1,000 solar years (but possibly the word can also be used for "age" in general).

andrann

noun. cycle, age (100 Valian Years)

Helge Fauskanger noted that the element and "long" would normally be preserved before r-, but the -d is lost because there is another d in the word (VT/41:9); however, this second d later disappeared in the change from -nd to -nn, and it is unclear whether or not an- would then revert to and-

andrann

age

andrann (cycle), pl. endrain. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” anrand.

andrann

age

(cycle), pl. endrain. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” anrand.

ingem

suffering from old age

(pl. ingim), literally ”year-sick”

ioras

l7HiD noun. oldness, old age

A theoretical abstract noun from the adj. iaur "old" (cp. hand > hannas).

rand

noun. cycle

Element in

• ᴺS. lóran “seasonal year, (lit.) growth-cycle”

andrann

cycle

andrann (age), pl. endrain. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” anrand.

andrann

cycle

(age), pl. endrain.  Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” anrand. ****

andrann

noun. cycle, age, (lit.) long cycle

rhand

noun. cycle

Derivations

• On. randa “cycle, age (100 Valian Years [1000 years]), *millenia” ✧ Ety/RAD
  • ᴹ✶randā “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” ✧ Ety/RAD
  • ᴹ√RAD “back, return” ✧ Ety/RAD

Element in

• N. anrand “cycle, age, (lit.) long cycle” ✧ Ety/RAD

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. randa > rand	[randa] > [rand]	✧ Ety/RAD

anrand

noun. cycle, age (100 Valian Years)

Helge Fauskanger noted that the element and "long" would normally be preserved before r-, but the -d is lost because there is another d in the word (VT/41:9); however, this second d later disappeared in the change from -nd to -nn, and it is unclear whether or not an- would then revert to and-

anrand

noun. cycle, age, (lit.) long cycle

[@@@ an example of how middle consonants frequently vanished in clusters, ndr > nr rather than dr (PE22/36); this specific change did not occur in later Sindarin (e.g. Andras)]

Cognates

• ᴹQ. randa “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” ✧ Ety/RAD

Variations

• andrand ✧ PE22/041