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ann-thennath

noun. a verse mode, lit. "long-shorts" (alternance of long and short vowels, or rather alternance of long and short verse units, possibly of masculine and feminine rhymes)

The word is not translated by Tolkien. Refer to Tolkien's Legendarium p. 115 for a discussion of its probable meaning

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ann-thennath

proper name. *Long-shorts

A mode of Elvish verse, possibly a combination of and “long”, thent “short” and the class-plural suffix -ath, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Carl Hostetter (Tolkien’s Legendarium, p. 115).

Elements

WordGloss
and“long”
thent“short”
-ath“collective or group plural”

Variations

  • ann-thennath ✧ LotR/0193
Sindarin [LotR/0193; LotRI/Ann-thennath] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linnod

noun. (?) a single verse used as a maxim

The word is not translated by Tolkien. The first meaning assumes that -od is a singulative affix (cf. filigod ). The second meaning is proposed by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne in Tolkien's Legendarium p. 132, based on the metrical characteristics of Gilraen's linnod

Sindarin [LotR/A(iv)] OS? *lindot- (singulative) or lind (linn) + od(og) "chant of seven". Group: SINDICT. Published by

linnod

noun. (?) a chant of a certain metrical type, where each (half-)verse is composed of seven syllables

The word is not translated by Tolkien. The first meaning assumes that -od is a singulative affix (cf. filigod ). The second meaning is proposed by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne in Tolkien's Legendarium p. 132, based on the metrical characteristics of Gilraen's linnod

Sindarin [LotR/A(iv)] OS? *lindot- (singulative) or lind (linn) + od(og) "chant of seven". Group: SINDICT. Published by