Sindarin 

rhond

noun. body

n. body. >> rhonn, rhû

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:183] < RON solid, tangible, firm. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhond

noun. body

A Sindarin word for “body”, cognate of Q. hrondo, appearing as rhonn in Quenya Notes from 1957 (QN: PE17/183) and as rhond or rhonn in notes concerning spirit, also probably from 1957 (NM/237). In the former document, it was derived from the root √SRON, a variant of √RON “solid, tangible, firm” (PE17/183).

Neo-Sindarin: Its Quenya cognate hrondo was replaced by Q. hröa < ✶srawā in notes from 1958-59 (MR/209, 350). However, the Sindarin equivalent of hroa was rhaw, a word that also meant “flesh” along with many other (Neo) Sindarin meanings such as “wild” and “lion”. As such, I would retain rhond as “body” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin; the continued viability of the root √RON is indicated by other words like S. Grond.

Cognates

  • Q. hrondo “(physical) body, corporeal form” ✧ PE17/183

Derivations

  • √SRON “flesh, substance, matter, substance, matter, flesh” ✧ PE17/183
    • √RON “solid, tangible, firm” ✧ PE17/183

Element in

  • S. Elrond “Star-dome” ✧ PE17/183

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√SRON > rhond > rhonn[srondo] > [r̥ondo] > [r̥ond] > [r̥onn]✧ PE17/183

Variations

  • rhonn ✧ NM/237; PE17/183
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rhonn

noun. body

n. body. >> rhond, rhû

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:183] < RON solid, tangible, firm. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

bellas

bodily strength

(i vellas), pl. bellais (i mellais) if there is a pl.

bellas

bodily strength

(i vellas), pl. bellais (i mellais) if there is a pl.

bellas

bodily strength

bellas (i vellas), pl. bellais (i mellais) if there is a pl.

rhaw

body

rhaw (?i thraw or ?i raw the lenition product of rh is uncertain) (flesh), pl. rhoe (?idh roe). Note: a homophone means ”wild, untamed”. (MR:350).

rhaw

body

(?i thraw or ?i raw – *the lenition product of rh is uncertain) (flesh), pl. rhoe (?idh roe). Note: a homophone means ”wild, untamed”. (MR:350)*.

fân

manifested body of a vala

(veil, cloud), construct fan, pl. fain.

tû

strength

(physical strength) tû (i dû, o thû) (muscle, sinew; vigour), pl. tui (i thui), coll. pl. túath.

tû

strength

(i dû, o thû) (muscle, sinew; vigour), pl. t**ui  (i thui), coll. pl. túath**.

Primitive elvish

srawā

noun. body

Derivations

  • √SRAW “body, flesh” ✧ VT47/35

Derivatives

  • Q. hröa “body, bodily form, flesh; physical matter” ✧ MR/350; VT41/14; VT47/35

Element in

Variations

  • srawa ✧ VT47/35
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Noldorin 

bellas

noun. bodily strength

Noldorin [Ety/352] Group: SINDICT. Published by

bellas

noun. bodily strength

A word for “bodily strength” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on Old Noldorin belle “strength” under the root ᴹ√BEL “strong” (Ety/BEL). Ordinarily this Old Noldorin word would have become ✱bell (e.g. N. hell “naked” from ON. skhella), but it seems this word was not sufficiently distinct, so at some point the abstract noun suffix N. -as was added.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. polm or polwin “strength (physical)”, clearly based on the early root ᴱ√POLO “have strength” (GL/64).

Cognates

  • ᴹT. belle “(physical) strength” ✧ Ety/BEL

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Doriathrin

bel

noun. strength

An Ilkorin word for “strength”, developed from primitive ᴹ✶belē (Ety/BEL), an example of how final vowels vanished in Ilkorin.

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶belē “strength” ✧ Ety/BEL
    • ᴹ√BEL “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶belē > bel[belē] > [bele] > [bel]✧ Ety/BEL
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Old Noldorin 

belle

noun. strength

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BEL “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL

Element in

  • N. bellas “bodily strength” ✧ Ety/BEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√BEL > belle[belle]✧ Ety/BEL
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Middle Primitive Elvish

belē

noun. strength

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BEL “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL

Derivatives

  • Ilk. bel “strength” ✧ Ety/BEL
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tū

adjective. strength

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TUG “*muscle” ✧ Ety/TUG

Element in

  • ᴹ✶Tūgore “strength-vigour” ✧ Ety/TUG
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Early Noldorin

rhôg

noun. strength

A noun for “strength” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/152).

Conceptual Development: G. rôg “doughty, strong” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, along with an unglossed word rog with short o (GL/65).

Element in

  • En. rhogrin “doughty” ✧ PE13/152
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Early Quenya

kolume

noun. body

A word for “body” in notes on parts of the body from the 1920s (PE14/117).

Element in

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nertu

noun. strength

A noun for “strength” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√NERE, whose derivatives mostly had to do with men and manliness (QL/65; PME/65).

Cognates

  • G. nert “prowess, a feat, strength”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NERE “*man” ✧ QL/065
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