quilta

girdle, belt

quilta noun "girdle, belt" (QL:78); the same source also lists a verb qilti- (sic) "gird, encircle"; one could perhaps read *quilta- if this verb were to be adapted to Tolkiens later Quenya.

lesta

noun. *girdle

An element in the name Q. Lestanórë for Doriath (WJ/369), untranslated but probably the cognate to S. lest “girdle” from the name Lest Melian “Girdle of Melian” (WJ/228).

Cognates

• S. lest “girdle, girdle, *belt”

Element in

• Q. Lestanórë “Doriath, *(lit.) Land of the Girdle” ✧ WJ/369

Variations

• Lesta ✧ WJ/369 (Lesta)

poldorë

strong, burly

poldorë noun? (not glossed, derived from polda "strong, burly": possibly "strength" as an abstract) (POL/POLOD)

Turcafinwë

strong, powerful (in body) finwë

Turcafinwë masc. name, "strong, powerful (in body) Finwë", masc. name; he was called Celegorm in Sindarin. Short Quenya name Turco. (PM:352), compare #turco "chief" (q.v.)

quilta

noun. belt, girdle

Derivations

• ᴺ✶. KWILIT “belt, girdle”

Element in

• Eq. macilquilta “swordbelt”
• ᴺQ. quiltalannë “apron”
• ᴺQ. quiltassë “(em)broidery”

lest

noun. girdle

lest

noun. girdle, girdle, *belt

An element in the name Lest Melian “Girdle of Melian” for the magical barrier around Doriath (WJ/228).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would also use this word for “✱belt”.

Cognates

• Q. lesta “*girdle”

Element in

• S. Lest Melian “Girdle of Melian” ✧ WJ/228

Variations

• Lest ✧ WJ/228

bell

strong

1) (in body) *bell, lenited vell, pl. bill. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” belt. 2)

bell

strong

lenited vell, pl. bill. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” belt.

lest

girdle

lest (boundary, fence), pl. list

lest

girdle

(boundary, fence), pl. list

thalion

strong

thalion (steadfast, dauntless), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.

thalion

strong

(steadfast, dauntless), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.

stal

root. strong

The unglossed root ᴹ√STALAG appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like N. thala “stalwart, steady, firm” and N. thalion “hero, dauntless man” (Ety/STÁLAG), the latter a sobriquet of Húrin typically translated as “Steadfast” in the narratives themselves (S/199). Similar forms appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s derived from the primitive form ᴱ✶stalga (PE13/153).

The root √STAL “strong” was mentioned in passing as the basis for the adjective Q. astalda in a rejected page associated with roots having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115; VT47/26 note #26). The name Q. Astaldo “Valiant” appeared as a sobriquet of Tulkas in later versions of The Silmarillion (S/28), replacing the earlier name Q. Poldórëa of similar meaning (MR/146, 149; LR/206). For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would assume √STAL (and its derivatives) means “✱valiant” rather than “strong”.

Derivatives

• ᴺQ. astal “valour”
• Q. astalda “strong, *valiant” ✧ PE17/115

Element in

• ᴺS. thalas “valour, courage”

kwilit

root. belt, girdle

Derivatives

• ᴺQ. quilta “belt, girdle”
• ᴺQ. quilta- “to gird, encircle”

belt

adjective. strong in body

belt

adjective. strong in body

An adjective for “strong in body” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on Old Noldorin belda “strong” under the root ᴹ√BEL “strong” (Ety/BEL). Ordinarily this Old Noldorin word would have become ✱bell (e.g. N. goll “wise” from ᴹ✶ñgolda), but this is one of the rare cases in Noldorin of the 1930s where final ld > lð > lt rather than the usual ll.

Neo-Sindarin: There is no sign of this sound change in later Sindarin words, so you may want to adapt this word as ✱bell “strong” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, but personally I’d just keep belt and assume it was a dialectical variant or had a different primitive form.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. polmog or polwed “strong (physically)”, adjective forms of G. polm or polwin “strength (physical)” (GL/64).

Cognates

• ᴹT. belda “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL

Derivations

• On. belda “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL
  • ᴹ√BEL “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. belda > belt	[belde] > [belðe] > [belð] > [belt]	✧ Ety/BEL