- beren (lenited veren), pl. berin. Also used as masc. name Beren. 2) cand (lenited gand, pl. caind)
Noldorin
beren
adjective. bold
beren
adjective. bold
beren
masculine name. Bold
cann
adjective. bold
cann
adjective. bold
Sindarin
beren
masculine name. Bold
cand
adjective. bold
beren
bold
beren
bold
(lenited veren), pl. berin. Also used as masc. name Beren.
cand
adjective. bold
cand
bold
(lenited gand, pl. caind)
Quenya
canya
bold
canya (1) ("k")adj. "bold" (KAN).
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Qenya
verya
adjective. bold, bold, *brave
neríte
adjective. manly
An adjective for “manly” based on √NER “man” in notes written in the late 1940s (PE23/87).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. nerevoite “manly”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. ner “man” (QL/65). This word reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with the gloss male and a variant form neríte (PE16/135). The form neríte reappeared as an adjectival form of nēr in a set of Qenya Declensions from the 1920s (PE13/113). The 1940s notes mentioned above also had ᴹQ. yonda “manly, masculine” < √YON, but this was deleted and presumably replaced by neríte (PE23/87 note #82).
Old Noldorin
berina
adjective. bold, brave
Gnomish
odrog
noun/adjective. dour, mighty, stout, brave; a brave man
odron
noun/adjective. dour, mighty, stout, brave; a brave man
Early Quenya
nerea
adjective. manly, stout, brave
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “manly”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. ner “man” (QL/65).
nolwa
adjective. bold, brave
Middle Primitive Elvish
kandā
noun/adjective. bold
Hero of Beleriand and love of Lúthien who wrested a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth (S/162). His name is simply [N.] beren “bold” used as a name.
Conceptual Development: The name G. Beren dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, though in the earliest stories he was a Noldorin Elf instead of a Man (LT2/11). The name N. Beren appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of ᴹ√BER alongside N. beren “bold” (Ety/BER), which is the source of the derivation given above.