brui (“loud”) + nen (“water”)
Sindarin
brui
adjective. loud, loud, *noisy
brui
adjective. loud, noisy
bruinen
place name. Loudwater
Bruinen
noun. loud water
brui
loud
brui (noisy), lenited vrui. No distinct pl. form.
brui
noisy
brui (loud), lenited vrui. No distinct pl. form.
brui
loud
(noisy), lenited vrui. No distinct pl. form.
brui
noisy
(loud), lenited vrui. No distinct pl. form.
lui
noun. blueness; livor, livid mark, *bruise
brûn
elder, eldest
(long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also
brûn
long endured/established/in use
(old), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin;
iaur
old
1) iaur (ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare ELDER, ELDEST, q.v. 2) brûn (long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also
anann
adverb. long, for a long time
anann
adverb. long
adv. long. Cuio i Pheriain anann 'May the Halflings live long'.
and
adjective. long
and
adjective. long
adj. long. i·arben na megil and 'The Knight of the Long Sword'. >> ann
and
adjective. long
ann
adjective. long
adj. long. Rare except in old names (e.g. Anduin). >> and
ann
adjective. long
iaur
adjective. old, old; [N.] ancient, olden
anann
long
(adverb, = "for a long time") anann
anann
long
and
long
(adjective) and (pl. aind),
and
long
(pl. aind)
andaith
long mark
(no distinct pl. form). The word refers to an accent-like mark used to indicate long vowels in Tengwar modes that employ separate vowel letters, like the Mode of Beleriand.
anfang
longbeard
pl. Enfeng, coll. pl. Anfangrim (WJ:10, 108, 205)
angerthas
long rune-row
(and + certhas).
annabon
long-snouted one
pl. ennebyn, coll. pl. annabonnath. (Archaic form andabon.)
ennin
long year
. No distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. enniniath.
iaur
old
(ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare
iphant
full of years
(aged, long-lived), pl. iphaint. The spelling used in the source is ”ifant” (LR:400 s.v. YEN), but since the f arises from earlier (n > m +) p via nasal mutation, it should be written ph according to the spelling conventions described in LotR Appendix E.
taen
thin
(lenited daen, no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”height, summit of high mountain”.
A river flowing through Rivendell, translated “Loudwater” (LotR/200), a combination of (otherwise unattested) brui “loud” and nen “water”.
Conceptual Development: This river was already named N. Bruinen “Loudwater” when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/14, 296).