cell

adjective. running

cell

adjective. flowing (of water)

nor-

verb. to ride

sirith

noun. flowing

sirith

place name. Flowing

A river in Gondor appearing on the maps of The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1186), it is simply the gerund sirith “flowing” used as a name (SA/sîr, VT42/11).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, N. Sirith appeared the list of rivers of Gondor (TI/312).

sirith

noun. flowing

Element in

• S. Sirith “Flowing” ✧ SA/sîr

Elements

Word	Gloss
SIR	“flow”
-th	“abstract noun”

Variations

• Sirith ✧ SA/sîr; VT42/11

ior

i

in ”Noldorin”, but apparently ✱yr- in Sindarin. Compare

nor

run

(verb) 1) nor- (i nôr, in nerir). Only attested as imperative noro! 2) *yr-. Only the ”Old Noldorin” form yurine* ”I run” is given in the source; the verbal stem would become ior**- in ”Noldorin”, but apparently *yr- in Sindarin. Compare COURSE, q.v., where the words come from the same root __-.

nor

run

(i nôr, in nerir). Only attested as imperative noro! 2) ✱yr-. Only the ”Old Noldorin” form yurine ”

nor-

verb. to run

cell

running

(adj.) cell (of water: flowing), lenited gell; pl. cill

cell

flowing

(adj., used of water) cell (running), lenited gell, pl. cill

cell

adjective. flowing

Derivations

• √KEL “flow (down or away), run (of water or rivers), go away, flow (down or away), run (of water or rivers), go away, [ᴹ√] run away especially downwards or at end; [ᴱ√] ooze, trickle”

cell

flowing

(running), lenited gell, pl. cill

cell

running

(of water: flowing), lenited gell; pl. cill

sirith

flowing

(noun) sirith (i hirith, o sirith) (stream), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith)

sirith

flowing

(i hirith, o sirith) (stream), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith)