crann

noun/adjective. ruddy (of face); face, blush, the cheeks, ruddy (of face); blush, the cheeks, face

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ruddy (of face)” derived from primitive {ᴹ✶k’randā >>} ᴹ✶k’rannā under the root ᴹ√KARAN “red” (Ety/KARÁN; EtyAC/KARÁN). Tolkien said it could also be used as a noun meaning “face, blush, the cheeks”, much like Old English rudu (Ety/KARÁN). In this document, it was an element in the name N. Cranthir “Ruddy-face”, which in later writings became Caranthir “Red Face” (MR/128; PM/353; VT41/10). However, I think crann remains viable as a Neo-Sindarin adjective and noun; as a noun I’d use it primarily to refer to the cheeks, using thîr for the face as a whole.

crann

adjective. ruddy (of face)

caran

adjective. red

caran

adjective. red

caron

adjective. red

coll

adjective. (golden) red

goer

adjective. red, copper-coloured, ruddy

gruin

adjective. ruddy

gruin

adjective. ruddy

naru

adjective. red

naru

adjective. red, [fiery] red

narw

adjective. red