ríë

crown

ríë noun "crown" (RIG; VT46:11 indicates that the vowel í should be long)

arcas

noun. crown

arcas i arano, lá i tário

the king’s crown, not the queen’s

arcas i arano lá macil

‘the king’s crown, not sword

i·arano arcas

the king’s crown

rínata-

verb. to crown, coronate

A neologism for “to crown, coronate” coined by Elaran and Lokyt on 2022-01-05 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a causative verb based on the adjective rína “crowned”, and so literally “to make crowned”. Luinyelle and Röandil instead proposed ᴺQ. ríanta- as a combination of ría “garland” and anta- “give”, but I prefer Elaran’s suggestion.

ría

noun. wreath, garland

The word ría “wreath, garland” appeared in the 1968 Shibboleth of Fëanor as a derivative of the root √RIG in a discussion of the etymology of the name Galadriel (PM/347). The same word ría “a wreath, garland” appeared in another 1968 discussion of her name, but there it was based on √RIƷ “wind about, wreathe” (NM/353).

Conceptual Development: In notes from 1959 Tolkien instead had Q. rië “garland” from √RIG “twine” (PE17/182). This in turn was a later iteration of ᴹQ. ríe “crown” from The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶rīgē under the root ᴹ√RIG having to do with crowns (Ety/RIG; EtyAC/RIG). As published in The Lost Road, this word was given rie (LR/383), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to ríe in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/11).

The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. serin (serind-) “wreath, crown” under the early root ᴱ√SERE “twine, tie, bind” (QL/83). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was Serin(do) “crown” (PME/83).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d use the 1968 word ría for “wreathe, garland”, and the 1969 word arcas for “crown”.

candóla

noun. crown of head

ríanta-

verb. to crown, coronate

telmë

hood, covering

telmë noun "hood, covering" (apparently emended from telma, VT46:18); ablative in the phrase telmello talmanna "from hood to base, from crown to foot, top to bottom" (TEL/TELU; the form _telmello t__e_lmanna_ occurring in the Etymologies as printed in LR is a typo, VT46:18)_

rië

noun. garland

nóla

round head, knoll

nóla (2) noun "round head, knoll" (NDOL)

ormë

summit, crest

ormë (2) noun "summit, crest" (LT1:256; this "Qenya" word is probably obsoleted by # 1 above)

riendë

noun. garland

rië

garland

rië noun "garland", also apparently riendë (PE17:182).

ría

wreath

ría noun "wreath" (PM:347)

telu-

verb. roof in

rhî

noun. crown

rian

feminine name. Crown-gift

rhî

noun. crown, wreath, garland

rían

feminine name. Crown-gift

Wife of Huor and mother of Tuor (S/148), her name seems to be a compound of rî “crown” and ann “gift”, though it could also be rían “queen” used as a name.

Conceptual Development: When it first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was N. Rían (SM/35) but in later drafts it appeared as N. Rian with a short i (LR/131), which was its usual form in this period. In The Etymologies it appeared as N. Rhian glossed “Crown-gift”, which is the source of the gloss and derivation given above (Ety/RIG). In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, the form S. Rían with a long í was restored (WJ/52).

rî

noun. wreath, garland, wreath, garland; [N.] crown

A word for “wreath, garland” appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 as the basis for -riel “crowned maiden” in the name Galadriel (PM/347). It was derived from primitive ✶rīgā based on the root √RIG “twine, wreathe”.

Conceptual Development: N. rhî “crown” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶rīgē under the root ᴹ√RIG (Ety/RIG). The difference from its Sindarin form is because initial r unvoiced to rh in Noldorin of the 1930s. In The Etymologies this word was also the basis for the name of Tuor’s mother: N. Rhian “Crown-gift” (Ety/RIG), later appearing as S. Rían (S/148).

Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s instead had ᴱN. mindeb “crown”, though its derivation is unclear (PE13/150).

Galadriel

noun. 'lady with the gleaming crown'

1b prop. n. 'lady with the gleaming crown', sc. golden head of hair. This form was a suggestion made by Tolkien in the course of his thought, see PE17:59-60. Q. Naldariel(le).

Rían

noun. crown-gift

rî (crown) + an (from anna- “give”)

rî

noun. crown, wreath, garland

rî

crown

rî (construct ri) (wreath, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî)

rî

crown

(construct ri) (wreath, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî)

rínada-

verb. to crown, coronate

A neologism for “to crown, coronate” coined by Elaran on 2022-01-05 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), based on the adjective ᴺS. rîn(a) “crowned”, more literally “to make crowned”.

rî

wreath

rî (construct ri) (crown, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî), coll. pl. ríath

rî

wreath

(construct ri) (crown, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî), coll. pl. ríath

rî

garland

rî (construct ri) (wreath, crown), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî);

rî

garland

(construct ri) (wreath, crown), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî);

riel

garlanded maiden

(princess), pl. ?rîl (idh rîl). Isolated from the name Galadriel.

taen

high mountain

(i daen, o thaen) (height), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaen). Note: a homophone means ”long (and thin)”.

ôf

noun. hood

rīgā

noun. wreath, garland

ría

noun. wreath, garland