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dan

back to

_ adv. _back to, back (in return) against, down upon, back on. naur dan i-ngaurhoth! #'fire back against the werewolves'.

dan

preposition. back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again

seems to cause mixed mutation: dandol- and dambeth-

Cognates

• Q. nan- “back (again), back (again); [ᴹQ.] backwards” ✧ PE17/166; PE17/166

Derivations

• ✶ndan- “back-” ✧ PE17/166
  • √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert, back (again), [ᴹ√] backwards; [√] retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ PE17/166
• √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert, back (again), [ᴹ√] backwards; [√] retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ PE17/166

Element in

• ᴺS. dadhra- “to face, oppose, stand in way; to resist, thwart”
• ᴺS. dadhren “opposing, facing, opposite”
• ᴺS. dadhren- “to forget”
• ᴺS. dambed- “to answer”
• S. dadwen- “to return, go back” ✧ PE17/166; PE17/166
• ᴺS. dananna- “to give back, return [something]”
• S. dandol- “to return, come back” ✧ PE17/166
• S. Danedhel “*Nando”
• S. dangar- “to undo” ✧ PE17/166
• S. dangweth “answer, *(lit.) back-report” ✧ PM/395
• S. danbeth “*answer, (lit.) back-word”
• S. dannen “ebb, lowtide”
• S. Danwaith
• S. danwedh “ransom”
• S. naur dan i ngaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ LotR/0299; PE17/038
• S. sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor den ammen “*now all (?hands) of the Dwarves and Elves will be (?against) to us” ✧ VT50/23

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nana-/ndan- > dan-	[ndan-] > [dan-]	✧ PE17/166
√NDĀ̆ > dan/dad-	[ndan-] > [dan-]	✧ PE17/166

Variations

• den ✧ VT50/23

dan

preposition. against

dan

preposition. etym. back

dân

proper name. *Green-elf

Derivations

• ✶ndandō “one who goes back on his word or decision” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140
  • √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert, back (again), [ᴹ√] backwards; [√] retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ WJ/412

Element in

• S. Dain “*Nando”
• S. Dor-i-Ndainn “*Land of the Nandor” ✧ PE17/141

Variations

• Dann ✧ PE17/140
• Dan ✧ PE17/140
• dand ✧ PE17/141 (dand)

dan

back

(prep.) dan (lenited nan) (again, against);

dan

again, against

dan (lenited nan) (back). As prep. maybe followed by soft mutation.

dan

back

(lenited nan) (again, against);

dan

again, against

(lenited nan) (back). As prep. maybe followed by soft mutation.

círdan

shipbuilder

(i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain)  

tân

maker

1) ?tân (i dân, o thân), only attested as -dan or -than as the final element of compounds, e.g. Círdan ”Ship-maker”). Construct tan, pl. tain (i thain), 2)

tân

maker

(i dân, o thân), only attested as -dan or -than as the final element of compounds, e.g. Círdan ”Ship-maker”). Construct tan, pl. tain (i thain)

tân

noun. builder, smith, wright, artificer

Cognates

• Q. tamo “smith, builder”

Derivations

• ✶tamō “craftsman, smith”
  • √TAM “construct, construct; [ᴹ√] knock, [ᴱ√] beat; smelt, forge” ✧ PE17/107

Element in

• S. Barthan “World-artificer”
• S. calardan “lampwright”
• S. círdan “shipbuilder, shipwright” ✧ PE17/027
• S. mírdan “jewel smith”
• ᴺS. raegdan “sinner”

ad

back

(as prefix) ad-, also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

ad

back

also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

ad

against

(prep.) 1) ad (probably followed by soft mutation), 2)

ad

against

(probably followed by soft mutation)

ceredir

maker

ceredir (i geredir, o cheredir) (doer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cheredir)

ceredir

maker

(i geredir, o cheredir) (doer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cheredir)

thavron

builder

thavron (wright, carpenter), pl. thevryn, coll. pl. thavronnath.

thavron

builder

(wright, carpenter), pl. thevryn, coll. pl. thavronnath.