Early Primitive Elvish
dṇtṇ Speculative
root. light up
Derivatives
- G.
dant“lamp”
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A hypothetical early root that would explain Gnomish words like G. dant “lamp” and G. dantha- “illuminate, light up, illustrate” (GL/29). In Tolkien’s later writing it was probably ousted by √DA(N)T “fall”.