Noldorin 

edhen

adjective. first

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. enna “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶edenā “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
    • ᴹ√EDE(L) “precede, come forward, hence” ✧ EtyAC/EDE

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶edenā > eðen[edenā] > [edena] > [eðena] > [eðen]✧ EtyAC/EDE

Variations

  • eðen ✧ EtyAC/EDE (eðen)
Noldorin [EtyAC/EDE] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ereg

place name. First

Earlier name for the river S. Erui from Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, apparently a Noldorin word meaning ereg “first” (TI/312, WR/436).

Changes

  • EregErui “First” ✧ TI/312
  • EregErui ✧ WRI/Erui
Noldorin [TI/312; TII/Ereg; WR/436; WRI/Erui] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ereg

adjective. first

Element in

  • N. Ereg “First” ✧ TI/312

Elements

WordGloss
er“one, alone”
-eg“suffix for ordinal numbers”

Variations

  • Ereg ✧ TI/312