er

adverb/adjective. one, alone

ereol

masculine name. Ereol

Another name for Ælfwine appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, revised from Eriol (LR/203). This character was the Anglo-saxon traveller who translated the tales of the Elves into Old English while in Tol Eressëa; this was the (fictional) source Tolkien used in his own writing of the tales.

Conceptual Development: This name is a remnant of ᴱQ. Eriol from the earliest Lost Tales who played the same role; in those early tales the name was given as Qenya and glossed “One Who Dreams Alone” (LT1/14). The name appeared in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s as Erioll-, who was described as “a dreamer” under the root ᴱ√OLO (QL/69). Christopher Tolkien suggested the name was derived from a combination of the roots ᴱ√ERE “remain alone” and ᴱ√LORO “slumber” (LT1A/Eriol).

Tolkien introduced the name Ælfwine for this character towards the end of the Lost Tales (LT2/278), but the name Eriol/Ereol continued to appear in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/165-6, note #10; LR/203). In Tolkien’s later writings, however, he used only the name Ælfwine.

eressea

place name. Eressea

erde

noun. seed, germ

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “seed, germ” derived from primitive ᴹ✶eredē under the root ᴹ√ERÉD “scatter, sow” (Ety/ERÉD).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. mile (mili-) “seed” under the early root ᴱ√MILI (QL/61) and ᴱQ. ore (ori-) “seed, grain” under the early root ᴱ√ORO (QL/70).

erume

noun. desert

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “desert” derived of the root ᴹ√ERE “be alone, deprived” and connected to the name ᴹQ. Eruman which was described in this document as a “desert N.E. of Valinor” (Ety/ERE).

erlaire

noun. June, *First-summer

erqelle

noun. September, *First-autumn

erríve

noun. November, *First-winter

eruman

place name. desert N.E. of Valinor

erqáqa

adjective. every/each single

erqáqa nóre

every/each single land, each land

erqáqa nóre imma

every single land whatsoever

erka

noun. prickle, spine

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “prickle, spine” derived from the root ᴹ√EREK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK).

erka-

verb. to prick

A verb for “to prick” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√EREK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. kenin “I prick” under the early root ᴱ√KENYE “prick” (QL/46), and Q. koli- “to prick” under ᴱ√KOLO (QL/47).

erkasse

noun. holly

A noun appearing as ᴹQ. erkasse “holly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√ERÉK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK). In a rejected page from the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) written in 1948, Tolkien had ᴹQ. erke “holly” derived from the same root (PE22/127). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the (non-rejected) 1930s ercassë “holly”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, Tolkien had ᴱQ. piosenna “holly”, a combination of ᴱQ. pio “berry” and ᴱQ. senna “red-brown” (QL/83; PME/83).

eresse

noun. solitude, separation, isolation

erya

adjective. single, sole, only

erqáqima

pronoun. of each kind

erólamaite

proper name. uniconsonantal

erkoire

noun. February, *First-stirring

ertuilë

noun. April, *First-spring

eressea

adjective. lonely

eru

noun. The One God

erke

noun. holly

erqáqe

pronoun. one and all, to each individually

erde

noun. repose

ereáma

?. [unglossed]

nerno

?. [unglossed]

ránen

adjective. errant, errant, *roving

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an adjective form of ᴹQ. ráne “straying, wandering” (Ety/RAN). As such it likely means “errant = ✱straying from the proper or expected course” but not necessarily erroneous; “✱roving” might be another translation.

ampanóta-

verb. to build, construct, erect a (large) building

A verb in the Quenya Verbal System of 1948 variously glossed “build, erect a (large) building” (PE22/114) and “construct (a building)” (PE22/118), based on the noun ᴹQ. ampano “building”.

aryante

feminine name. Day-bringer

A female name (possible a variant of Árien) appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as compound of arya “day” and ante “giver (f.)” (Ety/ANA¹, AR¹).

en

there, yonder, far away; look yon(der); that; in that (future) case

@@@ es might be an assimilated form as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/es)

úrien

proper name. Summer

Another name for laire “summer” in drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/134). Its initial element seems to be Ûr “Sun”.

melin

adjective. dear, dear, [ᴱQ.] beloved

amil

noun. mother

var-

verb. to err

amme

noun. mother

ilu

noun. universe, world

laire

noun. summer

ravanda

noun. wilderness

tasse

adverb. there

nwara-

verb. to gnaw, erode, wear away

tas

adverb. there

war-

verb. to err

ampana-

verb. to build

A verb for “to build” in the Quenya Verbal System of 1948, attested only in its imperfect passive participle form {ampananta >>} ampanaina “while it was being built” (PE22/108). A longer and better attested verb of the same meaning is ᴹQ. ampanóta-.

aran

noun. child

This word first appeared as ᴱQ. ar (arn-) “child” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/32) and its stem form arn- appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/32). The word reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/135), but in the Early Noldorin Dictionary the Qenya form was given as arne. In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, the word appeared as ᴹQ. aran (arn-) “child” (PE21/19), but there is no sign of it from this point forward, probably displaced by Q. aran “king”.

óre

noun. rising, rising, *rise; [ᴱQ.] dawn, Sunrise, East

A noun for “[a] rising” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ORO “up; rise; high”, an element in ᴹQ. anaróre “sunrise” (Ety/ORO).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. ōre “the dawn, Sun-rise, East” under a different early root ᴱ√OŘO [OÐO] that was “distinct but much confused with” ᴱ√ORO having to do with rising things (QL/70).

lunoronti

place name. Blue Mountains

A Quenya name for the Blue Mountains (N. Eredluin) appearing in draft stories and The Etymologies from the 1930s (LR/32, Ety/LUG²). It is as compound of lúne “blue” and the plural of oron “mountain”.

seldo

noun. child, child [m.], *boy

A word for a (male) child in The Etymologies of the 1930s added to its entry when the meaning of the root ᴹ√SEL-D was changed from “daughter” to “child” (Ety/SEL-D). It was written above its feminine equivalent ᴹQ. selde and an apparently neuter form ᴹQ. selda was written to the right, making seldo likely the masculine form as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne (EtyAC/SEL-D), hence = “✱boy”.

yáre

masculine name. Eldest

A name for Tom Bombadil in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “Eldest” (TI/125). It seems to be yáre “former days” (or some variation thereof) used as a name.

ette

adverb/adjective. outside

anaristya

noun. [unglossed]

engwa

?. [unglossed]

inga

adjective. first

kaltua

?. [unglossed]

kanda

noun. [unglossed]

karpalimaite

noun. [unglossed]

laqe[t]-

verb. [unglossed]

lau(w)e

?. [unglossed]

mirima

adjective. free

ména

noun. region

nandakka-

verb. [unglossed]

olta-

verb. [unglossed]

rampa

?. [unglossed]

sisíria-

verb. [unglossed]

séra

?. [unglossed]

sóla

?. [unglossed]

tatalta-

verb. [unglossed]

thar-

verb. [unglossed]

toróma

noun. [unglossed]

yelme

noun. [unglossed]

(a)ranya

adjective. free

alda

noun. tree

anga

noun. iron

anna

noun. gift

aran

noun. king

enna

adjective. first

esta

adjective. first

este

feminine name. rest

hyarmaite

adjective. left-handed

hyelma

?. [unglossed]

ilduma

noun. heaven

kundu

noun. prince

mai(y)a

noun. [unglossed]

min

cardinal. one

minya

ordinal. first

orko

noun. goblin

oron

noun. mountain

orta-

verb. to rise

orya-

verb. to rise

a

preposition. [unglossed]

alama

noun. [unglossed]

amaldume

noun. [unglossed]

maldo

noun. [unglossed]

niule

?. [unglossed]

sahte

noun. [unglossed]

tante

noun. [unglossed]

teuka

?. [unglossed]

timpana

noun. [unglossed]

toina

adjective. [unglossed]

varinye

noun. [unglossed]

assa

pronoun. [unglossed]

asse

pronoun. [unglossed]

asso

pronoun. [unglossed]

ente

pronoun. [unglossed]

ento

pronoun. [unglossed]

es

[unglossed]

mahtya

?. [unglossed]

mine

cardinal. one

ranya

adjective. free

sarya

noun. [unglossed]

tyue

noun. [unglossed]

éma

?. [unglossed]