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esbin

noun. thin thread

n. thin thread.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:17] < _spini-_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

esbin

a tress

n. a tress. >> findel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:119] < SPIN-ID lock, tress of human/elvish hair. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

esbin

noun. thin thread, tress

A word for “thin thread” derived from the root √SPIN- in notes from the mid-1960s (PE17/17). In Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 this word was glossed “a tress” (PE17/119), but for purposes of Neo-Sindarin I’d stick to the “thread” meaning.

Cognates

  • Q. ipsin “fine thread” ✧ PE17/017

Derivations

  • ✶spini- “thin thread” ✧ PE17/017
    • √SPIN(ID) “fine thread, filament; hair” ✧ PE17/017
  • √SPIN(ID) “fine thread, filament; hair” ✧ PE17/119

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶spini- > esbin[ṣpini] > [ṣpine] > [espine] > [espin] > [esbin]✧ PE17/017
√SPIN-ID > esbin[ṣpini] > [ṣpine] > [espine] > [espin] > [esbin]✧ PE17/119
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