A word for “hunter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as an element in the name N. Elfaron “Sky-hunter”, an agental form of the verb N. fara- “to hunt” (Ety/SPAR).
Noldorin
far
adverb/adjective. sufficient, enough, quite
far
adjective. sufficient, enough, quite
faragon
masculine name. Faragon
faramir
masculine name. Faramir
faron
noun. hunter
fara-
verb. to hunt
faras
noun. hunting
farf
noun. ?carpet
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√SPAR “strew, spread, ?scatter” with two unclear glosses, one of which might be “carpet” (EtyAC/SPAR²). Its other gloss is even less clear, but might be “string” or “stray” according to Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne.
farn
adjective. enough
farad
gerund noun. hunting
faron
noun. hunter
fara-
verb. to hunt
faradrim
noun. hunters
faras
noun. hunting
farn
adjective. enough
hae
adverb/adjective. *far
haen
adverb/adjective. *far
hoe
adverb/adjective. *far
gwahae
adjective. *far away
hae
adjective. far, remote, distant
ledh-
verb. *to go, fare, travel
A verb whose existence is suggested by ON. lende “fared” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LED “go, fare, travel”, also appearing as an element in N. egledhi “go into exile” (Ety/LED). The verb ledh- thus likely has a meaning similar to its root.
The verb ledh- may also appear as an element in the verb N. neledh- within a sentence from Thrór’s Map from 1936: N. lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh “five foot high the door and three may walk abreast” (TAI/150). Didier Willis and David Salo suggested that neledh- may actually mean “enter”, as a combination of ne- “in” and ledh- “go” (PED-TAI, GS/216-7).
Conceptual Development: In notes from the 1950s and 60s, Tolkien said of the root √LED that:
> ... the stem was not much used in Sindarin, except in compounds with et “out”, as edlen(n), “exiled” < et-lendā. In neither Quenya nor Sindarin was the stem used just for “go, move, travel” (PE17/51).
Neo-Sindarin: The above note makes the use of an independent verb ledh- in Neo-Sindarin rather dubious. For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would assume S. †ledh- “go, fare, travel” was archaic, surviving mainly as an element in other verbs like [ᴺS.] edledhia- “go into exile” and [N.] neledh- “enter”. For “go” I would use S. men- and for “travel” I would use S. glenna-.
helf
noun. fur
helf
noun. fur, fur, *hide
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fur” appearing beside N. heleth “fur, fur-coat”, both derived from the root ᴹ√SKEL (Ety/SKEL). Since N. helf seems to be the cognate of ᴹQ. helma “skin, fell”, I believe helf refers to both skin and fur together and hence = “✱hide”, whereas heleth refers to just the fur itself.
Conceptual Development: Various rejected forms appeared in The Etymologies, including halath “skin, fell” from an earlier version the root ᴹ√SKAL, revised to helath “skin, fell” before being deleted (EtyAC/SKEL). Possible precursors include ᴱN. gwadh “bark, skin, peel” vs. ᴱT. suada “hide” (PE13/146), and G. dafros “bark, skin, peel” (GL/29); see those entries for details.
haen
adjective. far, distant, remote
feredir
noun. hunter
A word for “hunter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of the verb N. fara- “to hunt” with the agental suffix N. -dir (Ety/SPAR). It had a (class) plural form faradrim; perhaps in this case the class plural was also used as the ordinary plural. This word shows i-affection from its suffix -dir, causing the a’s in the word to become e’s. This is unusual, especially in later Sindarin, where in “recognized compounds” the initial element of the compound did not normally undergo i-affection: compare S. randir “wanderer” with initial element from ran-.
rhui(w)
noun. hunt, hunting
A noun appearing as N. rhui(w) “hunt, hunting” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ROY “chase”, cognate to ᴹQ. roime (Ety/ROY¹). Here the initial r became voiceless rh as was usual in Noldorin, while it seems the medial m became w and then vanished.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had similarly formed G. raust “hunt, chase”, clearly based on the early root ᴱ√RAVA that was the bases for “hunt” words in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (GL/65; QL/79; LT1A/Meássë).
Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as ᴺS. rui for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD). I would extend its meaning to “hunt, hunting, ✱chase”, to make it more distinct from “hunting” words based on [N.] fara-.
feira-
verb. to suffice
adwen
noun. [unglossed]
anann
adverb. long
andeith
noun. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened.
ann
adjective. long
ann
adjective. long
athan
preposition. beyond
borth
?. [unglossed]
clei
?. [unglossed]
coen
?. [unglossed]
diragas
?. [unglossed]
feira-
verb. to suffice
feredir
noun. hunter
heleth
noun. fur, fur-coat
lhand
adjective. wide, broad
lhann
adjective. wide, broad
lith
noun. ash, sand, dust
mai
adverb. well
mauth
?. [unglossed]
menwed
?. [unglossed]
nith
?. [unglossed]
nithrad
?. [unglossed]
níth
?. [unglossed]
pann
adjective. wide
pann
adjective. wide
porennin
?. [unglossed]
poros
place name. Boundary
rhui
noun. hunt, hunting
rhuiw
noun. hunt, hunting
taen
adjective. long (and thin)
teith
noun. mark
telwen
?. [unglossed]
ûr
noun. wide
ûr
adjective. wide
Earliest name for Vorondil in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/281). Roman Rausch suggested that this name might be a combination of fara- “hunt” and the suffix -gon “lord”, since he was known for hunting wild oxen (EE/3.26).