n. single hair (of man or elf). >> finn
Sindarin
find
noun. tress; single hair, tress, [ON.] lock of hair; [ᴱN.] hair (in general); [S.] single hair
find
noun. a tress
find
noun. single hair
fing
noun. lock of hair
A noun appearing in 1967 notes on the Nomenclature of the Lord of the Rings as an element in Finglas “Leaflock” (RC/760). The form fineg appeared unglossed in notes from around 1965 as a derivative of ✶phinik (PE17/17). The word fing is more obscure than S. find of similar meaning.
Conceptual Development: The word G. fingl or finnil “a tress” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/35). In that period, the gl was probably the result of the sound change whereby ðl became gl, since this early form was likely derived from the root ᴱ√FIŘI [FIÐI] (QL/38). When it first appeared, the name N. Finglas (= find + las?) may also have had a similar sound change, but since Tolkien abandoned that phonetic rule in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s (compare S. edlenn vs. N. eglenn “exiled”), Tolkien needed to come up with a new etymology.
finn
noun. single hair
n. single hair (of man or elf). >> find
fend
noun. door, door; [N.] threshold
A word appearing as fend “door” in notes on the Common Eldarin Article (CEA) from 1969 (PE23/136). In notes from December 1959 (D59), Tolkien gave it as fen “door” derived from the root √PHEN, with a Quenya equivalent as fenna indicating a primitive form of ✱phennā (PE17/181). In The Lord of the Rings proper, it was an element in the name Fen Hollen “Closed Door” (LotR/826; RC/550); perhaps fen is a reduced pseudo-prefixal form of fenn/fend.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien had N. fenn “threshold” derived from ON. phenda under the root ᴹ√PHEN (Ety/PHEN). In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s it appeared as fenn in Fenn Forn(en) and similar variants, all earlier names for Fen Hollen (WR/341).
Neo-Sindarin: I don’t think the senses “door” and “threshold” are likely to coexist, and for purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would limit fend to “door”.
finn
noun. tress; single hair, tress; single hair; [ᴱN.] hair; [G.] lock of hair
find
tress
find (lock of hair). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath.
find
lock of hair
find (tress). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath
find
hair
(construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.
find
tress
(lock of hair). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath.
find
lock of hair
(tress). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath
fend
door
(threshold), construct fen, pl. find, coll. pl. fennath, 2) fennas (gateway), pl. fennais, coll. pl. fennassath, 3) annon (great gate), pl. ennyn
fend
treshold
fend (door), construct fen, pl. find, coll. pl. fennath
fend
treshold
(door), construct fen, pl. find, coll. pl. fennath
fing
lock of hair
fing (no distinct pl. form)
hir-
verb. find
hir-
verb. to find, *light on, chance on
A Sindarin neologism inspired by the Quenya verb hir- of the same meaning, which been around long enough that I don’t know where it originated.
Hiro hyn hîdh ab 'wanath
May they find peace after death.
This is a phrase that Legolas, Aragorn, And Gimli think that the hobbits are dead.
rada
find a way
rada- (make a way) (i rada, idh radar)
rada
find a way
(make a way) (i rada, idh radar)
rada
make/find a way
rada- (i rada, idh radar).
fîn
hair
1) (a single hair) fîn (construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362), 2) (lock of hair, tress) find (construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.
rada
make a way
rada- (find a way) (i rada, idh radar)
rada
make a way
(find a way) (i rada, idh radar)
-d
suffix. you
2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.
-dh
suffix. you
{ð} 2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.
-dh
suffix. you
{ð} 2nd sg. pron. suff. #you. Q. -tar.See paradigm PE17:132.
-dhir
suffix. you
{ð} 2nd pl. pron. suff. #you. Q. -ltar.See paradigm PE17:132.
annon
noun. great door or gate
ci
thou
{k} _pron. _thou. Lenited in _gī _as in mae g(ī)' ovannen 'well [art] you met'.
ci
pronoun. thou
de
pronoun. you
fen
noun. door, threshold
fen
door
_ n. _door. Q. fenna. >> fennas
fen(n)
noun. door
finn-
noun. a tress
fîn
noun. a tress
laws
noun. hair ringlet
men
noun. way, road
othlonn
noun. paved way
pâd
noun. way
raeda-
verb. to catch in a net
tharbad
noun. cross-way
fast
shaggy hair
(pl. faist if there is a pl.).
fîn
hair
(construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362)
gad
catch
(i ’âd, i ngedir = i ñedir), pa.t. gant;
le
thou
le (attested as dative ”to thee”; possibly also used as nominative/accusative, though an accusative *len ”thee” may be theorized to exist). Genitive lín ”thy”.
le
thou
(attested as dative ”to thee”; possibly also used as nominative/accusative, though an accusative ✱len ”thee” may be theorized to exist). Genitive lín ”thy”.
lend
way
(journey), pl. lind, coll. pl. lennath. Note: a homophone means ”tuneful, sweet”
mên
way
1) mên (i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (road), pl. mîn (i mîn), 2) lend (journey), pl. lind, coll. pl. lennath. Note: a homophone means ”tuneful, sweet”, 3) #pâd (construct pad), i bâd, pl. paid (i phaid). Isolated from Tharbad ”Crossroad”. 4) tê (i dê, o thê) (line), pl. tî (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath.
mên
way
(i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (road), pl. mîn (i mîn)
pâd
way
(construct pad), i bâd, pl. paid (i phaid). Isolated from Tharbad ”Crossroad”.
raeda
catch in a net
(i raeda, idh raedar) (VT42:12)
tê
way
(i dê, o thê) (line), pl. tî (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath.
This word had a quite lengthy history as an element in the name S. Glorfindel “Golden Hair”. It appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. finn “a lock of hair” (GL/35), simply as ᴱN. find or finn “hair” in Early Noldorin Word-lists (PE13/143), and as Old Noldorin sphinde “lock of hair” from The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SPIN (Ety/SPIN). In notes from the mid-1960s Tolkien said that find, finn meant a “single hair (of man or elf)” vs. S. †findel for a head of hair (PE17/17), but in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 Tolkien said it meant “tress” and was derived from primitive ✶phindē (PM/362 note #37).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d use fîn for a single hair, find for hair in general or for a tress or lock of hair, and finnel for an entire head of hair.