_n. _stone, rock. Archaic S. gond > gonn. Q. ondo. >> Gondor
Sindarin
gond
noun. stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone
gond
stone
gond
noun. great stone, rock
Gondolin
noun. Gondolin
hidden rock; gond (“great stone, rock”) + dollen (p.p. of doltha- “conceal”); [Etym. DUL-] - “heart of hidden rock”; gond (“great stone, rock”) + dol (from dollen p.p. of Doltha “conceal”) + ind (“inner thought, heart”); S name for Q Ondolindë (“the Rock of the Music of Water”).
gondolindrim
collective name. People of Gondolin
A term of the people Gondolin (S/138), a combination that city’s name with the class-plural suffix -rim.
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this term appeared as G. Gondothlim (LT2/155). It appeared as N. Gondothrim in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GOND), reflecting the change of G. -lim to N. -rim.
gondolindrim
noun. people of Gondolin
Gondolin + d (part of the original -ind ending) + rim (collective plural suffix)
gondolin
place name. Hidden Rock, (originally) Singing Stone
The hidden city of the Noldor in Beleriand, translated “Hidden Rock”, an adaptation of its Quenya name Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water” (S/125). Tolkien stated that the name Gondolin was properly “neither Sindarin or Noldorin [Quenya]” (PE17/29), but the Sindarized name was reinterpretated as a combination of gond “stone” and dolen “hidden” (WJ/201).
Conceptual Development: The name G. Gondolin appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, but at this stage it was translated “Stone of Song” (LT2/158). This was the same meaning as its early Qenya name Ondolinda, with the second element being G. dólin “song” (GL/29, 41; LT1A/Gondolin). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien revised the meaning of N. Gondolin to “heart of hidden rock” (Ety/DUL), setting the stage for the later derivation described above.
gondor
place name. Stone-land
Southern kingdom of the Dúnedain (LotR/242), a combination of gond “stone” and dôr “land” (SA/gond, dôr).
Conceptual Development: This land was first mentioned as ᴹQ. Ondor in the 1930s in drafts of the tale of the Fall of Númenor (LR/33). While this name could be Noldorin, linguistic notes from the 1940s indicate it was Quenya (PE22/125). In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, it first appeared as ᴹQ. Ond (R/381), revised to Ondor (TI/146) and finally Gondor (TI/423).
Gondor
noun. stone land
gond (“great stone, rock”) + (-n)dor (“land, dwelling”)
Gondor
'Stone-land'
topon. 'Stone-land'. A name given because of the abundance of gond, stone in Ered Nimrais, and the great use made of it by the Southern Dúnedain. Q Ondonóre. >> gond
Gondolin
A blend of Noldorin-Quenya and Sindarin
_topon. _A blend of Noldorin-Quenya and Sindarin. Tolkien notes that "it is obviously neither Sindarin nor Noldorin" (PE17:29).
gondrant
place name. Stone-trail
gondren
adjective. (made) of stone
gonn
noun. stone, rock
gond
rock
gond (i **ond, construct gon) (great stone), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath** (Letters:410).
gond
great stone
gond (i **ond, construct gon) (rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath** (Letters:410).
gond
rock
(i ’ond, construct gon) (great stone), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).
gond
stone
(i ’ond, construct gon) (great stone or rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).
gond
great stone
(i ’ond, construct gon) (rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).
Gondor
Gondor
In earlier times, it was called the South Kingdom, or Hyaralondie, Hyallondie and Turmen Hyallondiéva in Quenya, and Arthor na Challonnas in Sindarin from the Númenórean point of view: the elements londie and lonnas mean "harbour, landing". The name Gondor was likely adopted from the lesser people's terminology and translates from Sindarin as "Stone-land", from the words gond, "stone", and (n)dor, "land". The (generally not used) Quenya form of the name was Ondonóre. Gondor received its name because of the abundance of stone in the Ered Nimrais, and the usage of it in great stone cities, statues, and monuments, such as Minas Tirith and the Argonath. In Rohan, it was known as Stoningland (a modernization of Old English Stāning-(land)), and Ghân-buri-Ghân of the Drúedain also recognized their use of stone.
Gondolin
Gondolin
Gondolind is perhaps a Mithrimin name and means 'stone of music'. In proper Sindarin it was named Gonnólen which means "hidden rock". In Quenya it was named Ondolinde. In Eriol's Old English translations, Gondolin is referred as Stangaldor(burg) "stone-enchantment-(city)", Folgenburg "hidden city" Galdorfaesten "enchantment-fortress".
gondolindrim
gondolin, people of
: Gondolindrim. Adj. ”of or related to Gondolin”: Gondolindren (pl. Gondolindrin; lenited Ondolindren)
gondolindrim
gondolin, people of
. Adj. ”of or related to Gondolin”: Gondolindren (pl. Gondolindrin; lenited ’Ondolindren)
Gondolindrim;
people of gondolin
Gondolindrim;
gondolindrim
noun. the people of Gondolin
gondrafn
hewn stone
gondram (i ’ondrafn, -ram), pl. gendraim (-raim). Archaic pl. göndreim.____
gondrath
highway
(i ’ondrath) (street of stone, causeway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith. (WJ:340). Possibly the pl. can also be gondraith, without umlaut of the first element.
gondrath
causeway
gondrath (i **ondrath) (street of stone, raised stone highway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith**. (WJ:340)
gondrath
highway
(raised stone highway) gondrath (i **ondrath) (street of stone, causeway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith. (WJ:340). Possibly the pl. can also be gondraith**, without umlaut of the first element.
gondrath
street of stone
gondrath (i **ondrath) (causeway, raised stone highway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith**. (WJ:340)
gondrath
street of stone
gondrath (i **ondrath) (causeway, raised stone highway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith**. (WJ:340)
gondren
made of stone
gondren (stony), lenited ondren, pl. gendrin. Archaic pl. göndrin. (TI:270)
gondren
made of stone, stony
1) gondren (stony), lenited ondren, pl. gendrin. Archaic pl. göndrin (TI:270). 2) sarn (lenited harn; pl. sern); also used as noun ”small stone, pebble, stone [as material]”; as adj. also = ”stony”.
gondrath
street of stone
(i ’ondrath) (causeway, raised stone highway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith. (WJ:340)
gondrath
causeway
(i ’ondrath) (street of stone, raised stone highway), pl. gendraith (i ngendraith = i ñendraith). Archaic pl. göndreith. (WJ:340)
gondren
made of stone, stony
(stony), lenited ’ondren, pl. gendrin. Archaic pl. göndrin (TI:270).
gondren
made of stone
(stony), lenited ’ondren, pl. gendrin. Archaic pl. göndrin.** **(TI:270)
lebethron
noun. Gondorian hardwood, *(lit.) finger tree
A species of Gondorian hardwood (LotR/694).
Possible Etymology: In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/89), Tolkien said that the final element -ron was a variant of orn “tree”. However, in an undated note probably from the late 1960s (also PE17/89), Tolkien said this word was originally †lebethorn, but became lebethron under the influence of S. ron “smooth by polishing” < ✱runda, but Tolkien then deleted the adjective ron. Tolkien said the initial element was related to Q. lepse [finger] in the earlier note, but in the late 1960s note said it was related to Q. lepetta, the Quenya word for the tree, so called “probably because its leaves (like chestnut) [were] shaped like a fingered hand”.
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s, Tolkien wrote ᴹQ. {melinon >> lebendron >>} lebethras when he first mentioned this tree (WR/176).
mirian
noun. Gondorian coin
rach
wagon
*rach (wain), pl. #raich (idh raich) (UT:465). Isolated from the compounded plural form gondraich.
rach
wagon
(wain), pl. #raich (idh raich) (UT:465). Isolated from the compounded plural form gondraich.
sarn
stone
1) (small stone, or stone as material) sarn (i harn, o sarn), pl. sern (i sern); also used as adj. ”stony, made of stone”. 2) gôn (i **ôn, construct gon); pl. gŷn, coll. pl. #**gonath as in Argonath. 3) (larger stone) gond (i **ond, construct gon) (great stone or rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath** (Letters:410).
drafn
hewn stone
(drafn, i dhrafn; pl. dhrefn, in drefn). HEWN STONE also gondrafn, gondram (i **ondrafn, -ram), pl. gendraim (-raim). Archaic pl. göndreim**.
drafn
hewn stone
1) drafn (i dhrafn) (hewn log), pl. drefn (in drefn), also 2) gondrafn, gondram (i **ondrafn / ondam), pl. ?gendrefn / gondrem). Archaic pl. göndreim**.
rach
wain
*rach (wagon), pl. #raich (idh raich) (UT:465). Isolated from the compounded plural form gondraich.
rach
wain
(wagon), pl. #raich (idh raich) (UT:465). Isolated from the compounded plural form gondraich.
gonnos
noun. great rock
rach
noun. wain
Since this word is attested in a compound only, its unmutated form is uncertain. It could also be grach or rhach
Ara-
prefix. high, noble, royal
ar-
prefix. high, noble, royal
rach
noun. wain
sarn
noun. stone (as a material)
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
sarn
noun. small stone
Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11
aearon
great ocean
also Gaearon (i** ’Aearon), pl. Gaearyn (i** Ngaearyn = *i Ñaearyn). Also short form Gaeron (i** ‘Aeron), pl. Gaeryn (i** Ngaeryn = i Ñaeryn*). Coll. pl. Gaearonnath, Gaeronnath.
andrath
high pass
(literally "long climb"), pl. endraith.
ardhon
great province
(great region, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath.
brand
tall
(lofty, noble, fine), lenited vrand, pl. braind.
carag
tooth of rock
(i garag, o charag) (spike), pl. ceraig (i cheraig)
daedhelos
great fear
daedhelos (i naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndae<u>d</u>elos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct. Another term for GREAT FEAR is goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe).
daedhelos
great fear/dread
(i** naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i** ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndaedelos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct.
drafn
hewn
(adj.) †drafn (lenited dhrafn, pl. drefn), also used as noun or
drafn
hewn
(lenited dhrafn, pl. drefn), also used as noun
drafn
hewn stone
i dhrafn; pl. dhrefn, in drefn).
duinen
high tide
(i dhuinen), pl. duinin (i nuinin). (VT48:26).
goe
great fear
goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe);
gonhir
master of stone
(i ’Onhir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir), maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim (WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”)
gôn
stone
(i ’ôn, construct gon); pl. gŷn, coll. pl. #gonath as in Argonath.
hall
tall
(exalted); lenited chall; pl. hail. Note: a homophone means ”veiled, hidden, shadowed, shady”.
lae
great number
(no distinct pl. form) (VT45:27), also rim (crowd, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh** rim), coll. pl. rimmath**. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.
or
high
(adjectival pref.) or- (above, over), also ar- (noble, royal). In the form ar(a)- this is an element in the names of the kings of Arnor and Arthedain. Nouns:
or
high
(above, over), also ar- (noble, royal). In the form ar(a)- this is an element in the names of the kings of Arnor and Arthedain. Nouns:
raud
tall
(eminent, noble), in compounds -rod, pl. roed. Also used as noun ”champion, eminent man, [a] noble”.
roval
great wing
(pinion, wing), pl. rovail (idh rovail); this is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *rhoval* pl. *rhovel*.
sarn
stone
(i harn, o sarn), pl. sern (i sern); also used as adj. ”stony, made of stone”.
sarn
made of stone, stony
(lenited harn; pl. sern); also used as noun ”small stone, pebble, stone [as material]”; as adj. also = ”stony”.
sirion
great river
(i** hirion, o sirion), pl. siryn (i** siryn).
taur
tall
(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
taur
great wood
(i daur, o thaur) (forest), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.
telu
high roof
(i delu, o thelu) (dome), pl. tely (i thely).
thamas
great hall
pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath.
tirion
great watchtower
(i** dirion, o thirion), pl. tiryn (i** thiryn).
The basic word for “stone” or “rock” in Sindarin (PE17/28-29; WJ/201). More specifically, it was “stone as a material” (PE17/28; Ety/GOND) as opposed to an individual stone, which was S. sarn (RC/327; VT42/11). In one place Tolkien said “Sindarin had a short form gŏn- < ✱PQ gōn, gon-, stone, a stone, or a single thing made of stone” (PE17/28), and in another Tolkien said “shorter gon- was used for smaller objects made of stone, especially carved figures” (RC/347); this short form seems to be prefixal. Longer gond was derived from the root ᴹ√GONOD of essentially the same meaning, as was its Quenya cognate Q. ondo (Ety/GOND).
Conceptual Development: This word dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where this word appeared as G. gonn “great stone, rock” (GL/41). It was probably a derivative of ᴱ√ONO “hard” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon from which its Qenya cognate ᴱQ. on(d) “a stone” was derived (QL/70). The early root form was probably ✱ᴱ√ƷONO, with the initial ʒ vanishing in Qenya but becoming g in Gnomish. Later on, this derivation no longer worked, since Tolkien decided that initial ʒ became h in Qenya. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, this word appeared as N. gonn “stone (as a material)” with the derivation given above (Ety/GOND).
Neo-Sindarin: Tolkien gave this word as both gonn and gond, but in keeping with the notion that the sound “remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables” in Sindarin (LotR/1115), most Neo-Sindarin writers use gond.