govannen

noun. met

govannen

soft mut

soft mut. of covannen

govannen

Ai na vedui Dúnadan

pp. of govan-. Ai na vedui Dúnadan. Mae g'ovannen. 'Ah! At last, Dúnadan ! Well met !'. Tolkien notes that the explanation with the stem ba(n) "Won't really do".

govan-

verb. to meet, come to same place

Cognates

• ᴺQ. ovanta- “to meet”

Derivations

• ✶gwā-ƀandina “met” ✧ PE17/017

Element in

• S. mae govannen “well met” ✧ PE17/016; PE17/017

Elements

Word	Gloss
go-	“together, co-, com-”
ban-	“?to go”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶gwā-ƀandina > ’ovannen	[gwābandina] > [gwǭbandina] > [gwǭbandena] > [gwǭvandena] > [gwauvandena] > [gwauvanden] > [gwovanden] > [gwovannen] > [govannen]	✧ PE17/017

galen

soft mut

soft mut. of calen >> calen

govad-

verb. to meet

cova-

verb. to come together, meet; to gather, assemble

Cognates

• Q. ócom- “to gather, assemble” ✧ PE17/157; PE17/158

Derivations

• √KOM “gather, collect” ✧ PE17/157; PE17/158

Element in

• ᴺS. covas “community”
• S. mae govannen “well met” ✧ Let/308; LotR/0209; PE17/158

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KOM > cova-	[koma-] > [kova-]	✧ PE17/157
√KOM > cova	[koma-] > [kova-]	✧ PE17/158

Variations

• cova ✧ PE17/158

úvedin

soft mut

soft mut. of úmedin v. & pron. suff. I do not eat. >> -n, ú-, úmedin

covad(a)-

verb. to bring together, make meet

Changes

• cova(d) → covad ✧ PE17/158

Cognates

• Q. comya- “to collect” ✧ PE17/158

Derivations

• √KOM “gather, collect” ✧ PE17/016; PE17/158

Element in

• S. mae govannen “well met”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KOB- > covad-	[kobat-] > [kovat-] > [kovad-]	✧ PE17/016

Variations

• covad- ✧ PE17/016 (covad-)
• covad ✧ PE17/158
• cova(d) ✧ PE17/158 (cova(d))

ben-

soft mut

soft mut. of pen-

vast

soft mut

soft mut. of #bast.

baran

soft mut

soft mut. of paran >> Dol Baran, paran

vedui

soft mut

soft mut. of medui

úvel

soft mut

soft mut. of úmel _ suff. & verbal stem (quasi-participle in aorist mode) _lit. 'not loving', enemy, inimical. >> ú-, úmel

berian

soft mut

soft mut. of perian after article i >> perain

dew

soft mut

soft mut. of tew >> tew

baur

soft mut

soft mut. of paur >> Celebrimbor

beth

soft mut

soft mut. of peth >> peth

Berhael

soft mut

soft mut. of Perhael** **(e.g. a·Berhael) >> Perhael

govannen

met

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govannen

met

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bannen

gone

#bannen (pl. bennin). Isolated from govannen ”met”, based on the assumption that this past participle includes a form of the verb #bad- ”go”.

bannen

adjective. gone

Elements

Word	Gloss
bad-	“to tread, travel, to tread, [G.] travel”

bannen

gone

(pl. bennin). Isolated from govannen ”met”, based on the assumption that this past participle includes a form of the verb #bad- ”go”.

govad

meet

*govad- (i **ovad, i ngevedir = i ñevedir), pa.t. govant, past participle govannen** ”met”. (The latter is the only attested form.)

govad

meet

(i ’ovad, i ngevedir = i ñevedir), pa.t. govant, past participle govannen ”met”. (The latter is the only attested form.)