rimbë

noun. host, great number, host, great number, [ᴹQ.] crowd

Cognates

• S. -rim “collective or group plural” ✧ Let/178
• S. rim “host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), [N.] crowd” ✧ Let/382; PE17/050; SA/rim; UT/318

Derivations

• ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number”

Variations

• rimbe ✧ Let/178; Let/382; PE17/050

nótë

number

nótë noun "number" (NOT)

rimbë

crowd, host, great number

rimbë noun "crowd, host, great number" (RIM, SA:rim, Letters:282)

húmë

cardinal. thousand

húmë (1) numeral "thousand" (PE13:50). Pl. húmi is attested (used in connection with other numbers, as in "two thousand", i.e. "two thousands").

liyúmë

host

liyúmë noun "host" (VT48:32)

liyúmë

noun. host

Variations

• liyúme ✧ VT48/32

sanga

crowd, press, throng

sanga (þ) noun "crowd, press, throng" (STAG, SA:thang, LT2:342; pl. sangar (?) twice in Narqelion). In Sangahyando (þ) masc. name "Throng-cleaver", name of a man in Gondor _(SA:thang; a footnote in Letters:425 explains that "throng" here means a closely formed body of enemy soldiers. In the Etymologies, stems STAG, SYAD, _sangahyando is said to be a swordname, and LT2:342 likewise defines the word as a name of Turambar's sword: "cleaver of throngs, Throng-cleaver".)

húmë

cardinal. thousand; †great number

Element in

• ᴺQ. húmeter “kilometre, km”
• ᴺQ. quaihúmë “ten thousand, myriad”

tuxainen

cardinal. thousand

Element in

• ᴺQ. tuxainenëa “thousandth”

Elements

Word	Gloss
tuxa	“hundred; gross, 144”

mencë

cardinal. thousand

Cognates

• S. meneg “thousand, thousand, *large in number”

lae

noun. great number

rim

great number

_ n. _great number. >> rimb

rimb

great number

_ n. _great number. >> rim

rim

noun. crowd, host, great number

meneg

cardinal. thousand, thousand, *large in number

Cognates

• ᴺQ. mencë “thousand”

Element in

• S. Menegroth “Thousand Caves” ✧ WJ/415
• ᴺS. mengui “thousandth”

Variations

• Meneg ✧ WJ/415

rim

noun. host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), [N.] crowd

Cognates

• Q. rimbë “host, great number, host, great number, [ᴹQ.] crowd” ✧ Let/382; PE17/050; SA/rim; UT/318

Derivations

• ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number”

Element in

• S. Galadhrim “Tree-people” ✧ PE17/050
• S. Mithrim “Sindar” ✧ SA/rim
• S. Naugrim “Dwarves” ✧ SA/rim
• S. -rim “collective or group plural”
• S. Rochirrim “Horse-lords” ✧ UT/318
• S. Rohirrim “Horse-lords” ✧ Let/382
• S. Thangorodrim “Mountains of Tyranny” ✧ SA/rim

Variations

• rīm ✧ Let/382
• rim(b) ✧ PE17/050 (rim(b))

meneg

cardinal. thousand

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)

lae

great number

lae (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”.

lae

great number

1) lae (no distinct pl. form) (VT45:27), 2) rim (crowd, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

lae

noun. great number

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”.

rim

great number

(crowd, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

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).

goe

great fear

goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe);

gond

great stone

(i ’ond, construct gon) (rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).

sirion

great river

(i** hirion, o sirion), pl. siryn (i** siryn).

gwanod

number

(noun) gwanod (i **wanod) (tale), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd**),

gwanod

number

(i ’wanod) (tale), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd)

nedia

number

(verb) *nedia- (reckon, count) (i nedia, in nediar). Cited in archaic form ”noedia” = nödia- (LR:378 s.v. NOT).

nedia

number

(reckon, count) (i nedia, in nediar). Cited in archaic form ”noedia” = nödia- (LR:378 s.v. NOT).

noth

noun. number

Derivations

• √NOT “count, reckon”

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.

roval

great wing

(pinion, wing), pl. rovail (idh rovail); this is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *rhoval* pl. *rhovel*.

tirion

great watchtower

(i** dirion, o thirion), pl. tiryn (i** thiryn).

ardhon

great province

(great region, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath.

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.

thamas

great hall

pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath.

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.

gaurhoth

werewolf

).

gwaith

host

(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). –

rim

host

(great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

rim

crowd

(great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

meneg

cardinal. thousand

#meneg (isolated from Menegroth ”Thousand Caves”, assuming this translation to be literal).

meneg

thousand

(isolated from Menegroth ”Thousand Caves”, assuming this translation to be literal).

ovras

crowd

(heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath

hoth

host

(noun) 1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth). 2) rim (great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”. 3) gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). WOLF-HOST, see under WEREWOLF (concerning gaurhoth**).

hoth

host

(i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth).

hoth

crowd

1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth), 2) ovras (heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath, 3) rim (great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

hoth

crowd

(i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth)

lhae

noun. great number

lhae

noun. great number

Derivations

• ᴹ✶lai- “*many” ✧ EtyAC/LI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶lai- > lhae	[laia] > [lai] > [l̥ai] > [l̥ae]	✧ EtyAC/LI

rhim

noun. crowd, host, great number

rhimb

noun. crowd, host, great number

ovras

noun. crowd, heap.

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)