heb- (i chêb, i chebir) (keep)
Sindarin
heb-
verb. to retain, keep, do not give away or release, keep hold of
heb-
verb. to keep
heb
retain
heb
retain
(i chêb, i chebir) (keep)
heb
keep
(verb) 1) heb- (i chêb, i chebir) (retain); 2) gartha- (defend) (i **artha, i ngarthar** = i ñarthar). Noun
heb
keep
(i chêb, i chebir) (retain)
hebin
verb. I keep, I have kept
Because of the mutation triggered by the first person pronominal ending, it is impossible to guess whether the stem of this should be heb-, hab- or hob-. The root KHEP listed in VT/41:6 apparently implies that heb- is the correct form
band
safekeeping
(i mand, o mband; construct ban) (custody, prison, duress, doom, hell), pl. baind (i mbaind), coll. pl. bannath.
gartha
keep
(defend) (i ’artha, i ngarthar = i ñarthar). Noun
o
about
o (concerning), becoming o h- before a vowel, e.g. o hEdhil ”about/concerning Elves”. Read perhaps oh Edhil in Sindarin orthography.
o
about
(concerning), becoming o h- before a vowel, e.g. o hEdhil ”about/concerning Elves”. Read perhaps oh Edhil in Sindarin orthography.
os
about, around
(as in osgar- ”cut around”
A verb for “to keep” appearing only in its negated form ú-chebin in the phrase ú-chebin estel anim “I have kept no hope for myself” from The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (LotR/1061). Its root √KHEP “retain, keep, do not give away or release, keep hold of” appeared in notes from around 1959-60 (PE17/157; VT41/6).