mer-

verb. to hope, to hope, [ᴹQ.] wish, desire, want

Derivations

• ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire”

Element in

• Q. merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world” ✧ MS/01
• ᴺQ. mermë “wish”

estel

trust, hope

estel noun "trust, hope" (WJ:318-319, MR:320)

hón

heart

hón noun "heart" (physical) (KHŌ-N); hon-maren "heart of the house", a fire (LR:63, 73; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -en, not -o as in LotR-style Quenya read *hon-maro?)

órë

heart

órë (1) noun "heart" (inner mind), also name of tengwa #21 (Appendix E), "premonition" (VT41:13), "nearest equivalent of 'heart' in our application to feelings, or emotions (courage, fear, hope, pity, etc.)" (VT41:13). The órë apparently defines a person's personality, cf. the description of Galadriel in PM:337, that "there dwelt in her the noble and generous spirit (órë) of the Vanyar". Órenya "my heart" (VT41:11).

elwen

heart

elwen noun "heart" (LT1:255; rather hón or enda in LotR-style Quenya)

enda

heart

enda noun "heart", but not referring to the physical organ; it literally means "centre" (cf. endë) and refers to the fëa (soul) or sáma (mind) itself. (VT39:32)

estel

noun. hope, trust, *faith

Cognates

• S. estel “hope, trust, hope, trust, *faith [in]” ✧ WJ/318

Element in

• ᴺQ. estelenca “hopeless, despairing, desperate”
• Q. Estelmo “*Hope-person”
• ᴺQ. estelya- “to hope”
• ᴺQ. necestel “hopelessness, despair, desperation”

indo

heart, mood

indo (1) noun "heart, mood" (ID), "state" (perhaps especially state of mind, given the other glosses) (VT39:23), "mind, region/range of thought, mood" (PE17:155, 179), "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]" (PE17:189). In another post-LotR source, indo is translated "resolve" or "will", the state of mind leading directly to action (VT41:13). Indo is thus "the mind in its purposing faculty, the will" (VT41:17). Indo-ninya,a word occurring in Fíriels Song, translated "my heart" (see ninya). In the compound indemma "mind-picture", the first element would seem to be indo.

mer-

wish, desire, want

mer- vb. "wish, desire, want" (the form merë given in Etym seems to be the 3rd person sg. aorist, *"wishes, desires, wants"); pa.t. mernë (MER)

amatírë

noun. hope

Cognates

• S. amdir “hope [based on reason], (lit.) looking up, hope [based on reason], *expectation, (lit.) looking up”

estelya-

verb. to hope

Elements

Word	Gloss
estel	“hope, trust, *faith”

mermë

noun. wish

Elements

Word	Gloss
mer-	“to hope, to hope, [ᴹQ.] wish, desire, want”

amin

masculine name. Hope

A rejected name for Aragorn, changed to Estel (PM/269). It is probably a variant of amdir (MR/320).

Changes

• Amin → Estel ✧ PM/269
• Amin → Estel “Hope” ✧ PMI/Estel

estel

noun. hope

n. hope. ónen i·Estel Edain 'I gave the "Hope" (to) Men'.

estel

masculine name. Hope

A name for Aragorn (LotR/1061), it is simply the noun estel “hope” used as a name (PE17/117).

Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, this name first appeared as S. Amin (PM/269).

Element in

• S. ónen i-Estel Edain “I gave Hope to the Dúnedain” ✧ LotR/1061; PE17/117

Elements

Word	Gloss
estel	“hope, trust, hope, trust, *faith [in]”

harthad

gerund noun. hope

hartha-

verb. to hope

estel

noun. hope, trust, hope, trust, *faith [in]

Cognates

• Q. estel “hope, trust, *faith” ✧ WJ/318

Element in

• S. Estel “Hope” ✧ PE17/117
• S. Gil-Estel “Star of (High) Hope”
• ᴺS. penestel “hopelessness, despair, desperation; hopeless, despairing, desperate”
• S. Rochon Methestel “Rider of the Last Hope” ✧ UT/313
• S. ú-chebin estel anim “I have kept no hope for myself” ✧ LotR/1061; PE17/117

Variations

• Estel ✧ MR/320

amdir

noun. hope based on reason

estel

noun. hope, trust, a temper of mind, steady fixed in purpose, and difficult to dissuade and unlikely to fall into despair or abandon its purpose

gûr

noun. heart (in the moral sense), counsel

amdir

hope

1) (based on reason) amdir (no distinct pl. form). Literally an "up-looking". 2) (closer in meaning to ”faith”) estel (trust, steady purpose), pl. estil, 3) (noun) harthad (i charthad, o charthad), pl. herthaid (i cherthaid)

amdir

hope

(no distinct pl. form). Literally an "up-looking".

estel

hope

(trust, steady purpose), pl. estil

hartha

hope

(verb) #hartha- (i chartha, i charthar). Verbal stem isolated from the apparent gerund harthad, ”hope” as noun.

hartha

hope

(i chartha, i charthar). Verbal stem isolated from the apparent gerund harthad, ”hope” as noun.

harthad

hope

(i charthad, o charthad), pl. herthaid (i cherthaid)

gûr

heart

(i ’ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11).

hûn

heart

1) (physical heart) hûn (i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin), 2) (inner mind) gûr (i **ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11). 3) ind (inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath. 4) nest (core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix hû**- apparently meaning ”heart”..

hûn

heart

(i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin)

ind

heart

(inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

nest

heart

(core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix hû- apparently meaning ”heart”..

mer-

verb. to hope, wish, desire, want

Derivations

• ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire”

iest

wish

(noun) iest, pl. ist

iest

wish

pl. ist

estel

trust

(noun) estel (hope, steady purpose), pl. estil

estel

trust

(hope, steady purpose), pl. estil

harthad

noun. hope

Element in

• N. Bronwe athan Harthad “Endurance beyond Hope” ✧ SD/062

Elements

Word	Gloss
hartha-	“to hope”
-ed	“gerund”

Variations

• Harthad ✧ SD/062

hartha-

verb. to hope

Element in

• N. harthad “hope” ✧ SD/062

Variations

• Hartha- ✧ SD/062 (Hartha-)

iest

noun. wish

iest

noun. wish

Derivations

• ᴹ√YES “desire” ✧ Ety/YES

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YES > iest	[jesta] > [jest]	✧ Ety/YES

hûn

noun. heart (physical)