lann

adjective. wide, broad

land

adjective. wide, broad, wide, broad; [N.] open space, level

A Sindarin word for “broad” or “wide” appearing in names like Landroval “Broad Winged” (S/123) and Lothlann “Wide and Empty” (S/123).

Conceptual Development: This adjective has a long history in Tolkien’s conception of the Elvish languages. G. land or lann “broad” appeared in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/52), clearly cognate to ᴱQ. landa “wide, broad” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nori Landar) and thus likely derived to the early root ᴱ√LAŘA [LAÐA] (QL/34). ᴱN. lhann “broad” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists where it was derived from ᴱ✶plandá (PE13/148).

The Etymologies of the 1930s had noun N. lhand “open space, level” (Ety/LAT) and adjective N. lhann “wide” (Ety/LAD), both derived from the root ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat”. In drafts of Lord of the Rings appendixes, Noldorin lhann was used in Gondor for “the divisions of the realm, such as Anorien, Ithilien, Lebennin”, equivalent to Westron sūza “shire” (PM/45), but note Trann “Shire” [mutated Drann] from the King’s Letter (SD/129).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would used land as both an adjective “wide, broad” and a noun for an “open space, level”, but for “shire” I would use Trann.

lann

noun. thin cloth, tissue

A neologism for “thin cloth, tissue” coined by Fiona Jallings (FJNS/346), cognate to ᴹQ. lanne of the same meaning (Ety/LAN).