Noldorin
lhain
adjective. free(d)
lhain
adjective. free, freed
lhein
adjective. free, freed
rhain
adjective. free
lhonn
noun. narrow path or strait
lhonn
noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven
lond
noun. narrow path or strait
lond
noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven
lonn
noun. narrow path or strait
lonn
noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven
lonn
noun. path
râd
noun. path, track
thlein
adjective. lean, thin, meagre
thlein
adjective. lean, thin, meagre
The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. {rhein >>} rhain “free” derived from ᴹ✶(a)ranı̯ā under the root ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray”; it also had a deleted variant erein, presumably from aranı̯ā (EtyAC/RAN). See also S. rain “erratic wandering” for a later appearance of a similarly derived word.
Neo-Sindarin: Many Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this adjective as ᴺS. rain “free” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD), since the unvoicing of initial r to rh was a feature of Noldorin of the 1930s but not Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. I would use it as “free” in the sense “✱unconstrained”.