list

noun. grace, favour, kindness

lista-

verb. to show grace, kindness

listo

interjection. please!

lasta-

verb. listen

_ v. _listen, give ear. Q. lasta-. >> lasto

lasto

verb. listen!

lasto

interjection. listen, *hark

lasta-

verb. to listen, give ear

lasta-

verb. to listen

lathra-

verb. to listen in, eavesdrop

lathrada-

verb. to listen in, eavesdrop

lathron

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper

lethril

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper

lest melian

proper name. Girdle of Melian

Name of the magical boundary that Melian placed around Doriath, translated “Girdle of Melian” (WJ/228). This name is combination of her name with the otherwise unattested noun lest “girdle”.

Conceptual Development: This name was first written as List Melian (WJ/228).

lastad

noun. listening, hearkening, attention

lasta

listen

lasta- (i lasta, i lastar),

lasta

listen

(i lasta, i lastar)

lathra

listen in

(eavesdrop) (i lathra, i lathrar), also lathrada (i lathrada, i lathradar)

lathra

listen in

lathra- (eavesdrop) (i lathra, i lathrar), also lathrada (i lathrada, i lathradar)

lathron

listener

lathron (hearer, eavesdropper), pl. lethryn, coll. pl. lathronnath. This is a masc. form, corresponding to fem. lethril (VT45:26), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. lethrillath.

lathron

listener

(hearer, eavesdropper), pl. lethryn, coll. pl. lathronnath. This is a masc. form, corresponding to fem. lethril (VT45:26), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. lethrillath.

lathr(ad)a-

verb. to listen in, eavesdrop

lathron

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper

lethril

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper (f.)

lathron

hearer

lathron (listener, eavesdropper), pl. lethryn, coll. pl. lathronnath. This is a masc. form, corresponding to fem. lethril (VT45:26), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ?lethriliath.

lathron

hearer

(listener, eavesdropper), pl. lethryn, coll. pl. lathronnath. This is a masc. form, corresponding to fem. lethril (VT45:26), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ?lethriliath.**

im

preposition. between

im

between

(prep.) im (within), also as prefix im- ”between, inter-”. Note: homophones include the pronoun ”I” and a noun mening ”dell, deep vale”. The word mîn (min-) means ”between” referring to a gap, space, barrier or anything intervening between two other things (VT47:11, 14)

im

between

(within), also as prefix im- ”between, inter-”. Note: homophones include the pronoun ”

mi

between

mi (with article: min)

mi

between

(with article: min)

mîn

i

(min-) means ”between” referring to a gap, space, barrier or anything intervening between two other things (VT47:11, 14)

lista-

verb. to sweeten, make sweet

larmo

noun. listener

TQ. listener (spy or scout)

lasta-

listen

lasta- vb. "listen", also lasta adj. "listening, hearing" (LAS2, PE17:56); cf. adj. asalastë (*aþa-) adj. "easily heard" (PE17:148)

larmo

noun. listener (spy or scout)

lasta-

verb. to listen, to listen; [ᴹQ.] to hear

enel

between

enel prep. "between" = "at the central position in a row, list, series, etc. but also applied to the case of three persons" (VT47:11). This preposition refers to the position of a thing between others of the same kind; compare imbë.

lissë

noun. grace

imbë

between

imbë (1) prep "between" (Nam, RGEO:67, VT47:11, PE17:92). This is "between" referring to a gap, space, barrier, or anything intervening between two other things, like or unlike one another (compare enel). The pluralized form imbi implies "among" of several things (ancalima imbi eleni "brightest among stars"); "in the sense 'among' before plurals [imbë] is usually pluralized > imbi even when a plural noun follows". As pointed out by Patrick Wynne, imbi may also be used in the sense of "between" before two singular nouns connected by "and" (as in the example imbi Menel Cemenyë "between heaven and earth"), whereas imbë is used before dual forms, as in the examples imbë siryat "between two rivers", imbë met "between us". Elided imb' in the phrase imb' illi "among all" (VT47:11, 30). A dual form imbit is also mentioned, used to express "in absolute form the sense 'between two things' when these are not named" (apparently meaning that imbit expresses *"between them" referring to two entities, with no noun following) (VT47:30, PE17:92)

laita-

bless, praise

laita- vb. "bless, praise": a laita, laita te! Andavë laituvalmet! ... Cormacolindor, a laita tárienna "bless them, bless them! Long shall we bless them! ... [The] Ring-bearers, praise [them] to [the] height!" (lait[a]-uva-lme-t "bless-shall-we-them) (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308; the meaning of the suffix -lmë _was revised from inclusive to exclusive "we", VT49:55). Verbal noun laitalë "praising", isolated from Erulaitalë (UT:166, 436)_

manta-

bless

*manta- vb. "bless", only attested in the present/continuative tense: mánata (VT49:39, 52, 55)

manta-

verb. to bless

perhaps another TALAT-form verb

manya-

bless

manya- vb. "bless" "sc. either to afford grace or help or to wish it" (VT49:41)

manya-

verb. to bless

mitta

preposition/adverb. between, [ᴹQ.] inwards, into, [ᴱQ.] in; [Q.] between

mitta-

between

mitta- (2) prep. "between" (VT43:30; the final hyphen may suggest that suffixes would normally follow)

hlarindo

noun. hearer

las

root. listen

This root did not appear as the basis of “listen” words until The Etymologies of the 1930s, where Tolkien gave ᴹ√LAS “listen” as opposed to ᴹ√LAS “leaf” (Ety/LAS¹, LAS²). One of its derivatives was N. lhewig “ear” (from fossilized dual lhaw). Tolkien apparently wanted to retain this form in his later writings after deciding that initial l was no longer unvoiced in Sindarin, so he coined a variant s-fortified root √SLAS “ear” from which it could still be derived (PE17/62, PE17/77). The unfortified root √LAS “listen” continued to appear, however (PE17/46; PE19/101), as indicated by imperative S. lasto “listen” (LotR/307). Tolkien did speculate that the roots √LAS¹ “leaf” and √LAS² “listen” might ultimately be related, probably because of the similarity of the shape of Elvish ears and the leaves of trees:

> lasse “leaf” (S las); pl. lassi (S lais). It is only applied to certain kinds of leaves, especially those of trees, and would not e.g. be used of leaf of a hyacinth (linque). It is thus possibly related to √LAS “listen”, and S-LAS stem of Elvish words for “ear”: Q hlas, dual hlaru. Sindarin dual lhaw, singular lheweg (PE17/62).

A similar notion appeared in The Etymologies: “Some think this [ᴹ√LAS¹ ‘leaf’] is related to the next [ᴹ√LAS² ‘listen’] and ✱lassē ‘ear’. The Quendian ears were more pointed and leaf-shaped than [?human]” (Ety/LAS¹).

imbi

preposition. between

mīni

preposition. between

lhathr(ad)a-

verb. to listen in, eavesdrop

lhathron

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper

lhathra-

verb. to listen in, eavesdrop

lhathrada-

verb. to listen in, eavesdrop

lhathron

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper

lhethril

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper

lhethril

noun. hearer, listener, eavesdropper (f.)

enel

preposition. between, in the middle

This form was supposedly recorded by the Loremasters (VT47:39). It is derived from a variant of the root ÉNED- "centre" (LR:356), since "d and l interchanged frequently in Common Eldarin" (VT47:39).