log-

verb. to haul, drag

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo to replace G. hala- of similar meaning, based on the later root √LUK “haul, drag” (PE17/28).

drafn

log

(hewn log) drafn (i dhrafn) (also used = hewn stone), pl. i drefn (in drefn)

drafn

log

(i dhrafn) (also used = hewn stone), pl. i drefn (in drefn)

lebethron

noun. Gondorian hardwood, *(lit.) finger tree

A species of Gondorian hardwood (LotR/694).

Possible Etymology: In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/89), Tolkien said that the final element -ron was a variant of orn “tree”. However, in an undated note probably from the late 1960s (also PE17/89), Tolkien said this word was originally †lebethorn, but became lebethron under the influence of S. ron “smooth by polishing” < ✱runda, but Tolkien then deleted the adjective ron. Tolkien said the initial element was related to Q. lepse [finger] in the earlier note, but in the late 1960s note said it was related to Q. lepetta, the Quenya word for the tree, so called “probably because its leaves (like chestnut) [were] shaped like a fingered hand”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s, Tolkien wrote ᴹQ. {melinon >> lebendron >>} lebethras when he first mentioned this tree (WR/176).

dravn

noun. hewn log

mablanthos

noun. sycamore

tund

noun. log for the fire, *firewood, fuel