Quenya 

mul-

grind

mul- vb. "grind", pa.t. múle (QL:63)

Sindarin 

nod

bind

nod- (i nôd, i nedir) (tie), pa.t. likely *nunt since the root is __ (LR:378).

nod

bind

(i nôd, i nedir) (tie), pa.t. likely ✱nunt since the root is NUT (LR:378).

gwedh

bind

*gwedh- (i **wêdh, in gwedhir), pa.t. gwedhant, in older language also gwend**. In LR:397 s.v.

gwedh

bind

(i ’wêdh, in gwedhir), pa.t. gwedhant, in older language also gwend. In LR:397 s.v.

Noldorin 

gwedh-

verb. to bind

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Middle Primitive Elvish

wed

root. bind

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bind” with derivatives like ᴹQ. vére/N. gwaedh “bond, troth, compact, oath” and ᴹQ. vesta-/N. gwesta- “swear”, though Tolkien deleted Quenya derivatives of this root beginning with ves- saying they fell out of use due to conflict with ᴹ√BES “wed” (Ety/WED). This root might be a later iteration of the hypothetical early root ✱ᴱ√FEDE indicated by words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s like G. fedhin “bound by agreement; ally, friend” and G. fedhra- “unite in a band” (GL/34), but the 1910s and 1930s forms are rather dissimilar so it is hard to say.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶wedā “bond” ✧ Ety/WED
    • Ilk. gwedh “bond” ✧ Ety/WED
    • On. weda “bond” ✧ Ety/WED
    • N. gwedh “bond” ✧ Ety/WED
  • ᴹ✶wǣdē “bond, troth, compact, oath” ✧ Ety/WED
    • ᴹQ. vére “bond, troth, compact, oath” ✧ Ety/WED
    • On. waide “bond, troth, compact, oath” ✧ Ety/WED
    • N. gwaedh “bond, troth, compact, oath” ✧ Ety/WED
  • ᴹ✶wedtā “contract” ✧ Ety/WED
    • ᴹQ. vesta- “to swear (to do something), contract, make a compact” ✧ Ety/WED
    • ᴹQ. vesta “contract” ✧ Ety/WED
    • N. gwest “oath” ✧ Ety/WED
    • N. gwesta- “to swear” ✧ Ety/WED
  • ᴺQ. angwenda “chain”
  • N. gwedh- “to bind” ✧ Ety/WED
  • N. gwend “bond, friendship” ✧ Ety/WEN

Element in

  • ᴹQ. ovesta “contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WŌ
  • N. gowest “contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WŌ
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rap

root. bind

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bind” but without derivatives (EtyAC/RAP). The element S. raph (“?rope”) in S. Udalraph “Stirrupless” (“?without (U-) foot-rope”) might be related (UT/313).

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. rappa “rope”
  • S. raph “?rope, strap”

Variations

  • RAP ✧ EtyAC/RAP
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Early Primitive Elvish

mḷðḷ

root. crush, pound

Derivatives

  • Eq. (a)malda “tender, soft, kind, gentle” ✧ QL/062
  • Eq. mald- “to pound, crush” ✧ QL/062; QL/063
  • Eq. mildi “pease” ✧ QL/062

Variations

  • MLŘL ✧ QL/062
  • MḶDḶ ✧ QL/063
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mṛðṛ

root. grind

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱ√MṚŘṚ with derivatives like ᴱQ. mar (mard-) “grit, course grain or powder”, ᴱQ. mard- “grind, pulverize” and ᴱQ. marma “sand” (QL/63). In a list of roots at the end of the M-section, ᴱ√MṚÐṚ was gloss “grind” (QL/63). Early in the M-section Tolkien had the root {ᴱ√MAŘA² >>} ᴱ√MARA as a dialectical variation or byform of ᴱ√MṚŘṚ, with the derivative ᴱQ. marilla “pearl” (QL/59); see that entry for details. The Gnomish cognate of ᴱQ. marilla was given as G. brithla “pearl” in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/24), and this Gnomish word probably a derivative of ᴱ√MṚÐṚ. In that document these words served as the base for ᴱQ. Silmaril and its Gnomish equivalent G. Silubrilt (GL/67). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and Q. Silmaril was given different etymologies later on.

Derivatives

  • Eq. mar “grit, coarse grain or powder” ✧ QL/063
  • Eq. mard(a)- “to grind, pulverize” ✧ QL/063; QL/063
  • Eq. marma “sand” ✧ QL/063

Element in

Variations

  • MṚŘṚ ✧ QL/059; QL/063
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m(b)ṇðṇ

root. bind

Changes

  • MANÐANMᵇ(A)NÐ(A)N ✧ QL/058

Derivatives

  • Eq. mandu “hell; abyss” ✧ QL/058
  • Eq. Mandos “Hell” ✧ PME/058; QL/058
  • G. band “hell” ✧ PME/058
  • G. Bannoth “Mandos”

Variations

  • mᵇṇřṇ ✧ PME/058
  • Mᵇ(A)NÐ(A)N ✧ QL/058
  • MAND ✧ QL/058
  • MANÐAN ✧ QL/058 (MANÐAN)
  • MṆÐṆ ✧ QL/063
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hotho

root. bind

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mlřl

root. crush, pound

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mṛřṛ

root. grind

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