nef

preposition. on this side of

nef

on this side

_adv. _on this (the speaker's) side. nebā << nibā; NEB << NIB. aear, sí nef aearon lit. 'beyond the Sea, here beyond the Great Sea'.

nef

preposition. hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation], hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation]; *near

Derivations

• ✶nebā “on this (the speaker’s) side” ✧ PE17/027
  • √NEB “turn towards (speaker), turn towards (speaker), *front” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/027

Element in

• S. nef aear, sí nef aearon “here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea” ✧ LotR/0238; LotR/0238; PE17/027; PE17/027; RGEO/63; RGEO/63; RGEO/64; RGEO/64
• S. Nevrast “Hither Shore” ✧ PE17/027
• ᴺS. nevui “nearly”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nebā > nef	[nebā] > [neba] > [neva] > [nev]	✧ PE17/027

nedhu

noun. bolster, cushion

thîr

noun. face, face, [N.] look, expression, countenance

A word appearing as an element in the name Caranthir “Red-face”, derived from primitive ✶stīrē (VT41/10), which was likely tied to the root √TIR “watch”.

Conceptual Development: The same noun N. thîr appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the glosses “look, face, expression, countenance”, but there it was derived from the root ᴹ√THĒ “look (see or seem)” (Ety/THĒ). Earlier “face” words include G. gwint from the 1910s (GL/46) and ᴱN. ant from the 1920s with more elaborate form ᴱN. annas (PE13/137, 160).

Cognates

• Q. -stir “face”

Derivations

• ✶stīrē “face” ✧ VT41/10
  • √STIR “face”
  • √TIR “watch (over), look at, observe, gaze at, watch (over), look at, observe, gaze at; [ᴹ√] guard”

Element in

• S. Caranthir “Red-face” ✧ VT41/10

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stīrē > þîr	[stīrē] > [stīre] > [sθīre] > [θīre] > [θīr]	✧ VT41/10

Variations

• þîr ✧ VT41/10

nef

on this side of

(prep.) nef, also used as an adjectival prefix nev- ”hither, near, on this side”

nef

on this side of

(prep.) nef, also used as an adjectival prefix nev- ”hither, near, on this side”;

nef

on this side of

also used as an adjectival prefix nev- ”hither, near, on this side”

nev

hither

(adj. pref.) nev- (near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

nev

hither

(near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

nedhu

bolster

*nedhu (pillow), analogical pl. nedhy. Cited in archaic form nedhw (LR:378, s.v. NID), so the coll. pl. is likely nedhwath.

nedhu

bolster

(pillow), analogical pl. nedhy. Cited in archaic form nedhw (LR:378, s.v. NID), so the coll. pl. is likely nedhwath.

nedhu

noun. bolster, cushion

nîf

face

1) nîf (construct nif) (front). No distinct pl. form. 2) thîr (look, expression, countenance) (VT41:10)

nîf

face

(construct nif) (front). No distinct pl. form.

hae

on the other side

(far, distant, further); lenited chae; no distinct pl. form;

harvo

left hand, left side

pl. harvoe (VT47:6);

rafn

extended point at the side

(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn);

thîr

face

(look, expression, countenance) (VT41:10)

forvo

right hand, right side

pl. forvoe (VT47:6);