pen

preposition. without, lacking, -less

pen-

without

(ben-) _ pref. _without,**less. pen-adar 'fatherless'. >> ben-, ú-

edra-

verb. open

_ v. _open (out). >> edro

pen

without

1. pen (lenited ben) (lacking, -less) (WJ:375) Not to be confused with the pronoun pen ”one, somebody, anybody”. When prefixed to a noun, the resulting phrase can be treated as an adjective in that it is lenited (pen- appears as ben-) where an adjective would be lenited. 2)

pen

without

(lenited ben) (lacking, -less) (WJ:375) Not to be confused with the pronoun pen ”one, somebody, anybody”. When prefixed to a noun, the resulting phrase can be treated as an adjective in that it is lenited (pen- appears as ben-) where an adjective would be lenited.

edro

verb. open!

edra-

verb. to open (out), to open (out), *come out

A verb for “open” in the phrase annon edhellen, edro hi ammen “Elvish gate open now for us” (LotR/307), also mentioned in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ETER “open, come out (of flowers, sun, etc.)” (Ety/ETER). In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien glossed it as “open (out)”, specified that it was intransitive, and derived it from primitive ✶etr- while saying it was related to ✶et “out” (PE17/45).

Neo-Sindarin: This verb probably originally meant something like “to out [oneself] = to come out”, and I think that sense may remain viable based on the 1930s gloss of its root: Anor edras “the sun came out [from behind the clouds]”. For transitive “open” I would use [N.] panna-: panno i annon “open the gate”.

Tumladen

noun. open valley

tum (“deep valley”) + laden (“clear, open, wide”)

annon edhellen, edro hi ammen

Elvish gate open now for us

dírnaith

noun. a military wedge-formation launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground

edra-

verb. to open

laden

adjective. open, cleared

laden

adjective. flat, wide, flat, wide, *level; [N.] open, cleared; [G.] fair, equitable; [ᴱN.] smooth

land

adjective. open space, level

land

adjective. wide, broad, wide, broad; [N.] open space, level

edra

open

(verb) 1) *edra- (i edra, in edrar), only attested in imperative form edro. 2) panna- (i banna, i phannar) (enlarge). Note: a homophone means ”fill”.

edra

open

(i edra, in edrar), only attested in imperative form edro.

laden

open

(adj.) laden (plain, flat, wide, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

open

(plain, flat,  wide, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

panna

open

(i banna, i phannar) (enlarge). Note: a homophone means ”fill”.

ledia-

verb. to open; unlock (transitive)

A neologism for “open” with the added sense “unlock” coined by Röandil on 2022-04-18 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), inspired by Q. latya- “open (to allow entry)” and ᴺS. ledil “key”.

plant

adjective. flat, open, expansive; candid, blunt (of words)

tuila-

verb. to bud, open (of flowers and leaves)

tuilu-

verb. to bud, open (of flowers and leaves)

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo inspired by ᴹQ. tuilu- and derived from ✶tuilu-, both of the same meaning (PE22/114, 136). However, we don’t know how u-verbs are inflected in Sindarin, so Elaran suggested the easier-to-conjugate ᴺS. tuila- as an alternative.

beltha-

verb. to open out, expand, unroll, set sail; to swell, belly (of sails)

land

open space

(construct lan, pl. laind) (level), also used as adjective ”wide, plain”.

land

open space

land (level), pl. laind. Also used as adj. ”wide, plain”.

land

open space

land (construct lan, pl. laind) (level), also used as adjective ”wide, plain”.

land

open space

(level), pl. laind. Also used as adj. ”wide, plain”.

laden

wide

1. laden (plain, flat, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT), 2) land (plain), pl. laind. Also used as noun ”open space, level”. 3) pann (i bann, o phann, construct pan), pl. pain (i phain). Since the pl. form clashes with *pain ”all” (mutated phain, SD:129), other terms may be preferred for clarity. 4) ûr (pl. uir). Notice the homophone ûr ”fire, heat”.

laden

wide

(plain, flat,  open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

flat

1. laden (plain, wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT), 2) *talu (lenited dalu, analogical pl. tely). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” dalw (LR:353 s.v. DAL; notice how dalath from the same root was changed to talath in Sindarin).

laden

flat

(plain, wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (for ”N” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

land

wide

(plain), pl. laind. Also used as noun ”open space, level”.

land

space

(open space) land (level), pl. laind, coll. pl. lannath. Also used as adj. ”wide, plain”.

land

level

land (open space), pl. laind, coll. pl. lannath. Also used as adj. ”wide, plain”.

land

level

(open space), pl. laind, coll. pl. lannath. Also used as adj. ”wide, plain”.

gaear

noun. sea

A word for “sea” variously attested as gaear (PE17/027; PM/363; WJ/400), gaer (PE17/27; PE17/149), and aear (Let/386; RGEO/65) in later writings. Of these, I prefer gaear for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, reduced to gaer in compounds.

Possible Etymology: The presence or absence of the initial g- depends on whether the word’s root is √AY(AR) (as it appears in The Etymologies and some later writings) or √GAY(AR) (as it appears in other later writings). See the entry of the root √GAY(AR) for a discussion of this vacillation. Similarly, the form gaer appears primarily as an element in compounds, and can be explained as a reduced form of gaear in that context. For these reasons, this entry uses gaear as the ordinary Sindarin word for “sea”. This has the additional advantage of disambiguating it from the adjective gaer “dreadful”.

Conceptual Development: This word appeared as N. oer or oear “sea” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, reflecting the Noldorin sound change of ai to oe (Ety/AY). However name for the “Great Sea” was N. {Belegar >>} Belegaer in the narratives of this period (LR/19), and the name N. Rhûnaer “Eastern Sea” appeared in draft Lord of the Rings maps from 1943 (TI/307). The element N. oer did appear in the day-of-the-week name N. Aroeren “✱Sea-day” in drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices, but this was revised to S. Oraeron (PM/130, 138).

aear

noun. sea

Tolkien changed this word several times, see gaear

aear

Sea

_n. _Sea, especially the Great (Western) Sea. Q. ear. nef aear, sí nef aearon lit. 'beyond the Sea, here beyond the Great Sea'. >> gaear, gaer

aear

noun. sea

aearon

noun. great sea, ocean

Tolkien changed this word several times, see gaearon

aer

noun. sea

Tolkien changed this word several times, see aear , gaear

faug

adjective. gape, [N.] thirsty, [S.] gape

An adjective for “thirsty” appearing in names like Anfauglir “Jaws of Thirst”.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “thirsty” was G. luib (GL/55) clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LOYO (QL/56). By Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the word had become ᴱN. faug “thirsty” (PE13/143), and N. faug “thirsty” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√PHAU̯ “gape” (Ety/PHAU). Christopher Tolkien gave faug the gloss “gape” in The Silmarillion appendix (SI/faug), but that seems to refer to the root meaning from the 1930s.

gaear

noun. sea

gaear

Sea

_n. _Sea, especially the Great (Western) Sea. Shorter form gaer. Q. ear. >> aear, gaer

gaearon

noun. great sea, ocean

gaer

noun. sea

gaer

Sea

_n._Sea, especially the Great (Western) Sea. Shorter form of gaear.Q. aire (obsolete). >> aear, gaear

gaer

noun. sea

gaeron

noun. great sea, ocean

iand

adjective. wide

lain

adjective. free, freed

land

adjective. wide, broad

lann

adjective. wide, broad

pathu

noun. level space, sward

talu

adjective. flat

adleitha

free

(i adleitha, in adleithar), also †adleg- (i adleg, in edlegir), pa.t. adlenc, pp. adlengen, pl. edlengin).

aear

sea

aear (ocean); pl. aeair. The shorter form aer (for N oer) is maybe best avoided since it can be confused with aer "holy", unless the latter is actually a lenited form of gaer. Forms with g-, representing an alternative concept of the word for ”sea”: gaear (i **aear) (ocean), pl. gaeair (i ngaeair = i ñaeair) (PM:363), also gaer (i **aer, no distinct pl. form except with article: i ngaer = i ñaer), but homophones of the latter mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "dreadful, awful, fearful; holy".

aear

sea

(ocean); pl. aeair. The shorter form aer (for N oer) is maybe best avoided since it can be confused with aer "holy", unless the latter is actually a lenited form of gaer. Forms with g-, representing an alternative concept of the word for ”sea”: gaear (i ’aear) (ocean), pl. gaeair (i ngaeair = i ñaeair) (PM:363), also gaer (i ’aer, no distinct pl. form except with article: i ngaer = i ñaer), but homophones of the latter mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "dreadful, awful, fearful; holy".

ar

without

(adv. prefix) ar- (outside)

ar

without

(outside)

caew

resting place

(i gaew, o chaew) (lair). No distinct pl. form except with article (i chaew).

faug

thirsty

faug (gasping, choking), pl. foeg

faug

thirsty

(gasping, choking), pl. foeg 

gardh

bounded or defined place

(i ’ardh) (region), pl. gerdh (i ngerdh = i ñerdh);

land

space

(level), pl. laind, coll. pl. lannath. Also used as adj. ”wide, plain”.

leitha

set free

(i leitha, i leithar)

palan

over a wide area

(far off)

pann

wide

(i bann, o phann, construct pan), pl. pain (i phain). Since the pl. form clashes with ✱pain ”all” (mutated phain, SD:129), other terms may be preferred for clarity.

pathu

level place

(i bathu) (sward), analogical pl. pethy (i phethy). Cited in archaic form pathw in the source (LR:380 s.v. PATH); hence the coll. pl. is likely pathwath. In the Etymologies as printed in

pathu

level place

(i bathu) (sward), analogical pl. pethy (i phethy). Cited in archaic form pathw in the source (LR:380 s.v. PATH); hence the coll. pl. is likely pathwath. In the Etymologies as printed in

rain

free

rain (wandering, erratic). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border” (VT46:10; suggested Sindarin form of ” Noldorin” rhain)

sant

privately owned place

(i hant, o sant) (field, garden, yard), pl. saint (i saint) (VT42:20)

sâd

place

sâd (-had; i hâd, o sâd, construct sad) (spot, limited area naturally or artificially defined), pl. said (i said) (UT:314, VT42:20)

sâd

place

(-had; i hâd, o sâd, construct sad) (spot, limited area naturally or artificially defined), pl. said (i said) (UT:314, VT42:20)  

talath

flat surface

(i dalath, o thalath) (plane, flatlands, plain, [wide] valley), pl. telaith (i thelaith). Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath, LR:353 s.v. DAL. Compare the Talath Dirnen or ”Guarded Plain” mentioned in the Silmarillion.

talu

adjective. flat

talu

flat

(lenited dalu, analogical pl. tely). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” dalw (LR:353 s.v. DAL; notice how dalath from the same root was changed to talath in Sindarin).

tui

bud

tui or (older) tuiw (i dui[w], o thui[w]) (sprout), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thui[w])

tui

bud

or (older) tuiw (i dui[w], o thui[w]) (sprout), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thui[w])

ú

without

(adverbial prefix) ú-, u- (e.g. udalraph ”without stirrups; stirrupless”, uluithiad *”without quenching” (SD:62) = ”unquenchable”). The prefix ar- has a similiar meaning, as in:

ú

without

u- (e.g. udalraph ”without stirrups; stirrupless”, uluithiad ✱”without quenching” (SD:62) = ”unquenchable”). The prefix ar- has a similiar meaning, as in:

ûr

wide

(pl. uir). Notice the homophone ûr ”fire, heat”.

pen

without, not having

[pen prep. "without, not having" (PE17:171). Cf. Ú #1.]

láta

open

láta adj. "open" (VT39:23), "open, not closed" (PE17:159, VT41:5)

panta

open

panta adj. "open" (PAT)

avalatya-

verb. *to refuse to open

A negation of the verb latya- “to open”, so meaning “✱refuse to open”, appearing in etymological notes associated with the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60 (VT41/5; PE17/159). It was probably a technical term connected to the “barrier of unwill” that one could choose to raise to prevent mental intrusion (VT39/23).

latya-

verb. to open anything (so as to allow entry)

A verb appearing in notes associated with the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60, glossed “to open anything (so as to allow entry)” and derived from √LAT “open, unenclosed, free to entry” (VT41/5; PE17/159).

láta

adjective. open (not closed)

An adjective meaning “open” (= not closed) appearing in the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60 (VT39/23) and associated etymological notes, where it was derived from √LAT “open, unenclosed, free to entry” (VT41/5; PE17/159).

latin

open, free, cleared (of land)

latin, latina adj. "open, free, cleared (of land)" (LAT). According to VT41:5, the adjective latina "is used rather of freedom of movement, of things not encumbered with obstacles".

latya-

verb. to open anything (so as to allow entry)

latya- (2) vb. "to open anything (so as to allow entry)" (PE17:159). Cf. the negated form avalatya *"un-open" = to "close"? (VT41:6). See ava- #3.

palu-

verb. open wide, spread, expand, extend

palu- vb. "open wide, spread, expand, extend" (PAL). Compare palu- intransitive "swell", pa.t. púlë, in Tolkien's early material (QL:75)

palya-

verb. open wide, spread, expand, extend

palya- vb. "open wide, spread, expand, extend" (PAL)

panta-

verb. to unfurl, spread out, open

panta- vb. "to unfurl, spread out, open" (PAT).

latina

adjective. free (of movement), not encumbered with obstacles, free (of movement), not encumbered with obstacles, [ᴹQ.] open, cleared (of land)

látie

noun. openness

A noun for “openness” appearing in the Ósanwe-kenta essay from 1959-60 based on láta “open” (VT39/23).

-ië

openness

-ië (2) abstract ending, often used to derive abstracts from adjectives, e.g. látië "openness" vs. láta "open", mornië "darkness" vs. morna "black, dark", vanië (for *vanyië) "beauty" vs. vanya "fair".

látië

openness

látië noun "openness" (VT39:23)

pantië

unfolding, opening, revealing

pantië noun "unfolding, opening, revealing" (abstract formation or gerund formed from panta "open", adjective and noun) (QL:72)

látacar

noun. pub, public house, (lit.) open-house

A neologism for a “pub, public house” appearing in the NQW, a combination of láta “open” and [ᴹQ.] car (card-) “house”, so more literally “open house”.

(taure)lanta

noun. clearing, open space in the forest

A neologism for “clearing, open space in the forest” coined by Luinyelle posted on 2025-05-09 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of taurë “forest” and lanta, the Quenya equivalent of [N.] lhant “clearing in the forest”.

apanta-

verb. to open, reveal, show, display

óripanta

adjective. sincere, honest, open, (lit.) open-hearted

ava-

without

ava- (3) prefix "without" (AR2, AWA). In some cases apparently used as a mere negation prefix: The form avalerya in VT41:6 is seemingly a negated form of the verb lerya- "release, set free"; the verb avalerya- is suggested to have the same meaning as the root KHAP = "bind, make fast, restrain, deprive of liberty". Likewise, the verb avalatya- from the same source seems to mean "to close, shut", this being a negated form of a verb *latya- "open" (q.v.)

fauca

thirsty

fauca ("k") adj. "thirsty" (PHAU; original glosses "thirsty, parched; lit. open-mouthed", VT46:9)

nin

to me, for me

nin pron. "to me, for me", dative of ni (FS, Nam). Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva? "Now who will refill the cup for me?" (Nam), nás mara nin *"it is good to me" = "I like it" (VT49:30), ecë nin carë sa* "it-is-open for me to do it" = "I can do it" (VT49:34). See also ninya**.

sara

stiff dry grass, bent

sara (3) (þ) noun "stiff dry grass, bent" (STAR). The word "bent" would here mean "open place covered with grass" (cf. LT1:274).

ëar

sea

ëar noun "sea" (AYAR/AIR [gives also dat. sg. ëaren],WJ:413; see Letters:386 for etymology). Not to be confused with the pl. form of the verb ëa "be, exist". Pl. ëari "seas" (FS, LR:47); Eär "the Great Sea" (cf. ëaron "ocean"), ablative Eärello "from the Great Sea", et Eärello "out of the Great Sea" (EO). Eärë noun "the open sea" (SD:305). Compound ëaruilë noun "seaweed" (UY). Found in proper names like Eärendil "Sea-friend", Eärendur masc. name, *"Sea-servant"; in effect a variant of Eärendil(Appendix A). Eärendur was also used ="(professional) mariner" (Letters:386).Fem. name Eärwen "Sea-maiden" (Silm); Eärrámë "Sea-wing", "Wings of the Sea", name of Tuor's ship (RAM, AYAR/AIR, SA)

cé

adverb. may (be)

landa

adjective. wide, wide, [ᴱQ.] broad

palda

adjective. wide, broad, wide, broad, *expansive

airen

noun. sea

parca

adjective. thirsty

-enca

without, -less

-enca suffix "without, -less" (PE17:167), cf. nec-, q.v.

airë

sea

airë (2) noun "sea" (the form airen is given, intended as a genitive singular when Tolkien wrote this; in LotR-style Quenya it would rather be a dative sg.) (AYAR/AIR; cf. airon)

airë

noun. sea

An archaic word for “sea” which fell out of use to due conflict with “holy” words like aira or airë; it was a noun form of primitive ✶gaı̯ră (PE17/27). The more common modern word for “sea” is ëar.

Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. aire “sea” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of ᴹ√AYAR (Ety/AY); it appeared beside a form ᴹQ. airen that might be a genitive form, or might be a longer form; see the entry on ᴹQ. airon for discussion.

aranya

free

aranya, also ranya, adj. "free". Another gloss was not certainly legible, but the editors suggest "uncontrolling" (VT46:10)

au-

without

au- (3) privative prefix, = "without" (AWA)

fairë

free

fairë (4) adj. "free" (LT1:250) (rather léra, lerina or mirima in LotR-style Quenya)

landa

wide

landa (2) adj. "wide" (LAD). Maybe in landatavárë = *"wide-wood"? (TI:415)

lehta

free, released

lehta (2) adj. "free, released" (VT39:17); #lehta tengwë "free element, released element", a term for "vowel" (only pl. lehta tengwi [ñ] is attested; we would rather expect *lehtë tengwi with the pl. form of the adjective) (VT39:17)

lenta

adjective. free

lerina

free

lerina adj. "free" of things: not guarded, reserved, made fast, or "owned" (VT41:5)

lára

flat

lára (1) adj. "flat" (DAL, VT45:25)

léra

free

léra adj. noun "free", of persons (VT41:5)

mirima

free

mirima adj. "free" (MIS). ("Free" is rather expressed as léra in Tolkiens later Quenya; mirima would be prone to confusion with mírima above.)

nec-

without, -less

nec- prefix "without, -less" (PE17:167), cf. -enca, q.v.

nec-

prefix. without

nómë

place

#nómë noun "place", isolated from Nómesseron, q.v. Cf. also sinomë.

nómë

noun. place

A word for “place” appearing as an element in names like Ondonórë Nómesseron Minasurië “Enquiry into the Place-names of Gondor” (VT42/17) and Quentalë Ardanómion “✱History of the Places of Arda” (WJ/206). It is also an element in correlative combinations like sinomë “here, in this place” (LotR/967; PE17/67, 103), where it has a short o as the second element in a compound; compare lúmë “time” vs. silumë “now, at this time”.

Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. nome (or ✱nóme) first appeared in correlative combinations in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 as a derivative of ᴹ√NOM “spot, place” (PE23/112), this root replacing ᴹ√MEN of the same meaning (PE23/112 note #141). The rejected root refers back to ᴹQ. men “place, spot” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/MEN), which in turn had replaced ᴹQ. esse “place” under the root ᴹ√ES when that root was revised to have derivatives like esse “name” instead (EtyAC/ES). The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lar “region, place” under the early root ᴱ√LAŘA [LAÐA] (QL/51).

palla

wide, expansive

palla adj. "wide, expansive" (PAL)

ráva

free, unfettered, uncontrolled, lawless

ráva (1) adj. "free, unfettered, uncontrolled, lawless" (PE17:78), "wild, untamed"_ (RAB). _In PE17:78, the gloss "wild" is given to the variant hráva instead.

soica

thirsty

soica ("k") adj. "thirsty" (VT39:11)

soica

adjective. thirsty

An adjective for “thirsty” in notes from around 1960 derived from the root √SOK “drink” via i-infixion (VT39/11), a process which produced a small class of desiderative words in Quenya, as in “desiring to drink”. See the entry ᴹQ. fauka for earlier and alternate words for “thirsty”.

váya

sea

váya noun "sea" (considered as "waters, motion"). The wording of the source indicates that Tolkien only tentatively considered such a word (PE17:33)

vëa

sea

vëa (3) noun "sea" (MC:213, 214, 216; possibly obsoleted by #1 and #2 above, though some argue that the initial element of the late names Vëantur and Vëandur [q.v.] could be vëa #3 rather than #2 (it can hardly be #1) . In any case, the normal word for "sea" in LotR-style Quenya seems to be ëar.) Inflected vëan "sea" (MC:220), vëar "in sea" (a "Qenya" locative in -r, MC:213), vëassë "on sea" (MC:220). Cf. also vëaciryo.

yanda

wide

yanda adj. "wide" (PE17:115); variant of yána #1, q.v.

yanda

adjective. wide

yonda

wide, roomy, extensive

yonda adj."wide, roomy, extensive" (PE17:43), also (as alternative form of yonna) glossed "enclosed", with the latter meaning perhaps intended as the passive participle of the verb yor-

ú

without, destitute of

ú (1) adv. and prep. "without, destitute of" (VT39:14). Usually followed by genitive: ú calo "without light" (cala). In one source, ú is seemingly also used as a negative verb "was not" (VT49:13), but Tolkien revised the text in question.

edro

verb. open!

lostladen

place name. *Empty and Open

Name of the region south of Mordor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s; the name Lothlann was applied to the same region (WR/426). Since Lhothland was elsewhere translated “Empty and Wide” (Ety/LAD), the name Lostladen was likely a combination of lhost “empty” and lhost “open”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.44).

panna-

verb. to open, enlarge, to open, enlarge, *expand

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its (Noldorin) infinitive form panno “to open, enlarge” under the root ᴹ√PAT (Ety/PAT). Given the glosses “to unfurl, spread out, open” for its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. panta-, I would assume panna- means “enlarge” in the sense “✱expand”.

Neo-Sindarin: I currently recommend using ᴺS. panna- as a Neo-Sindarin verb for “arrange; put” inspired by G. panta-. Unfortunately, this conflicts with panna- “open”. In many cases the meaning should be clear from context based on the object of the verb, such as panno i fend “open the door” vs. panno i vegil bo i hardh “put the sword on the table”. Where things are ambiguous, I think the adverb ed “out” can be used to make the sense “open” more clear, as panno ed i golch “open (out) the box” vs. panno i golch v’i tham “put the box in the room” vs. panno ed i golch v’i tham “open (out) the box in the room”. Compare also intrasitive S. edra- “open (out)”.

edra-

verb. to open

lhaden

adjective. flat (and wide); open, cleared, flat (and wide); open, cleared; [ᴱN.] smooth

lhand

noun. open space, level

edra-

verb. to open

lhaden

adjective. open, cleared

lhand

adjective. open space, level

panna-

verb. to open, to enlarge

faug

adjective. thirsty

oer

noun. sea

pann

adjective. wide

laden

adjective. flat (and wide)

aer

noun. sea

dalw

adjective. flat

dalw

adjective. flat

faug

adjective. thirsty

laden

adjective. flat (and wide)

lhain

adjective. free, freed

lhand

adjective. wide, broad

lhann

adjective. wide, broad

lhein

adjective. free, freed

oear

noun. sea

oear

noun. sea

oer

noun. sea

pann

adjective. wide

pathw

noun. level space, sward

rhain

adjective. free

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”.

ûr

noun. wide

ûr

adjective. wide

(ñ)gay

root. gape, become wide, open, vast

A root appearing in notes on words and phrases from The Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s, serving as an explanation for √GAY(AR) “sea” (PE17/27). Its gloss was “gape, become wide, open, vast”, but elsewhere “sea” words were generally attached to roots meaning “awe, dread”, so I think this was likely a transient idea. See the entry on √GAY(AR) for further discussion.

etr-

verb. open (intransitive)

tuilu-

verb. to open (of buds, flowers)

tuilu

verb. open (of buds, flowers)

eke

root. it is open

nandā

adjective. hollow (not used of things empty inside but those open above)

ay(ar)

root. sea

palnā

adjective. wide, broad

ler

root. free

A root appearing twice in a list of roots from 1959-60, the first time described as “free (of moveable things or moving things), able to move as willed, unimpeded, unhampered, loose, not fixed fast or static” and the second time as “am free to do, sc., am under no restraint (physical or other)” (VT41/5-6). In the second instance it was compared to √POL which had the sense of being physically able to do something. It seems that √LER = “able to do something because there is nothing preventing it” vs. √POL = “able to something because of physical ability”. It might also be contrasted with √LEK which has the sense of freeing something that was once bound, whereas with √LER the thing that is free may have never been bound in the first place.

yad

root. wide

azra

noun. sea

The Adûnaic word for “sea” (SD/429), appearing as azar in some early texts (SD/305). It is fully declined on SD/431.

pharaz

noun. sea

A draft word for “sea”, deleted and replaced with azar (SD/305), which later become azra. This word reappeared later with a different meaning: pharaz “gold”.