_n. Bot._a tall tree. Birch, ash and oak are of the orn kind. In Sindarin, there was no much distinction in size between galað and orn. A galað was more thick, dense and branching than a orn. Birch, ash and oak are of the orn kind. Q. orne. >> Fangorn, galadh, nordh
Sindarin
orn
noun. (tall) tree
Cognates
- Q. ornë “(tall) tree, (tall) tree, [ᴹQ.] high isolated tree” ✧ Let/426; PE17/025; PE17/050; PE17/112; PE17/153; PE17/153
Derivations
Element in
- S. Belegorn “*Great-tree”
- S. Celeborn “Tree of Silver” ✧ PE17/112; SA/orn
- ᴺS. collorn “laburnum, *(lit.) orange-tree”
- ᴺS. ecthelorn “spruce, fir-tree”
- S. eryn “wood, forest (of trees)” ✧ PE17/153
- S. Fangorn “Treebeard” ✧ PE17/084; SA/orn
- S. Hírilorn “Tree of the Lady” ✧ SA/orn
- S. huorn “?Spirit Tree” ✧ RC/425; UTI/Huorns
- S. lebethron “Gondorian hardwood, *(lit.) finger tree”
- S. mallorn “gold tree, yellow tree” ✧ SA/orn
- S. Melthinorn “Tree of Gold”
- S. neldor “beech” ✧ SA/neldor
- S. Ornil
- S. Taur-i-Melegyrn “Forest of the Great Trees” ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn
- Os. malthorn “gold tree” ✧ PE17/050; VT42/27
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ornē > orn [ornē] > [orne] > [orn] ✧ Let/426 ✶ornē > orn [ornē] > [orne] > [orn] ✧ NM/349 ✶ornē > orn [ornē] > [orne] > [orn] ✧ UT/266 Variations
- oron ✧ PE17/153 (oron)
orn
upstanding plant
orn
a tall tree
orn
noun. (any large) tree
oron
noun. tree
n. Bot. tree. Also in compound -(o)rŏnō. >> orn
malhorn
noun. golden tree of Lothlórien
mallorn
noun. golden tree of Lothlórien
malthorn
noun. golden tree of Lothlórien
orchal
adjective. tall, tall; [N.] superior, eminent, lofty
Element in
- S. Orchaldor “*Tall Lord”
Elements
Word Gloss or “above, above; [G.] onto, on top, on” hall “exalted, high” Variations
- Orchal ✧ WJ/305; WJI/Galdor; WJI/Orchal
lebethron
noun. a tree - its black wood was used by the woodwrights of Gondor
In the original manuscript, one of the earlier (rejected) form of this name was lebendron. Didier Willis proposed the etymology lebed+doron "finger-oak", actually a real tree name (Finger Oak or Quercus digitata)
arod
adjective. tall
_ adj. _tall, eminent. Q. aratā.
galadh
noun. tree
galadh
noun. tree
Cognates
Derivations
- ✶galadā “great plant, tree” ✧ Let/426; NM/349; NM/352; PE17/025; PE17/050; PE17/063; PE17/135; PE17/153; PE17/153; UT/266
Element in
- S. Bregalad “Quickbeam; (lit.) Quick (Lively) Tree”
- S. Caras Galadhon “City of the Trees” ✧ Let/426; NM/352; SA/alda; UT/267
- S. Caras i-Ngelaidh “City of the Trees” ✧ PE17/060
- S. Galadhon
- S. galadhremmen “tree-meshed” ✧ PE17/136
- S. Galadhrim “Tree-people” ✧ Let/426; PE17/050; SA/alda; UT/267
- S. Galadlóriel “Golden Rain, (lit.) Golden Tree”
- S. Galador
- S. Galadriel “Glittering-garland” ✧ SA/kal; UT/267
- S. Galadwen
- S. Galathilion “White Tree”
- S. Gelennil “Lover of Trees”
- S. lais geledhion “leaves of trees” ✧ PE17/097
- S. o galadhremmin ennorath “from tree-tangled middle-lands” ✧ PE17/025
- S. Orgaladh “Day of the Tree, *Tuesday”
- S. Orgaladhad “Day of the Two Trees, *Tuesday”
- S. si loth a galadh lasto dîn “*here flower and tree listen [in] silence” ✧ LB/354
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ Let/426 ✶galada > galað [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ NM/352 ✶galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/025 ✶galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/050 ✶galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/063 ✶galadā > galaða > galað > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/135 ✶galadā́ > galað [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/153 ✶galadā > galað [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/153 ✶galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ UT/266 Variations
- galað ✧ MR/182; MR/470; NM/349; NM/352; PE17/060; PE17/153; PE17/153
galadh
tree
{ð} n. tree. In Sindarin, there was no much distinction in size between galað and orn. A galað was more thick, dense and branching than a orn. Birch, ash and oak are of the orn kind. Q. alda. >> orn
galadh
tree
_n. Bot._tree, like oak (nordh) and beech. A galadh was more thick, dense and branching than a orn. In Sindarin, there was no much distinction in size between galað and orn. A galað was more thick, dense and branching than a orn. Birch, ash and oak are of the orn kind. Q. alda. >> orn
raud
tall
orn
tree
(pl. yrn). Note: a homophone means ”tall”.
orn
tall
(pl. yrn). Note: a homophone of the latter means ”tree”.
huorn
walking tree of fangorn
(i chuorn, o chuorn), pl. huyrn (i chuyrn).
tond
tall
(lenited dond; pl. tynd)
tond
adjective. tall
tond
tall
1) tond (lenited dond; pl. tynd), 2) †orn (pl. yrn). Note: a homophone of the latter means ”tree”.
galadhon
of or related to trees
(lenited ‘aladhon, pl. galadhoen). Archaic ✱galadhaun. The latter is based on David Salo’s analysis of the name Caras Galadhon; others have interpreted the last word as some kind of genitive plural, maybe influenced by Silvan Elvish.
lebethron
oak tree
.
toss
low-growing tree
(i** doss, o thoss, construct tos), pl. tyss (i** thyss). Tolkien mentioned ”maple, hawthorn, blackthorn, holly, etc.” as examples of the low-growing trees covered by this word. Specific trees, see
galadh
tree
1) galadh (i **aladh), pl. gelaid (i ngelaidh = i ñelaidh) (Letters:426, SD:302). 2) orn (pl. yrn**). Note: a homophone means ”tall”.
galadh
tree
(i ’aladh), pl. gelaid (i ngelaidh = i ñelaidh) (Letters:426, SD:302).
nothlir
family tree
(family line); no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. nothliriath.
galadhrim
people of the trees
(Elves of Lórien). Adj.
_ n. _upstanding plant, general word for tree. In Sindarin, there was no much distinction in size between galað and orn. A galað was more thick, dense and branching than a orn. Birch, ash and oak are of the orn kind. [PE17:25: 153] >> Fangorn, galadh