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

  • ornē “(straight) tree” ✧ Let/426; NM/349; UT/266
    • RŌ/ORO “up(wards); rise (up), go high, mount, up(wards); rise (up), go high, mount; [ᴹ√] high, [ᴱ√] steepness, rising” ✧ Let/426

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
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)
Sindarin [Let/426; NM/349; PE17/025; PE17/050; PE17/084; PE17/112; PE17/153; RC/425; SA/neldor; SA/orn; UT/267; UTI/Huorns; VT42/27; WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orn

upstanding plant

_ 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

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

orn

a tall tree

_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 [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:25:84:112] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

orn

noun. (any large) tree

Sindarin [Ety/379, S/435, Letters/426] Group: SINDICT. Published by

oron

noun. tree

n. Bot. tree. Also in compound -(o)rŏnō. >> orn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:89] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

malhorn

noun. golden tree of Lothlórien

Sindarin [S/435, LotR/II:IV, VT/42:27, Tengwestie/20031207] malt+orn "tree of gold". Group: SINDICT. Published by

mallorn

noun. golden tree of Lothlórien

Sindarin [S/435, LotR/II:IV, VT/42:27, Tengwestie/20031207] malt+orn "tree of gold". Group: SINDICT. Published by

malthorn

noun. golden tree of Lothlórien

Sindarin [S/435, LotR/II:IV, VT/42:27, Tengwestie/20031207] malt+orn "tree of gold". Group: SINDICT. Published by

orchal

adjective. tall, tall; [N.] superior, eminent, lofty

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
or“above, above; [G.] onto, on top, on”
hall“exalted, high”

Variations

  • Orchal ✧ WJ/305; WJI/Galdor; WJI/Orchal
Sindarin [WJ/305; WJI/Galdor; WJI/Orchal] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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)

Sindarin [LotR/IV:VII, LotR/VI:V, WR/176] Group: SINDICT. Published by

arod

adjective. tall

_ adj. _tall, eminent. Q. aratā.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:39] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

galadh

noun. tree

Sindarin [Ety/357, S/427, LotR/E, LB/354, RGEO/73, Letters] Group: SINDICT. Published by

galadh

noun. tree

Cognates

  • Nan. galad “tree” ✧ MR/182; PE17/060
  • Q. alda “tree, tree, [ᴱQ.] branch” ✧ Let/426; LotR/1113; PE17/025; PE17/050; PE17/063; PE17/136; PE17/153; PE17/153; RGEO/65; SA/alda; NM/352

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
    • ᴹ√GALAD “tree”
    • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA
    • GAL “grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom, grow (like plants), flourish, be healthy, be vigorous, bloom, [ᴹ√] thrive” ✧ Let/426; PE17/025; PE17/135; PE17/153; PE17/153

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
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
Sindarin [LB/354; Let/426; LotR/1113; MR/182; MR/470; NM/349; NM/352; PE17/025; PE17/050; PE17/060; PE17/063; PE17/097; PE17/136; PE17/153; RGEO/65; SA/alda; SA/kal; UT/267] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:25:136] < *_galaða_ < *_galadā_ < GAL to grow (like a plant). Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

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

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:25:50] < *_galadā _a large plant (general term), tree < GALA grow like plants. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

raud

tall

adj. tall, high, lofty, eminent, noble. Q. arta (< áratā). >> Nimrodel, rodel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:49:118] < _(a)rātā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

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

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

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

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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.