pel

noun. fenced field (= Old English tún)

pelthaes

noun. pivot

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “pivot”, a combination of ᴹ√PEL “revolve on a fixed point” and N. taes “nail”, more exactly a derivative of ON. pelthaksa (Ety/PEL; TAK). In their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies, Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne noted that Tolkien had a variant form pelhes under the entry for ᴹ√TAK, but that probably was a slip for pelthes (EtyAC/TAK).

pelthaes

noun. pivot

pêl

noun. fenced field

ephel

noun. outer fence

ephel

noun. outer fence, encircling fence

cerin

noun. circular enclosure

cerin

noun. mound

gwinna-

verb. to fade

rîdh

noun. sown field, acre

thinna-

verb. to fade, to grow towards evening

The punctuation in The Etymologies is considered incorrect (the full dot after this word should conceivably be a comma)

thora-

verb. to fence

thora-

verb. to fence

pel-

verb. go round, revolve, return

pel- vb. "go round, revolve, return" (PEL), apparently also transitive "encircle" (mentioned in the Silmarillion Appendix as a meaning of the root), cf. also "Qenya" pele- "surround, fence in, pen in" (pa.t. pellë given, QL:73)

peler

fenced field

peler noun "fenced field" (Old English tún) (PEL(ES) )

peltas

pivot

peltas (peltax-, as in pl. peltaxi ["ks"]) noun "pivot" (PEL, TAK)

pel-

verb. to go round, encircle, to go round, encircle; [ᴱQ.] to surround, fence in, pen in; [ᴹQ.] to revolve, return

queren

pivot

#queren noun "pivot" (PE17:65), only cited as a stem-form querend-. (Cf. peltas.) It is unclear whether Tolkien rejected this word or not.

quel-

verb. to fade, to fade; [ᴹQ.] †to fail; [ᴱQ.] to perish

A verb for “to fade” indicated by the season and month names quellë “fading” and Narquelië “Sun-fading” in The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1110). It was clearly derived from the root √KWEL “fade, die away, grow faint” (PE18/103).

Conceptual Development: This verb dates back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, where ᴱQ. qele- “perish, etc.” appeared under the early root ᴱ√QELE “perish, die, decay, fail” (QL/76). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, qel- was glossed “fade” (PE16/134). In ᴹQ. Fíriel’s Song from the 1930s it appeared in its future form ᴹQ. qeluva “faileth” (LR/63, 72).

hahta

noun. fence

fence, hedge

hesta

wither

hesta vb. "wither" (LT1:255)

panda

enclosure

panda noun "enclosure" (PAD)

sinta-

verb. fade

sinta- (þ) (2) vb. "fade", pa.t. sintanë (THIN)

vinda-

verb. fade

[vinda- vb. "fade"; pa.t. vindanë given (VT46:21). Compare vinta-.]

vinta-

verb. fade

[vinta- (2) vb. "fade", pa.t. vintë, vintanë given. (WIN/WIND) Compare vinda-.]

yonwa

fence, border, boundary

yonwa noun "fence, border, boundary" (PE17:43)

pelola

preposition and adverb. beyond (the boundary)

et-pel

noun. outer fence

khes

root. wither

tad

root. enclosure

pel-

verb. *to fade, wane

A verb indicated by the month name Narbeleth “October, Sun-waning” from The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1107). It was clearly derived from the root √KWEL “fade, die away, grow faint” (PE18/103), where [[at|ancient [kw] became [p]]] in Sindarin.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had a similar verb G. cwel- “fade, wither” (GL/28), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√QELE “perish, die, decay, fade” (QL/76). The sound change of [kw] to [p] did not occur in Gnomish of the 1910s.

pêl

noun. *fenced field, [N.] fenced field

A noun appearing as an element is several later names such as Pelargir “Garth of Royal Ships” (RC/535) and Pelennor “Fenced Land” (PE17/65). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. pêl was glossed “fenced field, [Old English] tūn” under the root ᴹ√PEL(ES) (Ety/PEL(ES); EtyAC/PEL(ES)). The Old English word “tūn” means “enclosure” and was the ancestor of modern English “town”. It seems that as a suffix, -bel (mutated pel) could likewise refer to a settlement analogous to English “-ton, -ham”, such as in Calembel “Greenham” (RC/537).

In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road the form was pel (LR/380), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne indicated the actual form was pêl in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/8), in keeping with the principle that short vowels generally lengthened in monosyllables. This word has an unusual plural peli, where the final i was retained because it was originally non-final, preserved before an s > h that was ultimately lost: ancient plural pelesi > pelih(i) > modern plural peli.

Conceptual Development: Similarly derived words in Tolkien’s early iterations of the language include G. pless “fence, hedge” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√PELE “fence in” (GL/64; QL/73) and ᴱN. helai “fence” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s derived from primitive ᴱ✶pelesa (PE13/147).

ephel

noun. outer fence, encircling fence

pel

wither

pel- (i bêl, i phelir) (fade)

pel

fade

(i bêl, i phelir) (wither)

pel

wither

(i bêl, i phelir) (fade)

pelthaes

pivot

pelthaes (i belthaes), no distinct pl. form except with article (i phelthaes)

pel-

verb. to fence, enclose

pelu-

verb. to fence, enclose

pelthaes

pivot

(i belthaes), no distinct pl. form except with article (i phelthaes)

pêl

fence, fenced field

(i bêl, construct pel) (enclosure, garth), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root PEL(ES), LR:380)

pêl

garth

pêl (i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, enclosure), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root __, LR:380)

pêl

garth

(i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, enclosure), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root PEL(ES), LR:380)

pêl

enclosure

pêl (i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, garth), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root __, LR:380).

pêl

enclosure

(i bêl, construct pel) (fence, fenced field, garth), pl. peli (i pheli), the latter forms reflecting the stem pele- (root PEL(ES), LR:380).

ephel

fence

(pl. ephil)

ephel

outer fence

(encircling fence) ephel (pl. ephil)

ephel

outer fence

(pl. ephil)

fir

fade

1. fir- (i fîr, i firir) (die), 2) pel- (i bêl, i phelir) (wither), 3) thinna- (grow toward evening)

cail

noun. fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes

cerin

noun. circular enclosure

cerin

noun. mound

iath

noun. fence

iath

noun. fence

iâth

noun. fence

iâth

noun. fence

parth

noun. field, enclosed grassland, sward

talf

noun. flat field, flat land

cail

fence

(i gail, o chail) (palisade); no distinct pl. form except with article (i chail).

cerin

circular enclosure

(i gerin, o cherin) (circular raised mound), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cherin).

fir

fade

(i fîr, i firir) (die)

iâd

noun. fence

iâth

fence

(noun) 1) iâth (construct iath, pl. iaith) (WJ:370, 378), also ?iâd (construct iad), pl. iaid. 2) lest (girdle, boundary), pl. list, 3) (outer/encircling fence) ephel (pl. ephil), 4) (with spikes and sharp stakes) cail (i gail, o chail) (palisade); no distinct pl. form except with article (i chail).

iâth

fence

(construct iath, pl. iaith) (WJ:370, 378), also ?iâd (construct iad), pl. iaid.

lest

fence

(girdle, boundary), pl. list

parth

field

1. parth (i barth, o pharth) (sward, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth), 2) (low, flat field, or wetland) talf (i dalf, o thalf), pl. telf (i thelf), coll. pl. talvath. _(Names:195). Note: a homophone means ”palm”. 3) sant (i hant, o sant) (garden, yard, or other privately owned place), pl. saint (i saint) (VT42:20)_

parth

field

(i barth, o pharth) (sward, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth)

rîdh

sown field

(acre);  no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (idh rîdh)

sant

field

(i hant, o sant) (garden, yard, or other privately owned place), pl. saint (i saint) (VT42:20) 

talf

field

(i dalf, o thalf), pl. telf (i thelf), coll. pl. talvath. (Names:195). Note: a homophone means ”palm”.

thangail

shield fence

(shield wall). No distinct pl. form? (UT:281)

thinna

fade

(grow toward evening)

thora

fence

(verb) *thora- (the curious form ”thoro-” occurs in the primary source, LR:393 s.v. THUR). The passive participle thoren ”fenced, guarded, hidden” is cited (pl. thorin).

thora

fence

(the curious form ”thoro-” occurs in the primary source, LR:393 s.v. THUR). The passive participle thoren ”fenced, guarded, hidden” is cited (pl. thorin).

hacta, hatta

noun. fence

fence, hedge