quildë

quiet, rest, hush

quildë, quillë noun "quiet, rest, hush" (GL:23, QL:78)

quilda

quiet, hushed, still

quilda adj. "quiet, hushed, still" (QL:78)

quilde

noun. quiet, rest, hush

@@@ of the two EQ. forms, this one is most consistent with the Q. syncope

Derivations

• ᴺ✶. KWILID “quiet”

quilda

adjective. quiet, hushed, still

Cognates

• ᴺS. pell “still, quiet, hushed”

Derivations

• ᴺ✶. KWILID “quiet”

Element in

• ᴺQ. quildarë “bat”

sívë

noun. peace

Derivations

• √SIB “rest, quiet” ✧ VT44/35

Element in

• Q. ar mi cemen rainë i hínin “and on earth peace, good will toward men” ✧ VT44/35

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SIB > síve	[sībe] > [sīβe] > [sīve]	✧ VT44/35

Variations

• síve ✧ VT44/35

en

still

en (2), also ena, adv. "still"; quetir en "they still say" (PE17:167)

rainë

peace

rainë noun "peace" (VT44:34-35)

ser-

rest

ser- vb. "rest" (1st pers. aorist serin "I rest"); pa.t. probably *sendë since the R of ser- was originally D (cf. stem SED; compare rer- pa.t. rendë from RED concerning the past tense)

sérë

rest, repose, peace

sérë noun "rest, repose, peace" (SED, VT44:35); see under úyë concerning the sentence úyë sérë indo-ninya símen in Fíriel's Song

sívë

peace

sívë (2) noun "peace" (VT44:35)

voronwa

enduring, long-lasting

voronwa adj. "enduring, long-lasting" (BOR)

Este

noun. Rest

Rest

Este

noun. Peace

Peace, name of wife of Lórien

en(a)

adverb. still

@@@ is more frequently used to refer to future, not past

Derivations

• √EN “again, once more, go on doing; further, beyond, again, once more, go on doing; further, beyond; [ᴹ√] yonder, over there” ✧ PE17/167

Element in

• Q. quetir en “they still say” ✧ PE17/167

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√EN > ena	[ena]	✧ PE17/167

Variations

• en ✧ PE17/167
• ena ✧ PE17/167

hinna

adverb. still

ser-

verb. rest,repose;stay, tarry, be at the moment

sérë

noun. *peace

Changes

• sére → raine “*peace” ✧ VT44/34

Derivations

• √SED “rest”

Element in

• Q. ar mi cemen rainë i hínin “and on earth peace, good will toward men” ✧ VT44/35

Variations

• sére ✧ VT44/35 (sére)

dîn

noun/adjective. silence; silent, quiet

@@@ variation reflects Tolkien’s vacillation on whether or not Sindarin genitives are lenited

Derivations

• √DIN “silence”

Element in

• S. Amon Dîn “Silent Hill” ✧ PE17/095; PE17/098; SA/dîn
• S. dínen “silent” ✧ PE17/098; RC/551
• S. Dor Dínen “Silent Land” ✧ SA/dîn
• S. Rath Dínen “Silent Street” ✧ SA/dîn
• S. si loth a galadh lasto dîn “*here flower and tree listen [in] silence” ✧ LB/354
• S. Taur-na-Chardhîn “Forest of Southern Silence” ✧ WJI/Taur-na-Chardhîn

Variations

• tîn ✧ RC/551

tîn

adjective. silent, quiet

See also dîn.1 for a discussion regarding this word

tîn

adjective. silent, quiet

pell

adjective. still, quiet, hushed

Cognates

• ᴺQ. quilda “quiet, hushed, still”

Derivations

• ᴺ✶. KWILID “quiet”

dínen

adjective. silent

@@@ variation reflects Tolkien’s vacillation on whether or not Sindarin genitives are lenited

Element in

• S. Dor Dínen “Silent Land” ✧ S/121; WJ/333
• S. Rath Dínen “Silent Street” ✧ NM/364; RC/551

Elements

Word	Gloss
dîn	“silence; silent, quiet”
-en	“adjective suffix”

Variations

• Dínen ✧ NM/364; S/121
• tínen ✧ RC/551

dínen

adjective. silent

See also dîn.1 for a discussion regarding this word

dínen

adjective. silent

adj. silent. >> dîn

dîn

noun. silence

Adjectival use seems to be attested in several place names (Amon Dín "Silent Hill", etc.), though an adjective dínen.1 is also attested (Rath Dínen "Silent Street"). When compared with other toponyms where lenition does occur (Taur-na-Chardhîn "Forest of the Southern Silence" in WJ/185,193 and Dor Dhínen in WJ/333,338), the forms dîn and dínen clearly seem to be unmutated. Absence of lenition in these examples from LotR was therefore tentatively explained by resistance to mutation (as in Nan Tathren, Ered Mithrin). However, Tolkien apparently changed his mind in his unfinished index of names from LotR, where he explains both words as mutated adjectives whose unlenited forms are respectively tîn.2
and tínen . Such hesitations between mutated and unmutated forms is not unusual, for instance a similar issue is met with gaear and aear . Of course, Taur-na-Chardhîn and Dor Dhínen would hardly be explainable in that alternate scenario

dîn

noun. silence

_ n. _silence. >> Amon Dîn, dínen

send

noun. (?) rest

senn

noun. (?) rest

tínen

adjective. silent

See also dîn.1 for a discussion regarding this word

tínen

adjective. silent

îdh

noun. rest, repose

îdh

noun. peace

peace, tranquillity

Ēd

noun. Rest

Dor. Rest

bronadui

enduring

bronadui (lasting). Lenited vronadui. No distinct pl. form.

bronadui

enduring

(lasting). Lenited vronadui. No distinct pl. form.

dínen

silent

dínen (lenited dhínen, pl. dínin). In certain sources, Tolkien seems to presuppose that the unlenited form is actually tínen, with dínen as the lenited form, but elsewhere it is implied that dínen is the basic form, hence dhínen as the lenited variant.

dínen

silent

(lenited dhínen, pl. dínin). In certain sources, Tolkien seems to presuppose that the unlenited form is actually tínen, with dínen as the lenited form, but elsewhere it is implied that dínen is the basic form, hence dhínen as the lenited variant.

post

cessation

post (i bost, o phost) (pause, halt, rest, respite), pl. pyst (i physt)

post

cessation

(i bost, o phost) (pause, halt, rest, respite), pl. pyst (i physt)

sîdh

peace

sîdh (i hîdh), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîdh) if there is any pl. form. 1) aeg (point, thorn). No distinct pl. form. (but aeglir can be used for a range of mountain peaks). Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) mîn (i vîn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîn), coll. pl. míniath. Note: homophones include the numeral ”one” and the adjective ”isolated, first, towering”. 3) egnas (sharp point; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassath.

sîdh

peace

(i hîdh), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîdh) if there is any pl. form.

îdh

rest

_(noun) _1) îdh (repose), no distinct pl. form even if there could be a pl. 2) post (i bost, o phost) (pause, halt, cessation, respite), pl. pyst (i physt),

îdh

rest

(repose), no distinct pl. form even if there could be a pl. 2) post (i bost, o phost) (pause, halt, cessation, respite), pl. pyst (i physt)

Erde

noun. Rest

Rest

sib

root. rest, quiet

Changes

• SIB → raine “rest, quiet” ✧ VT44/34

Derivatives

• Q. sívë “peace” ✧ VT44/35

kwilid

root. quiet

Derivatives

• ᴺQ. quilda “quiet, hushed, still”
• ᴺQ. quilda- “to stay quiet, be quiet, rest”
• ᴺQ. quilde “quiet, rest, hush”
• ᴺS. pell “still, quiet, hushed”
• ᴺS. pillor “bat (animal)”

sed

root. rest

This root first appeared as ᴹ√SED “rest” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. sére “rest, repose, peace” and N. sîdh “peace”, along with the name of the Valië ᴹQ. Este < ᴹ✶ezdē (Ety/SED). The root √SED “rest” along with the etymology of Este reappeared in both the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1930s (PE19/45) and the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s (PE19/92), and again in revisions to the OP2 page annotated in green ink and thus probably from 1970 (PE19/91 and note #110).

The root √SED “rest” was mentioned a couple times in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s as the basis for the verb ᴹQ. ser- “rest, repose” (PE22/102, 125) and again (unglossed) in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 as the basis for Este (WJ/403). In the sense “peace” this root had some competition, however. In the first version of the Gloria in Excelsis Deo prayer from the mid-1960s, Tolkien used Q. sívë for “peace”, revised to Q. sérë in the second version and then Q. rainë (VT44/32). The word Q. sívë “peace” reappeared in unpublished etymological notes from 1969 derived from the root √SIB “rest, quiet” (VT44/35).

Neo-Eldarin: For purpose of Neo-Eldarin, I would use √SED for the act of resting and so Q. sérë “peace” = “restfulness (personal peace)”, and would use √SIB = “quiet, ✱stillness, absence of activity” and so Q. sívë “peace” = “absence of activity or violence (environmental peace)”. I would use Q. rainë as “good will” in connection to √RAY “smile”.

Derivatives

• ✶ezdē “rest” ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092; WJ/403
  • Q. Estë “Rest, Repose, Peace” ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092; WJ/403
  • S. Îdh “Estë, (lit.) Rest, Repose, Peace” ✧ PE19/092
  • S. îdh “rest, repose, peace, tranquility” ✧ PE19/091; WJ/403
  • T. Éde “Repose” ✧ PE19/092; WJ/403
• ✶sedu- “to go to rest”
• ᴺQ. sérë “peace; [ᴹQ.] rest, repose”
• Q. sérë “*peace”
• ᴺQ. sesta- “to set, (lit.) to make rest (on)”
• ᴺS. sedh- “to rest”
• S. send “?rest”
• ᴺS. sesta- “to set, (lit.) to make rest (on)”

din Reconstructed

root. silence

A hypothetical (Sindarin-only?) root serving as the basis for Sindarin words like dîn “silence” and dínen “silent” (PE17/95, 98). Tolkien’s use of these words in The Lord of the Rings is rather inconsistent, reflecting shifting rules on the circumstances in which words mutated in Sindarin. In his Unfinished Index of The Lord of the Rings, he said these words were tîn and tínen (RC/551). Given the conflict this would have with the root √TIN “spark”, for purposes of Neo-Eldarin I think it is best to assume this root is √DIN.

Derivatives

• S. dîn “silence; silent, quiet”

ezdē

noun. rest

Derivations

• √SED “rest” ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092; WJ/403

Derivatives

• Q. Estë “Rest, Repose, Peace” ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092; WJ/403
• S. Îdh “Estë, (lit.) Rest, Repose, Peace” ✧ PE19/092
• S. îdh “rest, repose, peace, tranquility” ✧ PE19/091; WJ/403
• T. Éde “Repose” ✧ PE19/092; WJ/403

Variations

• Ezdē ✧ PE19/092 (Ezdē)
• Ezdē-l ✧ PE21/83

tin²

root. silence

bronadui

adjective. enduring, lasting

dínen

adjective. silent

Element in

• N. Rath Dínen “Silent Street”

sîdh

noun. peace

sîdh

noun. peace

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sére “rest, repose, peace” ✧ Ety/SED

Derivations

• ᴹ√SED “rest” ✧ Ety/SED

Element in

• ᴺS. sídheb “peaceful, full of peace”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√SED > sîdh	[sēde] > [sīde] > [sīðe] > [sīð]	✧ Ety/SED

Ídh

noun. Rest

Rest

îdh

feminine name. Rest

Changes

• Ēdh → Īdh ✧ Ety/EZDĒ

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Este “rest” ✧ Ety/EZDĒ

Derivations

• On. Īde “rest” ✧ Ety/EZDĒ; EtyAC/EZDĒ
  • ᴹ✶ezdē “rest” ✧ Ety/EZDĒ; Ety/SED
  • ᴹ√SED “rest” ✧ PE19/045
• ᴹ✶ezdē “rest” ✧ PE19/045
  • ᴹ√SED “rest” ✧ PE19/045

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. Īde > Īdh	[īde] > [īðe] > [īð]	✧ Ety/EZDĒ
On. Ēde > Ēdh	[ēde] > [ēðe] > [ēð]	✧ EtyAC/EZDĒ
ᴹ✶Ezdē > ezd > ēd > Īð	[ezdē] > [ezde] > [eide] > [īde] > [īðe] > [īð]	✧ PE19/045

Variations

• Īdh ✧ Ety/EZDĒ
• Idh ✧ EtyAC/EZDĒ
• Ēdh ✧ EtyAC/EZDĒ (Ēdh)
• Īð ✧ PE19/045