Quenya 

réna

edge, border, margin

réna noun "edge, border, margin" (REG)

cimba

noun. edge, brink

Quenya [PE 22:149] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

ríma

edge, hem, border

ríma noun "edge, hem, border" (RĪ)

ercassë

holly

ercassë ("k") noun "holly" (ERÉK)

Sindarin 

ereg

noun. holly-tree, thorn

Sindarin [Ety/356, S/431] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ereg

noun. holly

_ n. Bot. _holly. >> Eregion

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:42] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rîw

noun. edge, hem, border

Sindarin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lanc

noun. sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end (as a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or built)

Sindarin [VT/42:8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rêg

holly

rêg (construct reg) (thorn), pl. rîg (idh rîg). See also LOW-GROWING TREE

rêg

holly

(construct reg) (thorn), pl. rîg (idh** rîg**). See also

rîw

edge

*rîw (construct riw) (hem, border), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhîf.

rîw

edge

(construct riw) (hem, border), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhîf.

lanc

sharp edge

(sudden end, brink), pl. lainc, coll. pl. langath. Note: homophones mean ”naked” and also ”neck, throat”.

Noldorin 

ereg

noun. holly-tree, thorn

Noldorin [Ety/356, S/431] Group: SINDICT. Published by

eregdos

noun. holly, holly-tree

Noldorin [Ety/356, Ety/379, Ety/395] ereg+toss. Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhîf

noun. edge, hem, border

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

réna

noun. edge, border, margin

Changes

  • rāna → rāne ✧ EtyAC/REG
  • rāne → réna ✧ Ety/REG

Cognates

  • N. rhain “border” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Derivations

  • ᴹ√REG “edge, border, margin” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√REG > réna[regna] > [reŋna] > [rēna]✧ Ety/REG
ᴹ√RAG > rāne[ragna] > [raŋna] > [rāna]✧ EtyAC/REG

Variations

  • rāna ✧ EtyAC/REG (rāna)
  • rāne ✧ EtyAC/REG (rāne)
Qenya [Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

erke

noun. holly

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ PE22/127

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√EREK > erke[erke]✧ PE22/127

erkasse

noun. holly

A noun appearing as ᴹQ. erkasse “holly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√ERÉK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK). In a rejected page from the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. erke “holly” derived from the same root (PE22/127). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the (non-rejected) 1930s ercassë “holly”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, Tolkien had ᴱQ. piosenna “holly”, a combination of ᴱQ. pio “berry” and ᴱQ. senna “red-brown” (QL/83; PME/83).

Cognates

  • N. ereg “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ERÉK > erkasse[erkasse]✧ Ety/ERÉK

Doriathrin

reg

noun. holly

A Doriathrin noun for “holly” attested only in the plural forms regin and region (Ety/ERÉK). It also appeared as an element in the word regorn “holly-tree”. It seems that the latter word replaced reg in the singular, and the original survived only in the plurals, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/regorn).

Cognates

  • N. ereg “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Element in

  • Ilk. regorn “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK
  • Ilk. Region “*Hollin” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ERÉK > regin[rek] > [reg]✧ Ety/ERÉK
Doriathrin [Ety/ERÉK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

reg

root. edge, border, margin

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “edge, border, margin” with derivatives like ᴹQ. réna of similar meaning and N. rhain “border” (Ety/REG). ᴹ√REG replaced a rejected variant ᴹ√RAG (EtyAC/REG). The root is evident in only one name: N. {Duil Rain >>} Emyn Rhain “Border Hills” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/268, 313), called S. Emyn Muil “Drear Hills” in the published version of The Lord of the Rings (LotR/373; RC/334).

Changes

  • RAG → REG ✧ Ety/REG

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. réna “edge, border, margin” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG
  • N. rhain “border” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Variations

  • RAG ✧ EtyAC/REG (RAG)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

cant

noun. edge

Cognates

  • Eq. kante “edge” ✧ PE13/140

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶kantya “edge” ✧ PE13/140
Early Noldorin [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

kantya

noun. edge

Derivatives

  • Eq. kante “edge” ✧ PE13/140
  • En. cant “edge” ✧ PE13/140
Early Primitive Elvish [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kili

root. edge

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶kīla
    • G. cail “lip” ✧ GL/24
  • ᴺQ. cílëa “edged”
  • Eq. kíla “edge, rim” ✧ QL/046
  • Eq. kilme “lip” ✧ QL/046
  • G. cilm “rim, brink, edge”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

kante

noun. edge

Cognates

  • En. cant “edge” ✧ PE13/140

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶kantya “edge” ✧ PE13/140

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶kantya > kante[kantja] > [kantjǝ] > [kantj] > [kanti] > [kante]✧ PE13/140
Early Quenya [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

piosenna

noun. holly

Early Quenya [LT2A/Silpion; PME/074; QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by