rein

noun. erratic wandering

rein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

rain

noun. erratic wandering

A word for “erratic wandering” appearing in notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from 1967-69, derived from √RAN “wander, stray, meander” and an element in the river name Gilrain “✱Wandering Star” (VT42/13). See also ᴺS. rain “free, ✱unconstrained” [N. rhain] for another (adjectival) meaning for this word.

rain

noun. erratic wandering

rein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

rain

wandering

rain (erratic, free). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border”. (VT46:10)

rain

wandering

(erratic, free). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border”. (VT46:10)

ruin

slot

*ruin (spoor, track, footprint), pl. rŷn (idh rŷn). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”rhoein” = rhöin, LR:364 s.v. __. Note: a homophone means ”blazing fire, red flame” and also ”fiery red, burning” as an adj.

ruin

slot

(spoor, track, footprint), pl. r**ŷn (idh r**ŷn). – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”rhoein” = rhöin, LR:364 s.v. RUN. Note: a homophone means ”blazing fire, red flame” and also ”fiery red, burning” as an adj.

rhein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

A noun appearing as N. rhein “slot, spoor, track, footprint” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RUN “flat of hand or sole of foot” (Ety/RUN). It seems to be derived from ᴹ✶runya, with an intermediate form rhoein, where the ancient u became o via a-affection, then this o became œ via i-affection and then later e, while the [[n|y [ı̯] intruded into the preceding syllable]] after the loss of -a made it final.

Neo-Sindarin: This word was adapted as ᴺS. rein in HSD (HSD), with the usual removal of Noldorin-style voiceless rh. However, the actual phonological results in Sindarin would probably be ᴺS. ruin; compare S. ruin “fiery red” with Quenya cognate runya (PM/366). Since ruin already has several meanings in Sindarin, I would retain ᴺS. rein as an obscure dialectical variant.

rhein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

rhœin

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

ranya

noun. erratic wandering, erratic wandering; [ᴹQ.] free

A word for “erratic wandering” appearing in notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from 1967-69, derived from √RAN “wander, stray, meander” (VT42/13).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s, ᴹQ. (a)ranya was glossed “free” and derived from ᴹ✶(a)ranı̯ā under the root ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” (EtyAC/RAN).

runya

slot, footprint

runya noun "slot, footprint" (RUN; according to PM:366 runya also means "red flame", but SA:ruin has rúnya for this meaning)

ranyaila

adjective. wandering