(sail, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar)
Sindarin
revia-
verb. to fly, sail
revia-
verb. to wander
revia-
verb. to fly, sail
renia
fly
renia
fly
rib
fly
rib- (i rîb, idh ribir) (rush, fling)
rib
fly
(i rîb, idh ribir) (rush, fling)
Noldorin
rhevia-
verb. to fly, sail
rhevia-
verb. to wander
rhenia-
verb. to fly, sail
This verb appeared in its Noldorin-style infinitive form N. rhenio in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from primitive ᴹ✶ramya- under the root ᴹ√RAM having do with wings (Ety/RAM). The verb was glossed “fly, sail; wander”, but the last gloss “wander” was technically for a separate verb N. rhenio, elsewhere translated “to stray” and based on the root ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” (Ety/RAN). The two verbs collided because ancient my became ny in Noldorin of the 1930s.
Neo-Sindarin: Many Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this verb as ᴺS. renia- “to sail, fly” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested by David Salo (GS/282), since the unvoicing of initial r to rh was a feature of Noldorin of the 1930s but not Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. Didier Willis instead suggested ᴺS. revia- (HSD/revia) assuming that my > ny was also a Noldorin-only change, but there is strong evidence that ancient my became ny in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s as well, notably √MAY > amya- > anya- > S. ein- “excellent, admirable” (PE17/163), published after Willis made his suggestion.
Quenya
tsette
noun. fly
wil-
fly
wil- vb. "fly" (1st pers. aorist wilin "I fly"; changed from vilin pa.t. villë, which would be the forms used in later Exilic Quenya. The older pa.t. would be willë.) (WIL). The early "Qenya" lexicon haswili- "sail, float, fly" (LT1:273)
itsë
noun. fly
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Gnomish
duila-
verb. to fly
A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to fly”, based on G. duil “flight” (GL/31).
sitha
noun. fly
A word for “fly” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/68), perhaps related to the early root ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” (QL/43).
Qenya
tsette
noun. fly
vil-
verb. to fly, to fly, [ᴱQ.] float, sail
A verb given as {vilin >>} wilin “I fly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” (Ety/WIL). Tolkien gave a past form ville that was allowed to stand even after {vilin >>} wilin.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. ’wili- “sail, fly, float” under the early root ᴱ√GWILI (QL/104). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had ᴱQ. vil- as the cognate to G. gwil- “sail, float, fly” (GL/45).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use the form vil- “to fly” in keeping with the general principle that w was pronounced and spelt v in modern Quenya; see the entry for [w] for discussion. For “sail, float” I would use other verbs such as lut-.
wil-
verb. to fly
1) renia- (sail, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar), 2)