Quenya 

rimbë

crowd, host, great number

rimbë noun "crowd, host, great number" (RIM, SA:rim, Letters:282)

corma

ring

#corma noun "ring", isolated from #cormacolindo "Ring-bearer", pl. cormacolindor (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308); Cormarë "Ringday", a festival held on Yavannië 30 in honour of Frodo Baggins (Appendix D)

corma

noun. ring

A word for “ring” appearing as an element in Q. Cormacolindor “Ring-bearers” (LotR/953), clearly derived from the root √KOR “round”. It also appeared in a translation of the title of The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien included in a 1973 letter to Phillip Brown: i Túrin i Cormaron.

Conceptual Development: Another translation of “Lord of the Rings” is known from an exhibit of Tolkien manuscripts: Heru imillion, where presumably the element millë means “ring” (DTS/54). In a deleted entry from The Etymologies of the 1930s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. kolma “ring ([?on] finger)” [or possibly “or finger”] derived from a deleted root ᴹ√KOL (EtyAC/KOL).

Cognates

  • S. cor “ring, circle”
  • ᴺS. corf “ring (for fingers)”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
KOR“round, round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll”
-ma“instrumental”

Variations

  • Corma ✧ LotR/0953 (Corma); LotR/1112 (Corma)
Quenya [LotR/0953; LotR/1112; Minor-Doc/1973-05-30] Group: Eldamo. Published by

risil

ring

*risil (þ) noun "ring" (on the ground) in Rithil-Anamo, q.v.

ringwë

cold pool or lake (in mountains)

ringwë (1) noun "cold pool or lake (in mountains)" (VT46:11). The misreading ringë appears in Etym as printed in LR, entry RINGI.

linya

pool

linya noun "pool" (LIN1)

sanga

crowd, press, throng

sanga (þ) noun "crowd, press, throng" (STAG, SA:thang, LT2:342; pl. sangar (?) twice in Narqelion). In Sangahyando (þ) masc. name "Throng-cleaver", name of a man in Gondor _(SA:thang; a footnote in Letters:425 explains that "throng" here means a closely formed body of enemy soldiers. In the Etymologies, stems STAG, SYAD, _sangahyando is said to be a swordname, and LT2:342 likewise defines the word as a name of Turambar's sword: "cleaver of throngs, Throng-cleaver".)

lóna

pool, mere

lóna (1) noun "pool, mere" (VT42:10). Variant of lón, lónë above?

nendë

pool

nendë (1) noun "pool" (NEN), "lake" (PE17:52)

Sindarin 

rim

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

Sindarin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rim

noun. crowd, host, great number

Sindarin [Ety/383, S/436, Letters/178, Letters/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cor

noun. ring, circle

Cognates

Derivations

  • √KOR “round, round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll”

Element in

  • ᴺS. coranor “solar year, (lit.) sun-round”
  • S. Cormallen “Golden Circle” ✧ RC/625
  • S. echor “outer circle; encircling”

lîn

noun. pool

Sindarin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ael

pool

1) ael (aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin. 2)

ael

pool

(aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin.

loeg

noun. pool

Sindarin [S/407, UT/450, LotR/Map] Group: SINDICT. Published by

loeg

pool

loeg (no distinct pl. form: loeg is also atttested with plural meaning) (VT45:29). 4) nên (water, lake, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.

loeg

noun. pool

loeg

pool

(no distinct pl. form: loeg is also atttested with plural meaning) (VT45:29). 4) nên (water, lake, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.

rim

crowd

(great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

rim

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

echor

ring

(outer ring or circle) echor (pl. echyr). It is unclear what the Sindarin word for an ornamental ring is; the cognate of Quenya corma would be *corf (i gorf, o chorf; pl. cyrf, i chyrf, coll. pl. corvath).

echor

ring

(pl. echyr). It is unclear what the Sindarin word for an ornamental ring is; the cognate of Quenya corma would be ✱corf (i gorf, o chorf; pl. cyrf, i chyrf, coll. pl. corvath).

both

small pool

(i moth, construct both) (puddle), pl. byth (i mbyth). David Salo would lengthen the vowel and read ✱bôth in Sindarin.

hoth

crowd

1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth), 2) ovras (heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath, 3) rim (great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

hoth

crowd

(i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth)

lîn

pool

lîn (lake), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #**liniath (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194). 3)

lîn

pool

(lake), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #*liniath*** (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194). 3)

ovras

crowd

(heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath

Nandorin 

loeg

noun. pool

@@@ as suggested by Lokyt, possibly a plural form of unattested log, since it is glossed in the plural in the source material: “pools”

Derivations

  • √LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy”

Element in

  • Nan. Loeg Ningloron “Gladden Fields, (lit.) Pools of the Golden Water-flowers”

Black Speech

nazg

noun. ring

Derivations

  • ✶nazgā “bond, fetter” ✧ PE19/101
    • √NASAG “*bond, fetter” ✧ PE19/101

Element in

Black Speech [Let/178; Let/382; Let/384; LotR/0254; PE17/011; PE17/031; PE17/079; PE17/125; PE19/101; RC/762] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nazg

noun. (finger-)ring

>> Nazgûl 'Ringwraiths'

Black Speech [PE17/11] Published by

Noldorin 

rhim

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhim

noun. crowd, host, great number

Noldorin [Ety/383, S/436, Letters/178, Letters/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhim

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as N. rhim “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” derived from the root ᴹ√RINGI “cold” (Ety/RINGI). This word is the final element of N. Mithrim “✱Grey Lake” in The Etymologies, but in later writings Tolkien explained this name differently, deriving the name from the Elves that lived around the lake, so it may have been abandoned.

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. rim. Since √RINGI “cold” survived in later writings, this word may still be viable, though it would conflict with S. rim “host, a great number”.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ringwe “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RINGI “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Element in

  • N. Mithrim “*Mist Lake” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RINGI > rhimb > rhim[riŋgwi] > [riŋgwe] > [rimbe] > [rimb] > [r̥imb] > [r̥imb] > [r̥imm] > [r̥im]✧ Ety/RINGI

Variations

  • rhim ✧ Ety/RINGI
Noldorin [Ety/RINGI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhim

noun. crowd, host

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM

Derivations

  • On. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • ᴹ✶rimbē “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number” ✧ Ety/RIM

Element in

  • N. -rim “group plural” ✧ Ety/LI; Ety/RIM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. rimbe > rhimb > rhim[rimbe] > [rimb] > [r̥imb] > [r̥imb] > [r̥imm] > [r̥im]✧ Ety/RIM

Variations

  • rhim ✧ Ety/LI; Ety/RIM
Noldorin [Ety/LI; Ety/RIM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rhimb

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhimb

noun. crowd, host, great number

Noldorin [Ety/383, S/436, Letters/178, Letters/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhîn

noun. pool

Noldorin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhîn

noun. pool

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIN¹ > lhîn[linje] > [linie] > [lini] > [lin] > [l̥in] > [l̥īn]✧ Ety/LIN¹
Noldorin [Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ovras

noun. crowd, heap.

Noldorin [Ety/396] Group: SINDICT. Published by

liniath

noun. pools

Noldorin [Hithliniath WJ/194] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

rimbe

noun. crowd, host

Cognates

  • On. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
  • N. rhim “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶rimbē “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number” ✧ Ety/RIM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶rimbē > rimbe[rimbē] > [rimbe]✧ Ety/RIM

ringwe

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹQ. ringwe “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” derived from the root ᴹ√RINGI “cold” (Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road the form was given as ringe (LR/383), but this was corrected to ringwe by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/11).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. ringwe was glossed “rime, frost” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√RIŊI (QL/80). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, ᴱQ. ringwe was a noun for “cold” (PE16/145).

Cognates

  • Ilk. ring “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI
  • N. rhim “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RINGI “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RINGI > ringwe[riŋgwi] > [riŋgwe]✧ Ety/RINGI

Variations

  • ringe ✧ EtyAC/RINGI
Qenya [Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linde

noun. pool

Element in

linya

noun. pool

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “pool” derived from the root ᴹ√LIN of the same meaning (Ety/LIN¹).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴹQ. linde “pool” appears in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/10), but this word is probably best avoided, as it clashes with Q. lindë “singing, song” (PE17/80).

Cognates

  • N. lhîn “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • Ilk. line “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIN¹ > linya[linja]✧ Ety/LIN¹

nende

noun. pool

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NEN “*water” ✧ Ety/NEN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NEN > nende[nende]✧ Ety/NEN

Doriathrin

ring

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

A Doriathrin noun meaning “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” derived from the root ᴹ√RINGI (Ety/RINGI). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. ringwe suggests a primitive form ✱✶riñgwi [riŋgwi]. This is problematic, since [[ilk|[ŋg] vanished before [w] lengthening the preceding vowel]], as with Dor. líw < ᴹ✶liñ(g)wi. It is possible, though, that this word developed directly from the root form ✱✶riñgi [riŋgi], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/ring).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ringwe “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RINGI “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RINGI > ring[riŋgi] > [riŋge] > [riŋg]✧ Ety/RINGI
Doriathrin [Ety/RINGI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

line

noun. pool

A noun for “pool” derived from the root ᴹ√LIN (Ety/LIN¹). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. linya suggests its primitive form was ✱✶linyā [linjā]. If so, it is an example of how, after [[ilk|final [a] was lost]], the [[ilk|final [j] became [i]]] and then became [e], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/line).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Element in

  • Ilk. Taiglin “Deep-pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIN¹ > line[linjā] > [linja] > [linj] > [lini] > [line]✧ Ety/LIN¹
Doriathrin [Ety/LIN¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

moth

noun. pool

A Doriathrin noun for “pool”, derived from root ᴹ√MBOTH (Ety/MBOTH). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. motto suggests a primitive form of ✱✶mbottʰō. As pointed out by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/moth), the primitive [mb-] might be expected to have become [b-], since initial nasals usually vanished before stops in Ilkorin, as for example Ilk. bril < MBIRÍL.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. motto “blot” ✧ Ety/MBOTH

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MBOTH “*pool” ✧ Ety/MBOTH

Element in

  • Ilk. umboth “large pool” ✧ Ety/MBOTH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MBOTH > moth[mbottʰō] > [mbottʰo] > [mboθθo] > [mboθo] > [mboθ] > [moθ]✧ Ety/MBOTH
Doriathrin [Ety/MBOTH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

rimbe

noun. crowd, host

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶rimbē “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number” ✧ Ety/RIM

Derivatives

  • N. rhim “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶rimbē > rimbe[rimbē] > [rimbe]✧ Ety/RIM
Old Noldorin [Ety/RIM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

rimbē

noun. crowd, host

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RIM “abound; large number” ✧ Ety/RIM

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
  • On. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • N. rhim “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RIM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nyol

root. ring

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

lin

root. pool

Derivatives

  • Ilk. line “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
    • ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • N. lhimmid(a)- “to moisten” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • N. lhimp “wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
  • ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • N. lhîn “pool” ✧ Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹

Element in

  • ᴹ✶ailin “pool, lake” ✧ Ety/AY
  • ᴹQ. ailin “pool, lake” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • N. Oelinuial “Pools of Twilight” ✧ Ety/KHIS
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AY; Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

lemfarilt

noun. ring

eilin

noun. pool

nîn

noun. pool

An archaic noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “pool” (GL/60), almost certainly derived from the early root ᴱ√NENE (QL/65).

Cognates

  • Eq. nénu “yellow water lily”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NENE “flow”

Element in

  • G. ninion “water lily” ✧ GL/60

Early Noldorin

rhim

noun. ring, circle

Cognates

  • Eq. pirimbe “ring, circle” ✧ PE13/152

Derivations

Element in

Early Noldorin [PE13/152] Group: Eldamo. Published by

crithos

noun. ring, ring; [G.] circle

Early Noldorin [PE13/141] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhuin

noun. pool

Early Noldorin [PE13/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

pirimbe

noun. ring, circle

Cognates

  • En. rhim “ring, circle” ✧ PE13/152

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶p’rimbe > pirimbe[pirimbē] > [pirimbe]✧ PE13/152
Early Quenya [PE13/152] Group: Eldamo. Published by