rína

crowned

rína adj. "crowned" (RIG), also used as a suffix "garlanded, crowned" (PE17:182)

rína

adjective. garlanded, crowned

This adjective first appeared as ᴹQ. rína “crowned” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√RIG and an element in the names ᴹQ. Elerína and Tinwerína, both meaning “Crowned with Stars” (Ety/RIG). It appeared again in notes from 1959 as a suffix -rína meaning “garlanded, crowned”, again derived from √RIG (PE17/182). In the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s, Tolkien derived rína from the root √RIK, but he changed his mind on the phonetic developments which rendered this etymology unviable and the whole section was deleted and replaced (PE19/85-86 note #79).

Derivations

• √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ PE17/182
• ✶riknā “*crowned” ✧ PE19/086
  • √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ PE19/086

Element in

• Q. Elerrína “Crowned with Stars”
• ᴹQ. Tinwerína “Crowned with Stars” ✧ PE17/182
• ᴺQ. rínata- “to crown, coronate”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√RIG > -rína	[rigna] > [riŋna] > [rīna]	✧ PE17/182
✶riknā > rína	[rikna] > [rigna] > [riŋna] > [rīna]	✧ PE19/086

Elerrína

crowned with stars

Elerrína adj. used as noun: "Crowned with Stars" (elen + rína), a name of Taniquetil (Silm); spelt Elerína in the Etymologies (EL, RIG).

rína

adjective. scattered, sown

Derivations

• ᴹ√RIY “*scatter, [ᴱ√] scatter”