sarnas

noun. cairn, pile of stones

sarnas

noun. cairn

A noun for “cairn” (a memorial made of a pile of stones) inx the name N. Sarnas Fingolfin “Cairn of Fingolfin” from a list of names associated with Silmarillion drafts of the 1930s (LR/406). It is an elaboration of N. sarn “stone”.

Conceptual Development: An earlier word G. dal “cairn” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s near the words G. dalech “(upright) stone” and G. daltha- “to erect, set up” (GL/29), so perhaps based on ᴱ√TALA (or ✱DALA) “support” (QL/88).

Element in

• N. Sarnas Fingolfin “Cairn of Fingolfin” ✧ LR/406

Elements

Word	Gloss
sarn	“stone as a material”
-as	“abstract noun”

Variations

• Sarnas ✧ LR/406