erdë (1) noun "seed, germ" (ERÉD, VT45:12)
Noldorin
eredh
noun. seed, germ
eredh
noun. seed, germ
Quenya
erdë
seed, germ
erdevainë
noun. seed pod, peapod
ori
noun. grain, seed
erdë
singularity
erdë (2) noun "singularity", the person as a whole (MR:216)
erdë
noun. singularity
Sindarin
cordof
noun. pippin (seed of certain fruits, or more probably small red apple)
eredh
seed
eredh (germ), pl. eridh
eredh
seed
(germ), pl. eridh
cordof
masculine name. Pippin
Sindarin translation of the name Pippin, referring to the son of Samwise Gamgee rather than the Peregrin Took (SD/117, 126). This name may have the same meaning as Pippin = Wes. razar “a kind of small red apple” (PM/51), as suggested by David Salo (GS/346).
cordof
pippin
(small red apple) cordof (i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll. pl. cordovath
cordof
pippin
(i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll. pl. cordovath
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!
Middle Primitive Elvish
ered
root. *seed
eredē
noun. seed
Early Primitive Elvish
mili
root. *seed
An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. mile “seed” and ᴱQ. milnar(wa) “sown field” (QL/61). The root ᴱ√mil was also given as the basis for G. mail “flour” in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, though this Gnomish word was marked with a “?” (GL/56). There are no signs of this root having similar meanings in Tolkien’s later writing.
Early Quenya
mile
noun. seed
milin
noun. grain of seed
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “grain of seed” under the early root ᴱ√MILI (QL/61).
ore
noun. seed, grain
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. ore (ori-) “seed, grain” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ORO (QL/70). Tolkien indicated its primitive form was ✱[or]ı̯ǝ. Tolkien also indicated that its root may be better analyzed as o- + ᴱ√RIẎI “scatter” (QL/70, 80).
Neo-Quenya: There are indications that the root ᴹ√RĪI̯ survived until at least the early 1930s, so I would salvage this early word but update it to ᴺQ. ori “grain” = o + RĪ. I would use the later word ᴹQ. erde for “seed”, however. I would assume that like English “grain”, ori can be used both collectively for a mass of “grain” as well as an individual “grain”.
orivaine
noun. pod, seed pod, pea; peapod (a boat)
A word appearing as ᴱQ. orivaine “pod, seed pod, pea” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. ore (ori-) “seed” and ᴱQ. vaine “sheath, pod” (QL/70). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa this word was glossed “peapod (a boat)” (PME/70).
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writing he had ᴹQ. erde for “seed”, so I think this word could be updated to ᴺQ. erdevainë “seed pod, peapod” for purposes of Neo-Quenya. For an individual “pea” I would use ᴺQ. mildë.
Qenya
erde
noun. seed, germ
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “seed, germ” derived from primitive ᴹ✶eredē under the root ᴹ√ERÉD “scatter, sow” (Ety/ERÉD).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. mile (mili-) “seed” under the early root ᴱ√MILI (QL/61) and ᴱQ. ore (ori-) “seed, grain” under the early root ᴱ√ORO (QL/70).
Doriathrin
erdh
noun. seed, germ
A noun meaning “seed, germ” derived from primitive ᴹ✶eredē (Ety/ERÉD). The middle [e] was lost due to the Ilkorin syncope, and afterwards the [[ilk|[d] became [ð] after [r]]], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/erdh).
Gnomish
pim
noun. bead, any small round thing, seed
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “seed, germ” derived from primitive ᴹ✶eredē under the root ᴹ√ERÉD (Ety/ERÉD). An earlier version of the entry instead had N. erð (EtyAC/ERÉD).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. pim “bead, any small round thing, seed” (GL/64), probably from the early root ᴱ√PINI having to do with small things (QL/73).