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sindë

grey, pale or silvery grey

sindë (þ) adj. "grey, pale or silvery grey" (the Vanyarin dialect preserves the older form þindë) (WJ:384, THIN; in SA:thin(d) the form given is sinda, cf. also sindanóriello "from a grey country" in Namárië. Sindë and sinda_ are apparently variants of the same word.) _Stem sindi-, given the primitive form ¤thindi; cf. Sindicollo (q.v.)

sindë

adjective. grey, pale or silvery grey, grey, pale or silvery grey, [ᴹQ.] pale

An earlier form of the Quenya adjective for “grey”, first appearing in The Etymologies (Ety/THIN). It appears in some later writings as well (WJ/384; PE17/141), and possibly remains a valid variant of the better-known sinda. In Notes on Names (NN) from 1957, Tolkien said sinde was the proper adjectival form, since Sinda referred only to Grey Elves (PE17/141), but this isn’t reflected elsewhere in his writings where sinda was used as an ordinary adjective meaning “grey”.

Cognates

  • S. thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/141

Derivations

  • thindi “grey” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/141; WJ/384
    • THIN “*grey” ✧ WJ/384

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
thindi- > sinde[tʰindi] > [θinde] > [θinde] > [sinde]✧ PE17/141
thĭndĭ > sinde[tʰindi] > [θinidā] > [θinde]✧ PE17/141
thinide > sindë[tʰinide] > [tʰinde] > [θinde] > [sinde]✧ PE17/141

Variations

  • sinde ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; WJ/384
Quenya [PE17/141; WJ/384] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sindel

noun. Grey-elf

Elements

WordGloss
sinda“grey”
Elda“Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk”
Quenya [WJ/384; WJ/410; WJI/Sindel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sinda

grey

sinda (þ) adj. "grey" (PE17:72); nominal pl. Sindar used = "Grey-elves", lit. *"Grey ones"; see WJ:375. Gen. pl. Sindaron in WJ:369. With general meaning "grey" also in Sindacollo > Singollo "Grey-cloak, Thingol" (SA:thin(d), PE17:72; see also sindë, Sindicollo);†sindanórië "grey land", ablative sindanóriello "from/out of a grey country" (Nam); the reference is to a "mythical region of shadows lying at outer feet of the Mountains of Valinor" (PE17:72). However, other sources give sindë (q.v.) as the Quenya word for "grey"; perhaps sinda came to mean primarily "Grey-elf" as a noun. Derived adjective Sindarin "Grey-elven", normally used as a noun to refer to the Grey-elven language. (Appendix F)

sinda

adjective. grey

The best known Quenya word for “grey” and an element in a number of names. It is also used as a noun Sinda “Grey Elf”. Tolkien sometimes used a variant form sindë for “grey” (WJ/384; PE17/141; Ety/THIN); see that entry for details.

Cognates

  • S. thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” ✧ PE17/072; SA/thin(d)

Derivations

  • THIN “*grey” ✧ PE17/072
  • thindā “grey” ✧ PE17/072

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ΘIN > sinda[tʰinda] > [θinda] > [sinda]✧ PE17/072
þindā > sinda[tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda]✧ PE17/072

Variations

  • Sinda ✧ PE21/77
Quenya [PE17/072; PE17/117; PE21/77; SA/thin(d)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sinda

proper name. Grey-elf

Quenya name for the Grey Elves (PM/223), usually appearing in its plural form Sindar (LotR/1137). It is simply sinda “grey” used as a name (SA/thin(d)).

Cognates

  • S. Thend “*Sinda, Grey-Elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/140; PE17/141
  • S. Thindrim “Sindar” ✧ VT41/09

Derivations

  • thindā “grey” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  • THIN “*grey” ✧ WJ/384

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
sinda“grey”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
thindā > thinda > sinda[tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda]✧ PE17/141
thinida > sinda[tʰinida] > [tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda]✧ PE17/141
THIN > Sindar[tʰinda] > [θinda] > [sinda]✧ WJ/384

Variations

  • sindē ✧ PE17/140
  • sinda ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
Quenya [Let/176; Let/411; LotR/1137; LotRI/Eldar; LotRI/Sindar; LRI/Sindar; MR/091; MR/170; MR/349; MRI/Sindar; PE17/020; PE17/117; PE17/140; PE17/141; PE18/073; PM/223; PM/297; PMI/Sindar; S/056; SA/thin(d); SI/Grey-elves; SI/Sindar; SMI/Sindar; UTI/Sindar; VT41/09; WJ/175; WJ/369; WJ/375; WJ/384; WJ/410; WJI/Sindar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thindë

thindë

thindë (þindë) older form of sindë, q.v., preserved in Vanyarin (WJ:384, there spelt with the special letter þ, not the digraph th)

Sindicollo

grey-cloak

Sindicollo (þ) noun "Grey-cloak", title of Elwë (Elu). Sindarin Thingol. (WJ:410, MR:217).(Sindi- in this name is a compound form of sindë, q.v.) Original form Thindicollo (WJ:333). The Silmarillion appendix (SA:thin(d) ) gives Sindacollo.

sir-

flow

sir- (1) vb. "flow" (SIR)

sir-

verb. flow

Quenya [PE 22:126] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

mísë

grey

mísë (þ, cf. Sindarin mith-) adj. "grey" (used as noun of grey clothes in the phrase mi mísë of someone clad "in grey"). The underlying stem refers a paler or whiter "grey" than sinda, making mísë "a luminous grey" (PE17:71-72)

sirya

verb. flow

Quenya [PE 22:114] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

hiswa

grey

hiswa (þ) adj. "grey" (KHIS/KHITH, Narqelion)

mista

grey

mista adj. "grey"; see lassemista

mista

adjective. grey

Cognates

  • S. mith “grey, light grey, pale grey”

Derivations

Element in

lutta-

flow, float

lutta- vb. "flow, float" (LT1:249)

lutu-

flow, float

lutu- vb. "flow, float" (LT1:249)