An adjective for “vigorous” derived from the Sindarin-only root √THAR “vigour” in notes from 1959 (D59), coined by Tolkien to explain the name Thranduil (< th(a)randuil) “Vigorous Spring” (PE17/27, 187).
Sindarin
tharan
adjective. vigorous
tharan
adjective. vigorous
canad
cardinal. four
canad
cardinal. four
The Sindarin word for “four” based on the root √KANAT of the same meaning (PE17/95; VT42/24; VT48/6; Ety/KÁNAT).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. cant “four” (GL/25). Some rough notes from the 1960s had a variant form cened “four”, but this seems to have been a ephemeral concept according to Patrick Wynne (VT47/41 note #69).
cened
ordinal. four
canad
cardinal. four
canad;
canad
four
;
canath
fourth part
(i ganath, o chanath) (farthing), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of the more valuable coin called mirian. (PM:45)
cannui
fourth
. The reading in VT42:25 is "canthui", but the phonology presupposed in LotR would require ✱cannui. David Salo regards "canthui" as a dialectal form.
gorn
vigorous
gorn (hasty, impetuous); lenited orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”. or
gorn
vigorous
(hasty, impetuous); lenited ’orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.
adj. vigorous. >> tharanduil, thranduil