An adjective appearing as tithen “little, tiny” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TIT (Ety/PIK). In notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 1940s, Tolkien had mutated dithen in awae-dithen “little awae” (PE22/31; PE23/52). In drafts of The Lord of the Rings from the 1940s, Tolkien had the name S. Caradras dilthen “Little Redway” (RS/462 note #4).
Conceptual Development: In the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s, Tolkien had ᴱN. ligen “small” as well as ᴱN. tidig “little (of amount)” (PE13/125). Early Noldorin word-lists of this same period has ᴱN. lhigin “small” and ᴱN. lhigen “few, little” (PE13/149).
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An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ON. pikina “tiny” under the root ᴹ√PIK (Ety/PIK).
An adjective appearing as tithen “little, tiny” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TIT (Ety/PIK). In notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 1940s, Tolkien had mutated dithen in awae-dithen “little awae” (PE22/31; PE23/52). In drafts of The Lord of the Rings from the 1940s, Tolkien had the name S. Caradras dilthen “Little Redway” (RS/462 note #4).
Conceptual Development: In the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s, Tolkien had ᴱN. ligen “small” as well as ᴱN. tidig “little (of amount)” (PE13/125). Early Noldorin word-lists of this same period has ᴱN. lhigin “small” and ᴱN. lhigen “few, little” (PE13/149).