yára
adjective. old, ancient, old, ancient, [ᴹQ.] belonging to or descending from former times
aira
old
enwina
old
enwina adj. "old" (Markirya)
enwina
adjective. old
linyenwa
old, having many years
linyenwa adj. "old, having many years" (YEN)
yerna
old, worn
yerna adj. "old, worn" (GYER)
brûn
adjective. old, that has long endured, or been established, or in use
ingem
adjective. old (of person, in mortal sense: decripit, suffering from old age)
New word coined by the Elves after meeting with Men
iaur
adjective. old, old; [N.] ancient, olden
brûn
elder, eldest
(long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also
iaur
old
1) iaur (ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare ELDER, ELDEST, q.v. 2) brûn (long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also
iaur
old
(ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare
iphant
full of years
(aged, long-lived), pl. iphaint. The spelling used in the source is ”ifant” (LR:400 s.v. YEN), but since the f arises from earlier (n > m +) p via nasal mutation, it should be written ph according to the spelling conventions described in LotR Appendix E.
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yara
noun. a gloom, blight, lowering darkness
This word appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as ᴱQ. yara “a gloom, blight, lowering darkness” under the early root ᴱ√YAÐA (QL/105). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an alternate form yaru appeared as a cognate of G. gath “gloom, blight” (GL/37), and in an early name list yáru was the final element in ᴱQ. Fuiyáru “deadly nightshade” (PE15/14).
aire
adjective. old
yára
adjective. old, ancient, belonging to or descending from former times
zara
adjective. old
aira (3) adj. "old" (MC:214; this is "Qenya")