Primitive elvish
sen
root. let loose, free, let go
Derivatives
- ✶ab(a)sene- ✧ VT43/18
- Q. apsen- “to remit, release, forgive” ✧ VT43/18
- Q. sen- “to let loose, free, let go” ✧ VT43/18
- S. díhena- “*to forgive”
- S. gohena- “*to forgive”
Variations
- sen- ✧ VT43/18
A primitive form given as ✱sen- “let loose, free, let go” to explain the verb ✶ab(a)sene- > Q. apsen- “remit, release, forgive” from the final Quenya version of the Lord’s Prayer from the 1950s (VT43/12, 18). It is probably the basis for the (mutated) element hen in similar words in the Sindarin version of the Lord’s Prayer: S. díhena- and gohena-, as suggested by Bill Welden (VT44/22, 28-29). This primitive element ✱sen- appears nowhere else with this meaning, and is similar in semantic scope to the better established root √LEK.