11.27 to Destroy ᴱQ. faikar n. “destroyer, ⚠️slayer; bane” A word appearing as ᴱQ. faikar in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as the equivalent of G. fecthir “destroyer, slayer; bane” which in turn was derived from G. fectha- “destroy, ruin, spoil” (GL/34). Neo-Quenya: I have coined ᴺQ. fehta- “destroy”
Select Elvish Words 11.25: to Save, Rescue
11.25 to Save, Rescue Q. etelehta- v. “*to deliver, (lit.) free from” The various drafts of Átaremma prayers from the 1950s used two different words for “deliver”: et(e)rúna- in versions I-IV and etelehta- in versions V-IV. Both start with et “out”. For et(e)rúna- the second element was rūna “free” as
Select Elvish Words 11.24: to Save, Preserve, Keep Safe
11.24 to Save, Preserve, Keep Safe ᴱQ. alatya- v. “to ward off, shield [against], ⚠️protect” A verb appearing as ᴱQ. alatya- in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶alakya- and cognate to ᴱN. elaig- “to shield, ward off, protect” (PE13/158). It is followed by two forms
Select Elvish Words 11.23: to Restore
11.23 to Restore Q. ceulë n. “*renewal” An apparent noun based on the root √KEW “new, fresh, renewed”, so perhaps meaning “*renewal” as suggested by Patrick Wynne (VT48/8). Q. ceura adj. “renewed” An adjective for “renewed” in rough notes from the late 1960s. Where it first appeared, Tolkien had {keura
Select Elvish Words 11.22: to Return, Give Back
11.22 to Return, Give Back Q. entul- v. “to come again, return” A verb for “come again” appearing in its future form entuluva in the sentence aurë entuluva “day shall come again” from The Silmarillion (S/195). It is a combination of en- “re-, again” and tul- “come”. It was also
Select Elvish Words 11.21: to Give
11.21 to Give Q. anna v. “gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, *present” A word for “gift”, also the name of tengwa #23 [h] (LotR/1123), derived from the root √ANA “motion to” and more precisely meaning “a thing handed, brought or sent to a person” (PE17/91).
Select Elvish Words 11.15-11.17: to Hold; to Get; to Keep
11.15 to Hold ᴱQ. vaine n. “sheath, pod” A noun appearing as ᴱQ. vaine “sheath, pod” the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√VAẎA “enfold, wind about” (QL/100). It was followed by -o, probably indicating a variant form [vain]o; compare ᴱQ. vainole “quiver”. Neo-Quenya: I would retain
Select Elvish Words 11.14: to Grasp, Seize, Take Hold of
11.14 to Grasp, Seize, Take Hold of ᴱQ. mahte v. “hold, grip, *grasp; power [over], possession” A word appearing as ᴱQ. makte “hold, grip, power, possession” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). It had a stem form maksi-, the result of the sound change whereby
Select Elvish Words 11.13: to Take
11.13 to Take ᴱQ. lep- v. “to take [with fingers], *pick, pluck” A verb appearing in Qenya Verb Forms from the 1910s as ᴱQ. lep- “take” (PE14/28), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LEPE having to do with fingers (QL/53). Neo-Quenya: This root was still the basis for finger-words in
Select Elvish Words 11.11-11.12 to Have; to Own
11.11 to Have Q. harya- v. “to have, *hold, [ᴹQ.] possess” A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “possess” under the root ᴹ√ƷAR “have, hold” (Ety/ƷAR). There was another variant arya- “to possess” under the entry for ᴹ√GAR, but this was deleted (EtyAC/GAR). The verb harya- reappeared in