Cфl n. Gold (metal) ◇ Ety/365 For the colour, see malt, mallen

ᵲ colch n. box (Q colca)

coll I adj. (golden) red ◇ Ety/365

coll II adj. hollow ◇ WJ/414

*coll III n. cloak, mantle ← Thingol S/421, MR/385

¶ ᵲ colost n. cucumber (GL)

conath n. coll. of caun II, 1. many voices ○ 2.by ext., lamentation ◇ PM/361-362

condir n. masc. mayor ◇ SD/129-31 ◇ caun+dоr

*conui adj. commanding, (?) ruling ← Argonui LotR/A(ii) ◇ caun+-ui

corch n. crow ◇ Ety/362

cordof n. pippin (seed of certain fruits, or more probably small red apple) ◇ SD/129-31

ᵲ corfn. ring

corn adj. round, globed ◇ Ety/365

coron n. 1. globe, ball ○ 2..by ext. mound ◇ Ety/365, S/429

†coru (N. corw) adj. cunning, wily ◇ Ety/366, X/W

cost n. quarrel, dispute (not a quarrel of bolts) ◇ Ety/365

ᵲ costha-v. quarrel, dispute (Q costa-)

¶ ᵲ cot n. nut, seed

coth n. 1. enmity ○ 2. enemy ◇ Ety/365

cova- v. to meet, to come together, gather, assemble PE/17:158

covad- v. to make meet, to bring together. Transitive form of cova- PE/17:158

*craban n. kind of crow of large size, raven ◇ LotR/II:III

cram n. cake of compressed flour or meal (often containing honey and milk) ◇ Ety/365, LotR/II:VIII

crann adj. ruddy (of face) ◇ Ety/362

¶ ᵲ crinth adj. pink (GL)

criss n. cleft, cut, slash ◇ Ety/365, VT/45:23

crissaegrimn. ‘cleft mountain peaks’, a mountain range south of Gondolin LR/301

crist n.Mil. cleaver, sword ◇ Ety/365

*critha- v. to reap ◇ Ety/365

crom n. left ◇ Ety/366

crum n. left hand ◇ Ety/366

crumguruadj. guilty, sinister, wily (from the old meaning of ‘sinister’ referring to being left-handed) Ety/AC

crumui adj. left-handed ◇ Ety/366

cы n. 1. arch, crescent ○ 2.Mil.by ext. bow ◇ Ety/365, S/429

cuenn. small gull, petrel, sea-bird PE/22:32

cugu n. dove ◇ Ety/365

*cuia- v. to live ← cuio LotR/VI:IV, Letters/308

cuil n. life ◇ Ety/366

cuin adj. alive ◇ Ety/366

*cuina- v. to be alive ◇ Ety/366

cыl n. load ← Cыl Veleg, Cыl Bоn RC/536

ᵲ culf n. orange (fruit)

ᵲ culforn n. orange tree

ᵲ cull adj. orange (colour)

cum (N. cumb) n. mound, heap ◇ Ety/365

cыn adj. bowed, bow-shaped, bent ◇ Ety/365

ᵲ cъna- v. to bend, be bowed

†cund n.arch. prince ◇ Ety/366, VT/45:24, X/ND1 See also caun III

¶ ᵲ curn. cheese

¶ ᵲ curtha- v. to turn milk (GL)

†cъron n. the crescent Moon ◇ Ety/365, X/Z ◇ cы+raun

curu n. craft, skill. Applied to exceptional powers of mind or will, a skill not understood by the speaker. Does not apply to ‘miracles’ unless used by a Man. ◇ Ety/366, X/W, PE/22

curunнr n. masc. man of craft, wizard, Saruman ◇ Ety/366, LotR/III:VIII, LotR/B, VT/45:24 ◇ curu+dоr "man of skill"

*cyll n. bearer ← Taengyl, Tengyl MR/385

cэron n. new moon ◇ VT/48:7

ᵲ cytha-v. to renew, refresh

D

dad adv. down, downwards ◇ Ety/354

dadben (N. dadbenn) adv. 1. downhill, inclined ○ 2.by ext. easy to achieve ◇ Ety/354, Ety/380, VT/46:8, X/ND4 ◇ dad+pend

ᵲ dadhren- v. to forget

dadwen (ndadwen) n. to return, go back PE/17:166

dae (ndae) n. shadow ◇ Ety/354, S/430

daebeth n. blasphemy (PE/17)

daedelu n. canopy ◇ Ety/391 ◇ dae+telu

daen (ndaen) n. corpse ◇ Ety/375

daer I adj. great ◇ UT/450, WJ/187, WJ/335, VT/42:11

†daer II (ndaer) (N. doer) n. bridegroom ◇ Ety/375, VT/45:9, X/OE

ᵲ daetha- v. to praise

ᵲ daf- v. to allow, permit

dвf n. permission ◇ Ety/353

*dag- (ndag) v. to slay ◇ Ety/375, VT/45:37

dagnir (ndagnir) n. 1. slayer ○ 2.by ext., bane ◇ S/430 ◇ dag-+dоr

dagor (ndagor) n. battle ◇ Ety/375, S/430 ◈ dagorath S. n. coll.

dagorath n. coll. of dagor, all the battles ◇ UT/395-396

*dagra-(ndagra)v.to battle ◇ Ety/375

dam (ndam) n. hammer ◇ Ety/375

damma- (ndamma) v. to hammer ◇ Ety/375, VT/45:37 ◈

dan (ndan) prep. 1. but, yet, against ○ 2. back ◇ LotR/II:IV

ᵲ dananna-(ndananna-) v. to give back, return (dan+anna-)

dangar- v. to undo (PE/17)

dangweth (ndangweth) n. answer, reply giving new information ◇ PM/395 ◇ OS *ndanagwetʰa "back report" The word dambeth was rejected by Tolkien in favour of this word.

ᵲ danhir- v. to lose (dad+hir-)

†danna- v. to fall ◇ Ety/354, X/Z ◈ Written dant- in the Etymologies

dannen n. ebb, low tide ◇ VT/48:26

dant n. fall ◇ MR/373

danwaith (ndanwaith) n.pl. the Nandor (a tribe of Elves) ◇ WJ/385 ◇ dan+gwaith

danwedh(ndanwedh) n. ransom ◇ S/384 ◇ dan+gwedh

*dar- v. to stay, wait, stop, remain ◇ Ety/353

dartha- v. to wait, stay, last, endure, remain ◇ Ety/353, VT/45:8

dath n. hole, pit, steep fall, abyss ◇ Ety/354, VT/45:8

daug (ndaug) n. warrior, soldier (chiefly used of Orcs) ◇ Ety/375

daur n. 1. pause, stop ○ 2.by ext., league (about 3 miles) ◇ UT/279, UT/285

daw n. night-time, gloom ◇ Ety/354

def- v. to try (PE/17)

deil adj. delicate, beautiful and slender PE/17

del n. fear, disgust, loathing, horror ◇ Ety/355

deleb adj. horrible, abominable, loathsome ◇ Ety/355

delia- v. to conceal ◇ Ety/355

delos (N. deloth) n. abhorrence, detestation, loathing ◇ Ety/355 ◇ del+gos

†delu adj. hateful, deadly, fell ◇ Ety/355, X/W

dem adj. sad, gloomy ◇ Ety/354 ◈ No language indication in the Etymologies, but Noldorin from context and phonological evidence

denwaith n.pl. the Nandor (a tribe of Elves), the people of Denwe ◇ WJ/385 ◇ Den(we)+gwaith

dess (ndess) n. fem. young woman ◇ Ety/375

dew- v. to fail, miss (PE/17)

dhaadv. there is PE/22

dо (ndо)n.poet.fem. bride, lady, arch. woman ◇ Ety/352, Ety/354

di- pref. beneath, under ← di-nguruthos LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72, Letters/278, VT/45:37 ◈ The only known usage of this word is as prefix, but VT/45:37 lists it as a unitary word di

dнhena- v. to forgive (with matter forgiven as object?) ◇ VT/44:29 See also gohena-

dоl n. stopper, stopping, stuffing ◇ Ety/354

dila- (ndila-) v. to be devoted to, love PE/22

*dilia- v. to stop up ◇ Ety/354, VT/45:9

dоn I n. silence ◇ S/430, LB/354 ◈ Tolkien hesitated between two possible mutations of this word; the unmutated form may be either dоn or tоn.

dоn II n. opening, gap, pass in mountains ◇ Ety/354

dнnen adj. silent ◇ S/430, WJ/194 ◈ Tolkien hesitated between two possible mutations of this word; the unmutated form may be either dнnen or tнnen

dineth (ndineth) n. bride ◇ Ety/377-378 ◇ dо+neth

dоr (ndоr)n.masc.arch. man, referring to an adult male (elf, mortal, or of any other speaking race) ◇ Ety/354, Ety/352

dirbedui adj. difficult to pronounce (PE/17)

dнrnaith (nнrnaith)n.Mil. a military wedge-formation launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground ◇ UT/282 ◇ dоr+naith "man spearhead"