RUN
From Tolkien Gateway
RUN is a Primitive Quendian root given various significations.
RUN1
- Meaning: "flat of hand or sole of foot"[1]
- Derivatives:
RUN2
- Meaning: "rub, grind, smooth, polish"[2]
- See also: Lebethron#Etymology
RUN3
- Meaning: "'red, glowing', most often applied to things like embers"[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 384 (root appearing as "RUN-")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 89, 183 (root appearing as "√RUN-")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 366 (note 61; root appearing as "√RUN")