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*Phrase on a draft of [[Thrór's Map]]: "''[[Lheben]] [[tâl|teil]] '''brann''' [[i]] [[annon]] [[ar]] [[neledh]] [[neledhi]] [[gar]] [[godrebh]]''" ("Five feet '''high''' the gate and three by three they go through together"<ref name=AI>{{HM|AI}}, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)</ref> or "Five feet '''high''' the door and three may walk abreast"<ref name=H1>{{H|1}} (translation by [[Gandalf]] of the [[Old English]] [[runes]] on the map)</ref><ref name=Th>[http://www.jrrvf.com/~glaemscrafu/texts/cartedethror-a.htm Thrór's map inscription] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 27 June 2011)</ref>)
*Phrase on a draft of [[Thrór's Map]]: "''[[Lheben]] [[tâl|teil]] '''brann''' [[i]] [[annon]] [[ar]] [[nêl|neledh]] neledhi [[gar]] [[godrebh]]''" ("Five feet '''high''' the gate and three by three they go through together"<ref name=AI>{{HM|AI}}, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)</ref> or "Five feet '''high''' the door and three may walk abreast"<ref name=H1>{{H|1}} (translation by [[Gandalf]] of the [[Old English]] [[runes]] on the map)</ref><ref name=Th>[http://www.jrrvf.com/~glaemscrafu/texts/cartedethror-a.htm Thrór's map inscription] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 27 June 2011)</ref>)


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Sindarin

brand or brann is a Sindarin word meaning "towering; 'tall and massive'". The form brand is also said to mean "steeple". The words brand, brann also appear to signify "sublime".[1]

Etymology

Examples

Exilic Noldorin

brand or brann is an Exilic Noldorin word meaning "lofty, noble, fine".[2]

Tolkien apparently used the word brann to translate "high" in a Noldorin phrase inscribed on a draft of Thrór's Map.[3][4][5]

Etymology

From Primitive Quendian b’randā, root BARÁD.[2]

Compounds

Examples

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 22-23
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 351
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)
  4. 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party" (translation by Gandalf of the Old English runes on the map)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Thrór's map inscription at Jrrvf.com (accessed 27 June 2011)