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Latest revision as of 22:56, 1 November 2012
Sindarin[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Examples[edit | edit source]
Exilic Noldorin[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
From Primitive Quendian b’randā, root BARÁD.[2]
Compounds[edit | edit source]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Phrase on a draft of Thrór's Map: "Lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh" ("Five feet high the gate and three by three they go through together"[3] or "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast"[4][5])
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party" (translation by Gandalf of the Old English runes on the map)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thrór's map inscription at Jrrvf.com (accessed 27 June 2011)