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'''branda''' in [[Telerin]] means "lofty, noble, fine". | '''branda''' in [[Telerin]] means "lofty, noble, fine". | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== |
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branda in Telerin means "lofty, noble, fine".
Etymology
Primitive Elvish was b'randâ[1], apparently representing an even more primitive adjective *barándâ (stem BARÁD).
See also
branda in Westron means "border, march"[2].
Etymology
Perhaps it comes from a possible Adûnaic *barrad, root BAR.
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Etymologies p. 351
- ↑ Appendix F