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'''branda''' in [[Westron]] means "border, march"<ref>[[Appendix F]]</ref>. | '''branda''' in [[Westron]] means "border, march"<ref>[[Appendix F]]</ref>. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Perhaps it comes from a possible [[Adûnaic]] *''barrad'', root BAR. | Perhaps it comes from a possible [[Adûnaic]] *''barrad'', root [[BAR]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Branda-nîn]] | *[[Branda-nîn]] | ||
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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
