sarn
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sarn is a Sindarin word. As a noun it means "(small) stone" or "stony place" (outcrop of rock in softer ground, or in a river-bed).[1][2] It is also glossed as "small stone, pebble".[3]
As an adjective, sarn means "stony".[2][4]
Etymology
In The Etymologies, Noldorin sarn ("stone as a material, or as adj.") derives from root SAR.[5]
Sarn is a Welsh word that means a causeway, a pavement or stepping-stone.[6]
Examples
- Edhelharn = "Elfstone"
- Sarnas Fingolfin = "Fingolfin's Chairn"
- Sarn Athrad/Sarn Ford' = "Ford of Stones"
- Sarn Gebir = "Stone-spikes"
- Serni = "Pebble Bank"
Cognates
See also
- gond, "stone"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry sarn
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 163 (manuscript notes to the Nomenclature)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 11
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 775
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 385, entry "SAR"
- ↑ Mark T. Hooker, Tolkien and Welsh, p. 213
