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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).<ref name="silmap">{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''sarn''</ref><ref name=RC163>{{HM|RC}}, p. 163 (manuscript notes to the ''[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature]]'')</ref> It is also glossed as "small stone, pebble".<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 11</ref> | ||
As an adjective, ''sarn'' means "stony".<ref name=RC163/><ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 775</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
In ''[[The Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''sarn'' ("stone as a material, or as adj.") derives from [[root]] [[SAR]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 385, entry "SAR"</ref> | |||
''Sarn'' is a [[Welsh]] word that means a causeway, a pavement or stepping-stone.<ref>[[Mark T. Hooker]], ''[[Tolkien and Welsh]]'', p. 213</ref> | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*[[ | *''[[Edhelharn|Edhel'''harn''']]'' = "Elfstone" | ||
*[[Sarn | * ''[[Sarnas Fingolfin|'''Sarn'''as Fingolfin]]'' = "Fingolfin's Chairn" | ||
*''[[Sarn Athrad|'''Sarn''' Athrad]]''/''[[Sarn Ford|'''Sarn''' Ford]]''' = "Ford of Stones" | |||
*[[ | *''[[Sarn Gebir|'''Sarn''' Gebir]]'' = "Stone-spikes" | ||
*[[ | *''[[Serni|'''Sern'''i]]'' = "Pebble Bank" | ||
==See | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[sar]]'', "(small) stone" | |||
==See also== | |||
*''[[gond]]'', "stone" | *''[[gond]]'', "stone" | ||
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Revision as of 11:22, 20 January 2021
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
