rant
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rant is a Sindarin noun meaning "course".[1] The Noldorin (an earlier conception of Sindarin) word rant has the additional glosses "river-bed, lode, vein".[2]
Etymology[edit]
In the Etymologies, Noldorin rant derives from root RAT ("walk").[2]
Examples[edit]
- Celebrant, "silver-course"[3] or, more usually, "Silverlode";[4] a river which flows out of Dimrill Dale and through Lothlórien
- Adurant, "double-stream";[5] one of the seven rivers of Ossiriand.
See Also[edit]
- athrad, "ford"
- imrath, "a long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise"
- othrad, "street"
- randir, "pilgrim, wanderer"
- ranga, a full pace
- rath, "street" or synonymous with rant
- Noldorin iôr, "course"
Ilkorin[edit]
rant is an Ilkorin word meaning "flow, course of river".[2]
Etymology[edit]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry rant
- ↑ 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. 383 (entry RAT-)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Index"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Lothlórien"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"