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
In the Etymologies, Noldorin rant derives from root RAT ("walk").[2]
Examples
- 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.
- Gondrant, "stone-trail"[6]
See Also
Ilkorin
rant is an Ilkorin word meaning "flow, course of river".[2]
Etymology
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", entry RAT-, p. 383
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Three. The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants: XVII. Silvan Elves and Silvan Elvish", footnote 12, p. 363