S. îr adv. “*alone” (Category: Alone, Only)
References ✧ VT50/18
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| ✶eryā > erı̯a > erı̯ > irı̯ > îr | [erja] > [erja] > [eria] > [eri] ? [iri] > [ir] > [īr] | ✧ VT50/18 |
S. ero adv. “*only, alone” (Category: Alone, Only)
The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. erw “only” as an adverbial form of G. er “one” (GL/33). A similar adverb ero appeared in the Túrin Wrapper from the late 1950s or early 1950s in the phrase ach in ellath hí ero ed epholar (VT50/5), untranslated but probably meaning something like “but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” as suggested by Carl Hostetter (VT50/15). The first version of this phrase had eno instead [perhaps meaning “*still”], and the third version had îr.
There was another note probably from the late 1950s that derived îr from adjectival ✶eryā, but this phonetic development is abnormal since it seems to assume i-affection occurred after the loss of final vowels rather than before: eryā > erı̯a > erı̯ > irı̯ > îr (VT50/18). See also S. air “lonely” from the early 1960s which has the expected phonetic development from primitive ✶eryā.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use ero “only, alone” as the best of the available options for the adverbial forms. For the adjective I would use S. air “lonely”.
Reference ✧ VT50/18 ✧ “*alone”
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G. erw adv. “only” (Category: Alone, Only)
Reference ✧ GL/33 ✧ “only”
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| er | “one” | ✧ GL/32 |