Eldamo : Early Noldorin : dron

ᴱN. dron n. “wood” (Category: Woods, Forest)

⚠️ᴱN. dron, n. “wood” (Category: Woods, Forest): S. taur “forest, wood, [N.] great wood, [G.] dense wood”

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. drui or drû “wood, forest”; Tolkien specified it was not used of wood a material (GL/31). This Gnomish word may be related to the root ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle”; see that entry for details. In Early Noldorin Word-lists it appeared as ᴱN. dron “wood” (PE13/142).

Reference ✧ PE13/142 ✧ “wood”

Derivations

< ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle”

G. drui n. “wood, forest” (Category: Woods, Forest)

See ᴱN. dron for discussion.

References ✧ GL/31, 42

Glosses

“wood, forest” ✧ GL/31

Variations

drui ✧ GL/31; GL/42 (#drui)
drû ✧ GL/31; GL/31

duru “wood; a pole, beam or log” cp. drû ✧ GL/31

Element In

G. grondrui “oakwood” ✧ GL/42

Derivations

< ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle”