Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : rig-¹

ᴺS. [G.] rig-¹ v. “to twist, contort; *to confuse, disarrange, upset” (Category: to Turn Around)

ᴺS. [G.] rig-¹, v. “to twist, contort; *to confuse, disarrange, upset” (Category: to Turn Around): G. rictha- “to contort, twist, confuse, disarrange, upset”

See G. rig- for discussion.

Cognates

Q. #ric-² “to twist”

Derivations

< √RIK² “twist”

G. rig- v. “to twist, contort” (Category: to Turn Around)

A verb appearing as G. rig- “twist, contort” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/65). It was clearly based on the early root ᴱ√RIKI from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon of similar meaning; compare ᴱQ. riqi- “wrench, twist” (QL/80). The Gnomish verb had a longer variant rictha- “contort, twist” which also had an extended meaning “confuse, disarrange, upset”.

Neo-Sindarin: The root √RIK “twist” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, so I would retain ᴺS. rig- “to twist, contort” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, but I would also give it the extended meaning “*to confuse, disarrange, upset” from its longer Gnomish variant.

References ✧ GL/65

Glosses

“twist, contort” ✧ GL/65

Variations

rig- ✧ GL/65

Inflections

raigi	past	✧ GL/65
riga	present	✧ GL/65

Element In

G. riga i·wint “*twist the face” ✧ GL/65

Derivations

< ᴱ√RIKI “*twist” ✧ GL/65 (rig-)