Eldamo : Sindarin : raen¹

S. raen¹ adj. “netted, enlaced” (Category: to Wind, Wrap)

S. raen¹, adj. “netted, enlaced” (Category: to Wind, Wrap)

An adjective glossed “netted, enlaced” in notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the end of the 1960s based on the root √RAY “net, knit, contrive network or lace; involve in a network, enlace” (VT42/11-12). It was an element in the name Gilraen.

Reference ✧ VT42/11 ✧ raen “netted, enlaced”

Element In

S. Gilraen “*Netted Stars” ✧ VT42/11

Cognates

Q. raina¹ “netted, enlaced, caught in a net” ✧ VT42/11

Derivations

< √RAY¹ “net, knit, contrive network or lace; involve in a network, enlace” ✧ VT42/12

Phonetic Developments

√RAY > raen

[raina] > [rain] > [raen]

✧ VT42/11