From *
lēde < √
LED “go, proceed”, see also N.
ledh- “to go”. Noun forms with long vowels that correspond to basic verbs with short vowels are fairly common in Sindarin, for
example: N.
mîl n. “love” vs. S.
mel- v. “to love”; N.
glîr n. “song” vs. N.
glir- “to sing”. A direct cognate of Q.
lenda “journey” would be ᴺS.
lend or
lenn, but the form ᴺS.
lend already exists as an adjective for “tuneful, sweet”.