A neologism for “journey” coined by Elaran in a private Discord chat from 2019-08-07, based on *
lēde < √
LED “go, proceed”; see also N.
ledh- “to go, fare, travel”. 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”.