S. cathrae n. “tressure, *headdress” (Category: Adornment (personal))
A noun for “tressure” in notes from the late 1960s derived from ✶cas-raya = √KAS “head” + √RAY “net, lace” (VT42/12). Given this word’s etymology, Tolkien was probably using “tressure” with its Middle English sense = “headdress”.
References ✧ PE22/159; VT42/12
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| ✶karrai > ...rāye > ...raiya > cathrae | [kasraja] > [kasraia] > [kasrai] > [kasrae] > [kaθrae] | ✧ PE22/159 |
| ✶cas-raya > cathrae | [kasraja] > [kasraia] > [kasrai] > [kasrae] > [kaθrae] | ✧ VT42/12 |