Q. #lanya n. “thread, warp” (Category: Thread)
A word appearing only in a note from the late 1960s as an element in Q. hísilanya, cognate to S. hithlain, name of the grey elvish rope which in this note was glossed “mist thread” and was derived from √LAN “stretch, extend; ?twine” (PE17/60). As such, the word lanya probably meant “thread”. Tolkien later wrote “warp” after hithlain, probably an alternate meaning of S. lain/Q. lanya. This is probably “warp” in the sense of cross-threads, as in the “warp and weft” that are part of weaving in a loom.
Reference ✧ PE17/60 ✧ “thread, warp”
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| ‽√LAN > lanya | [lanja] | ✧ PE17/60 |