S. gaearon n. “ocean, (lit.) great sea” (Category: Sea)
A word for “ocean” (PE17/27), “great sea” (PM/363) or “great ocean” (RGEO/64) variously attested as gae(a)ron (PE17/027; PE17/149; PM/363) or aearon (RGEO/65), and a combination of gaear or aear “sea” with the augmentative suffix -on (PE17/27, RGEO/65). Since I prefer gaear for sea; I also prefer gaearon or gaeron for “ocean”. Of these, I think gaeron is the ordinary form, and gaearon is more archaic or poetic.
References ✧ LotR/238; PE17/27, 149; PM/348, 363; RGEO/63-65
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Variations
Inflections
| Aearon | soft-mutation; g-mutation | “sea” | ✧ PM/348 |
| aearon | soft-mutation; g-mutation | ✧ LotR/238 | |
| aearon | soft-mutation; g-mutation | “the wide and sundering Sea” | ✧ RGEO/63 |
| aearon | soft-mutation; g-mutation | “the Great Ocean” | ✧ RGEO/64 |
Elements
| gaear | “sea” | ✧ PE17/27; PE17/149 (gaer); PM/363; RGEO/65 (aear) |
| -on² | “augmentative suffix” |
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