Eldamo : Sindarin : Trann

S. #Trann loc. “Shire”

S. #Trann, loc. “Shire”

Sindarin name of the Shire attested only in its lenited form Drann (SD/129). David Salo suggested this may have been a general term for an administrative district (GS/289, 393). It also appeared in the form Drannail, apparently an adjectival form.

References ✧ AotM/62; SD/129

Inflections

Drann	soft-mutation; t-mutation	“Shire”	✧ AotM/62; SD/129
Drannail	soft-mutation adjectival; t-mutation	“Shire”	✧ AotM/62; SD/129

Element In

S. edregol e aníra tírad i Cherdir Perhael (i sennui Panthael estathar aen) Condir i Drann “in especial he desires to see Master Samwise (who should be called Fullwise) Mayor of the Shire” ✧ AotM/62; SD/129
S. egor ben genediad Drannail erin Gwirith edwen “or in the Shire-reckoning the second day of April” ✧ AotM/62; SD/129

Cognates

ᴺQ. !taranna “shire, county”