Eldamo : Noldorin : brûn

N. brûn adj. “old (has long endured, been established, or been in use)” (Category: Old)

N. brûn, adj. “old (has long endured, been established, or been in use)” (Category: Old)

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s meaning “old” in the sense “that [which] has long endured, or been established, or in use”. It is derived from primitive ✶b’rōnā under the root ᴹ√BORÓN (Ety/BORÓN).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. bōra “always, ever, continuously” with an erased gloss “perpetual” (GL/23), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√VORO of similar meaning (QL/102).

Reference ✧ Ety/BORÓN ✧ “old, that has long endured, or been established, or in use”

Element In

ᴺS. !brunnad “artefact (archeology), artifact, relic”

Derivations

< ON. brūna “that has long endured, old” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- < ᴹ✶b’rōnā ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  - < ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BORÓN (BORÓN)

Phonetic Developments

ON. brūna > brûn

[brūna] > [brūn]

✧ Ety/BORÓN

G. bóra adv. “always, ever, continuously, {perpetual}” (Category: Always)

See N. brûn for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/23 ✧ bōra “always, ever, continuously, {perpetual}”

Element In

ᴱN. Borosaith “Everhungry”

Cognates

ᴱQ. vor(o) “ever, always”

Derivations

< ᴱ√VORO “*ever, always”