Eldamo : Sindarin : remmen

S. remmen adj. “meshed, netted, woven, (en)tangled” (Category: to Wind, Wrap)

S. remmen, adj. “meshed, netted, woven, (en)tangled” (Category: to Wind, Wrap): G. gwidhon “woven”

XXX PE23

An adjectival element in (plural) galadhremmin “tree-tangled, tree-meshed” from the prayer A Elbereth Gilthoniel (LotR/1115; RGEO/64; PE17/20-21). In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien gave the singular form as remmen < ✶rembinā and translated it as “meshed, netted, woven” (PE17/26). In notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the end of the 1960s, remmen was glossed “entangled” as an adjectival form of rem(m) “net (for catching)”, all based the root √REB or √REM “entangle, snare, trap” (VT42/12).

References ✧ PE17/26; PE23/140; VT42/12

Glosses

“entangled” ✧ VT42/12
“meshed, netted, woven” ✧ PE17/26
“netted, entwined” ✧ PE23/140 (remen)

Variations

remmen ✧ PE17/26; VT42/12
remen ✧ PE23/140

Inflections

remmin

plural

✧ PE17/26; PE23/140

Elements

rem	“mesh, net (for catching)”

Element In

S. galadhremmen “tree-meshed” ✧ PE23/140 (galað-remmin)
S. o galadhremmin ennorath “from tree-tangled middle-lands” ✧ PE17/20

Cognates

Q. rembina “entangled; meshed, netted, woven” ✧ PE17/26; PE17/26 (rembine); VT42/12

Derivations

< √REM “entangle, snare, trap (as hunters or fishers) with lines or nets” ✧ VT42/12
< ✶rembinā “meshed, netted, woven” ✧ PE17/26; PE17/26 (rembinī); PE23/140
- < √REM “entangle, snare, trap (as hunters or fishers) with lines or nets”

Phonetic Developments

✶rembinā > remmen	[rembinā] > [rembina] > [rembena] > [remben] > [remmen]	✧ PE17/26
✶rembinī > remmin	[rembinī] > [rembini] > [rembin] > [remmin]	✧ PE17/26
✶rembinā > remen	[rembinā] > [rembina] > [rembena] > [remben] > [remmen] > [remen]	✧ PE23/140