Eldamo : Gnomish : bedhren

G. bedhren n. “brother in law, kinsman by marriage” (Category: Brother-in-Law)

⚠️G. bedhren, n. “brother in law, kinsman by marriage” (Category: Brother-in-Law): ᴺS. ^bethren “brother in law, kinsman by marriage”

The word G. bedhren “brother in law, kinsman by marriage” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a combination of the early root ᴱ√Beđ “wed” and G. ren(d) “male relative” (GL/22). It had a variant G. gadren where the initial element was G. gad “joint, link” (GL/36).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. bethren for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, updating the initial element to my preferred root for marriage ᴹ√BES “wed” with sr becoming thr in Sindarin.

Reference ✧ GL/22 ✧ “brother in law, any kinsman by marriage”

bedhres “sister in law” f. [of] bedhren “brother in law, any kinsman by marriage” ✧ GL/22

Elements

*ᴱ√VEÐE		✧ GL/22 (Beđ)
ren(d)	“cousin (m.), relative”	✧ GL/22 (#ren)

Cognates

ᴱQ. vestaner “?(bride)groom”

G. gadren n. “*brother in law, kinsman by marriage” (Category: Brother-in-Law)

See G. bedhren for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/36

Elements

gad(a)	“joint, link; small lane, track; isthmus”	✧ GL/36 (gad)
ren(d)	“cousin (m.), relative”	✧ GL/36 (#ren)