Eldamo : Middle Quenya : randa

ᴹQ. randa n. “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” (Category: Age)

ᴹQ. randa, n. “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” (Category: Age): ᴱQ. randa “bark; peel, rind, outer ring, circumference”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” derived from ᴹ✶randā under the root ᴹ√RAD “back, return” (Ety/RAD). At this point in Tolkien’s writing, 100 Valian years was about one millenia, but the actual meaning may have be looser than this.

Reference ✧ Ety/RAD ✧ “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)”

Element In

ᴺQ. !Endëranda “Middle-Ages”

Cognates

N. anrand “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” ✧ Ety/RAD
ON. randa “cycle, age (100 Valian Years), *millenia” ✧ Ety/RAD

Derivations

< ᴹ✶randā “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” ✧ Ety/RAD
- < ᴹ√RAD “back, return” ✧ Ety/RAD

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶randā > randa

[randā] > [randa]

✧ Ety/RAD