Cфl n. gold (metal) Ety/365 For the colour, see malt, mallen
colch n. box (Q colca)
coll I adj. (golden) red Ety/365
coll II adj. hollow WJ/414
*coll III n. cloak, mantle Thingol S/421, MR/385
¶ colost n. cucumber (GL)
conath n. coll. of caun II, 1. many voices 2.by ext., lamentation PM/361-362
condir n. masc. mayor SD/129-31 caun+dоr
*conui adj. commanding, (?) ruling Argonui LotR/A(ii) caun+-ui
corch n. crow Ety/362
cordof n. pippin (seed of certain fruits, or more probably small red apple) SD/129-31
corfn. ring
corn adj. round, globed Ety/365
coron n. 1. globe, ball 2..by ext. mound Ety/365, S/429
†coru (N. corw) adj. cunning, wily Ety/366, X/W
cost n. quarrel, dispute (not a quarrel of bolts) Ety/365
costha-v. quarrel, dispute (Q costa-)
¶ cot n. nut, seed
coth n. 1. enmity 2. enemy Ety/365
cova- v. to meet, to come together, gather, assemble PE/17:158
covad- v. to make meet, to bring together. Transitive form of cova- PE/17:158
*craban n. kind of crow of large size, raven LotR/II:III
cram n. cake of compressed flour or meal (often containing honey and milk) Ety/365, LotR/II:VIII
crann adj. ruddy (of face) Ety/362
¶ crinth adj. pink (GL)
criss n. cleft, cut, slash Ety/365, VT/45:23
crissaegrimn. ‘cleft mountain peaks’, a mountain range south of Gondolin LR/301
crist n.Mil. cleaver, sword Ety/365
*critha- v. to reap Ety/365
crom n. left Ety/366
crum n. left hand Ety/366
crumguruadj. guilty, sinister, wily (from the old meaning of ‘sinister’ referring to being left-handed) Ety/AC
crumui adj. left-handed Ety/366
cы n. 1. arch, crescent 2.Mil.by ext. bow Ety/365, S/429
cuenn. small gull, petrel, sea-bird PE/22:32
cugu n. dove Ety/365
*cuia- v. to live cuio LotR/VI:IV, Letters/308
cuil n. life Ety/366
cuin adj. alive Ety/366
*cuina- v. to be alive Ety/366
cыl n. load Cыl Veleg, Cыl Bоn RC/536
culf n. orange (fruit)
culforn n. orange tree
cull adj. orange (colour)
cum (N. cumb) n. mound, heap Ety/365
cыn adj. bowed, bow-shaped, bent Ety/365
cъna- v. to bend, be bowed
†cund n.arch. prince Ety/366, VT/45:24, X/ND1 See also caun III
¶ curn. cheese
¶ curtha- v. to turn milk (GL)
†cъron n. the crescent Moon Ety/365, X/Z cы+raun
curu n. craft, skill. Applied to exceptional powers of mind or will, a skill not understood by the speaker. Does not apply to ‘miracles’ unless used by a Man. Ety/366, X/W, PE/22
curunнr n. masc. man of craft, wizard, Saruman Ety/366, LotR/III:VIII, LotR/B, VT/45:24 curu+dоr "man of skill"
*cyll n. bearer Taengyl, Tengyl MR/385
cэron n. new moon VT/48:7
cytha-v. to renew, refresh
D
dad adv. down, downwards Ety/354
dadben (N. dadbenn) adv. 1. downhill, inclined 2.by ext. easy to achieve Ety/354, Ety/380, VT/46:8, X/ND4 dad+pend
dadhren- v. to forget
dadwen (ndadwen) n. to return, go back PE/17:166
dae (ndae) n. shadow Ety/354, S/430
daebeth n. blasphemy (PE/17)
daedelu n. canopy Ety/391 dae+telu
daen (ndaen) n. corpse Ety/375
daer I adj. great UT/450, WJ/187, WJ/335, VT/42:11
†daer II (ndaer) (N. doer) n. bridegroom Ety/375, VT/45:9, X/OE
daetha- v. to praise
daf- v. to allow, permit
dвf n. permission Ety/353
*dag- (ndag) v. to slay Ety/375, VT/45:37
dagnir (ndagnir) n. 1. slayer 2.by ext., bane S/430 dag-+dоr
dagor (ndagor) n. battle Ety/375, S/430 dagorath S. n. coll.
dagorath n. coll. of dagor, all the battles UT/395-396
*dagra-(ndagra)v.to battle Ety/375
dam (ndam) n. hammer Ety/375
damma- (ndamma) v. to hammer Ety/375, VT/45:37
dan (ndan) prep. 1. but, yet, against 2. back LotR/II:IV
dananna-(ndananna-) v. to give back, return (dan+anna-)
dangar- v. to undo (PE/17)
dangweth (ndangweth) n. answer, reply giving new information PM/395 OS *ndanagweta "back report" The word dambeth was rejected by Tolkien in favour of this word.
danhir- v. to lose (dad+hir-)
†danna- v. to fall Ety/354, X/Z Written dant- in the Etymologies
dannen n. ebb, low tide VT/48:26
dant n. fall MR/373
danwaith (ndanwaith) n.pl. the Nandor (a tribe of Elves) WJ/385 dan+gwaith
danwedh(ndanwedh) n. ransom S/384 dan+gwedh
*dar- v. to stay, wait, stop, remain Ety/353
dartha- v. to wait, stay, last, endure, remain Ety/353, VT/45:8
dath n. hole, pit, steep fall, abyss Ety/354, VT/45:8
daug (ndaug) n. warrior, soldier (chiefly used of Orcs) Ety/375
daur n. 1. pause, stop 2.by ext., league (about 3 miles) UT/279, UT/285
daw n. night-time, gloom Ety/354
def- v. to try (PE/17)
deil adj. delicate, beautiful and slender PE/17
del n. fear, disgust, loathing, horror Ety/355
deleb adj. horrible, abominable, loathsome Ety/355
delia- v. to conceal Ety/355
delos (N. deloth) n. abhorrence, detestation, loathing Ety/355 del+gos
†delu adj. hateful, deadly, fell Ety/355, X/W
dem adj. sad, gloomy Ety/354 No language indication in the Etymologies, but Noldorin from context and phonological evidence
denwaith n.pl. the Nandor (a tribe of Elves), the people of Denwe WJ/385 Den(we)+gwaith
dess (ndess) n. fem. young woman Ety/375
dew- v. to fail, miss (PE/17)
dhaadv. there is PE/22
dо (ndо)n.poet.fem. bride, lady, arch. woman Ety/352, Ety/354
di- pref. beneath, under di-nguruthos LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72, Letters/278, VT/45:37 The only known usage of this word is as prefix, but VT/45:37 lists it as a unitary word di
dнhena- v. to forgive (with matter forgiven as object?) VT/44:29 See also gohena-
dоl n. stopper, stopping, stuffing Ety/354
dila- (ndila-) v. to be devoted to, love PE/22
*dilia- v. to stop up Ety/354, VT/45:9
dоn I n. silence S/430, LB/354 Tolkien hesitated between two possible mutations of this word; the unmutated form may be either dоn or tоn.
dоn II n. opening, gap, pass in mountains Ety/354
dнnen adj. silent S/430, WJ/194 Tolkien hesitated between two possible mutations of this word; the unmutated form may be either dнnen or tнnen
dineth (ndineth) n. bride Ety/377-378 dо+neth
dоr (ndоr)n.masc.arch. man, referring to an adult male (elf, mortal, or of any other speaking race) Ety/354, Ety/352
dirbedui adj. difficult to pronounce (PE/17)
dнrnaith (nнrnaith)n.Mil. a military wedge-formation launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground UT/282 dоr+naith "man spearhead"