S. #laden adj. “flat, wide” (Category: Flat)
The earliest iteration of this word was G. ladin in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where it meant either “level, smooth” or “fair, equable” (GL/52). In this period it was an element in the name Tumladin and was mentioned as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√LAHA (QL/50). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it became {lhadin >>} lhaden “flat, smooth” (PE13/148). N. lhaden reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “open, cleared” under the root ᴹ√LAT “lie open” (Ety/LAT), consistent with the revised 1930s name N. Tumladen (Ety/TUB). The Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 had the form N. laden < ᴹ✶lătĭna “flat (and wide)” (PE22/126). Tolkien’s continued use of S. Tumladen in his later writings indicates its ongoing validity.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume the proper form of this word was laden, since the unvoicing of initial l to lh was a feature of Noldorin in the 1920s and 30s and no longer occurred in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. I would assume its base meaning is “flat (and wide), *level”, and by extension “open, cleared”. I would assume this sense of the word is mostly used in describing landscapes. I would also retain its 1910s use for “fair, equable” as a more metaphorical meaning: sa laden “that’s flat/level” = “that’s fair” when speaking of a deal or arrangement.
References ✧ NM/351; RC/521
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| lad | “plain, valley” |
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N. lhaden adj. “flat (and wide); open, cleared” (Category: Flat)
References ✧ Ety/LAT; PE22/126
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| lhedin | plural | ✧ Ety/LAT |
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| #lhad | “plain” |
| #-en | “adjective suffix” |
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| ᴹ√LAT > lhaden | [latina] > [latena] > [laten] > [l̥aten] > [l̥aden] | ✧ Ety/LAT |
| ᴹ√LAT > lhedin | [latini] > [letini] > [letin] > [l̥etin] > [l̥edin] | ✧ Ety/LAT |
| ᴹ✶lătĭna > laden | [latina] > [latena] > [laten] > [l̥aten] > [l̥aden] | ✧ PE22/126 |
ᴱN. lhaden adj. “flat, smooth” (Category: Flat)
References ✧ PE13/148
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| lhedin | plural | ✧ PE13/148 |
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G. ladin adj. “level, smooth; fair, equitable” (Category: Flat)
References ✧ GL/52; LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth; QL/50
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| lad | “a level, a flat; fair dealing” | ✧ LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth |
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