S. enedh n. “centre, middle” (Category: Middle)
- S. enedh, n. “centre, middle; [N.] core” (Category: Middle)
- G. sectha “centre”
@@@ Tolkien vacillated between enedh (< √ENED) and ened (perhaps < √ENET) in his later writings. In HSD/ened, it is suggested that ened is the likely “final” form based on Enedwaith as it appears in The Lord of the Rings and as discussed on Let/224. I prefer enedh for better compatibility with its Quenya cognate endë as in Q. enderi “middle-days” (LotR/1108, endë + ré “day”). If the Sindarin form were ened < √ENET, the corresponding Quenya form would instead be entë. Furthermore, in a general discussion of the uses of dh on VT42/20, Tolkien states that “Enedhwaith is misspelt”, possibly meaning that the normal spelling (Enedwaith) is not strictly correct.
References ✧ UT/264; VT41/16; VT48/25
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- enaid “central, middle” has a derivation that conflicts with enedh “centre, middle”
Element In
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| √HENET > ente > ened |
[ɣenet] > [enet] > [ened]
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✧ VT41/16 |
| √ened/l > eneð |
[ened] > [eneð]
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✧ VT48/25 |
N. enedh n. “centre, middle, core” (Category: Middle)
References ✧ Ety/ÉNED, NÉD
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Element In
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√ÉNED > enedh |
[enede] > [eneðe] > [eneð]
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✧ Ety/ÉNED |