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S. talan n. “platform, flat space, flet [Middle English = ‘floor’]” (Category: Floor)

S. talan, n. “platform, flat space, flet [Middle English = ‘floor’]” (Category: Floor)

A noun Tolkien described as a “flet” (Middle English for “floor”) applied to the elevated wooden platforms the Elves of Lórien had in trees from The Lord of the Rings (LotR/342). In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien said its proper meaning was a “flat space, platform” and it was derived from primitive ✶talam (PE17/52). It seems this word applies to an elevated platform without walls, as opposed to a floor within a building which would be [N.] panas (Ety/PAN). In theory the final n of talan would be lost, but it was likely restored by analogy with its plural form telain.

Conceptual Development: This word appeared as N. talan “flet” in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (TI/227).

References ✧ LotR/342; LotRI/Flet, Talan; NM/362-363; PE17/52; UT/245-246; UTI/flet, talan

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telain plural “flets” ✧ NM/362; UT/245
telain plural   ✧ PE17/52; UT/246; UTI/talan
telain plural   ✧ PE17/52

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talam- > talan [talam] > [talan] ✧ PE17/52
talam- > telain [talani] > [teleni] > [telein] > [telain] ✧ PE17/52

N. talan n. “flet” (Category: Floor)

See S. talan for discussion.

References ✧ TI/227; TII

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