Q. hresta n. “beach, shore” (Category: Shore, Beach)
A word for “shore” (MC/221) or “beach” (MC/222) in the Markirya poem from the 1960s. Its etymology is unclear, but it might be related to S. ras(t) “cape, shore”.
Conceptual Development: In the earlier version of ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya from around 1930s, Tolkien used the word ᴱQ. ailin instead.
References ✧ MC/221-222
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| hrestallo | ablative | “[from] the ... shore” | ✧ MC/221 |
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ᴱQ. ailin² n. “shore” (Category: Shore, Beach)
A word for “shore” in the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem and its draft of the late 1920s (MC/213, 221), in one place given an archaic form aile and a translation “beach” (PE16/75). In the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s, this word became Q. hresta (MC/221-222), whereas Q. ailin itself usually meant “lake” in later writings.
References ✧ MC/213, 221; PE16/62, 66, 72, 74-75, 77
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| ailinello | ablative | “[from the] shore” | ✧ MC/213 |
| ailim’ | elided | ✧ PE16/66 | |
| ailinisse | locative plural | “upon the ... shore” | ✧ MC/221; PE16/62 |
| ailinisse | locative plural | ✧ PE16/62; PE16/74 | |
| ailinissen | locative plural | ✧ PE16/77; PE16/77 | |
| ailisse | locative plural | ✧ PE16/62 | |
| ailissen | locative plural | “upon the ... beaches” | ✧ MC/221 |
| ailissen | locative plural | ✧ PE16/74 | |
| äilinisse | locative plural | ✧ PE16/72 | |
| äilisse | locative plural | ✧ PE16/72 |
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| ?ᴱ√AYA(LA) | “lake” |
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