Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : renia-¹

ᴺS. [N.] ^renia-¹ v. “to stray, wander” (Category: to Wander, Stray)

ᴺS. [N.] ^renia-¹, v. “to stray, wander” [vetted by HSD] (Category: to Wander, Stray): ᴱN. †amra- “*to rise; [G.] to go up and down; live in the mountains; roam, wander”; G. gwada- “to wander, roam, travel (far)”

See N. rhenia-¹ for discussion.

N. rhenia-¹ v. “to stray, wander” (Category: to Wander, Stray)

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to stray” appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form rhenio under the root ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” (Ety/RAN). In the entry for ᴹ√RAM it was glossed “wander”, along with a homonym N. rhenio⁽²⁾ “fly, sail” derived from ᴹ✶ramya-. The two verbs collided because ancient my became ny in Noldorin/Sindarin.

Neo-Sindarin: Many Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this verb as ᴺS. renia- “to stray, wander” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD), since the unvoicing of initial r to rh was a feature of Noldorin of the 1930s but not Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s.

References ✧ Ety/RAM, RAN

rhenio “to stray” cf. ᴹ√RAM ✧ Ety/RAN
rhenio “fly, sail” ✧ Ety/RAM

Inflections

rhenio	infinitive	“wander”	✧ Ety/RAM
rhenio	infinitive	“to stray”	✧ Ety/RAN

Cognates

ᴹQ. ranya- “to stray, *wander” ✧ Ety/RAN

Derivations

< ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” ✧ Ety/RAM; Ety/RAN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√RAN > rhenio

[ranja-] > [rania-] > [renia-] > [r̥enia-]

✧ Ety/RAN