S. †nod- v. “to count” (Category: Account, Reckoning)
An (archaic?) verb for “count” implied by various compounds like pen-nod “without count” and únodui “countless” (PE17/144-145). In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien said that “not- count, nut- tie coalesced in Exilic *nod-, but ‘count’ was always expressed by gonod- unless some other prefix was added, as in arnediad” (Ety/WŌ). Thus it seems nod “count” survived only an element in compounds, and words like [N.] gonod- “count up, reckon” and nedia- “count” became the usual verbs for counting. According to The Etymologies it seems the basic verb form [N.] nod- meant only “to tie” in the modern form of the language.
Conceptual Development: In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, nod- was mentioned as element in ᴱN. go-nod- “count up” (PE13/162).
References ✧ PE17/144-145
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| únod | negative-quasi-participle | “not (ever) counting” | ✧ PE17/144 |
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N. †nod-¹ v. “to count” (Category: Account, Reckoning)
References ✧ Ety/WŌ; EtyAC/NOT
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| ᴹ✶not- > #nod- | [not-] > [nod-] | ✧ Ety/WŌ |