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ᴱ√YERE(NE) root. “*iron”

⚠️ᴱ√YERE(NE) root. “*iron”
ANGA “iron”

This root appeared in two different forms in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s: as ᴱ√DYEÐE = ‘EÐE equivalent of ᴱQ. anga “iron” (QL/105), and as ERE(N) “iron or steel” = ᴱ√YEREN (QL/36). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien had related forms G. ger “ore, metal” and G. geth “ore of metals (esp. raw iron)” (GL/38); the second of these was deleted, which probably means Tolkien selected ᴱ√YEREN over ᴱ√DYEÐE. In any cases, none of these forms appear in later writings, where Tolkien largely used √ANGA for “iron”.

References ✧ GL/38; QL/36, 105

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ᴱ√EÐE² root. “*iron, steel”

See ᴱ√YERE(NE) for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/105 ✧ ‘EÐE

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