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Q. adv. “then” (Category: That)

Q. , adv. “then, [ᴹQ.] at that time [past]” (Category: That)
ᴱQ. encen “then”
ᴱQ. entan “then”
ᴱQ. tyen “then”

A word for “then” appearing in a list of demonstratives from 1968, a vowel-lengthened form of ta “that” (VT49/11). It reappeared in some notes from 1969 alongside a variant tai (VT49/33). ᴹQ. “then, at that time (past now)” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948, where Tolkien indicated it was specifically used to refer to the past (PE23/109), as opposed to ᴹQ. en “then” referring to the future.

References ✧ VT49/11, 33

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ta¹ “that, there”

Element In


ᴹQ. adv. “then, at that time (past now)” (Category: That)

See Q. for discussion.

References ✧ PE23/109-110

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ta¹ “that, it”