Eldamo : Early Quenya : ere(n)

ᴱQ. ere(n) n. “iron, steel” (Category: Iron)

⚠️ᴱQ. ere(n), n. “iron, steel” (Category: Iron): Q. anga “iron”; Q. tornanga “iron hard; hard-iron, *steel”

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “iron or steel” (QL/36), equated ᴱQ. yeren which was elsewhere glossed “pig iron” (QL/105). ᴱQ. ĕrĕ(n) was also mentioned (along with yĕrĕ(n)) in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon in the entry for G. ger “ore, metal” (GL/38). Its most notable use in the 1910s was as an element in ᴱQ. Eremandu or Erimandu “Hells of Iron” (PE15/20), a variant of ᴱQ. Angamandi (LT1/77). Since Tolkien only used the latter form in the narratives, it is likely Tolkien abandoned eren early on.

References ✧ GL/38; LT1A/Eriol; QL/36

Glosses

“iron, steel” ✧ LT1A/Eriol; QL/36

Variations

ere(n) ✧ LT1A/Eriol; QL/36
ĕrĕ(n) ✧ GL/38

ERE(N) “iron, steel” = ᴱ√YEREN ✧ QL/36

Element In

ᴱQ. Eremandu “Hells of Iron” ✧ LT1A/Eriol; QL/36
ᴱQ. Eriollo “Ironcliffs” ✧ LT1A/Eriol

Cognates

G. ger “ore, metal” ✧ GL/38

Derivations

< ᴱ√EÐE¹ “out”