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babble (S) GLAM; babbling (S) GLAM
babe (R, Q, S) LAP
back (adverb) (R) NDAN; back (adverb) (R) RAD; back (preposition) (R, Q, S) AT(AT); back again (Q) [TAT]; back (noun) (Dor) NDAN
backwards (prefix) (Q) NDAN
bad (S) SPAY, UGU/UMU
bake (Q) MBAS
Balannor (S; A, OS, Q) BAL
Balar (S; A) BAL
bale out (Q) KALPA
ball (Q, S) KOR
Balrog (S) ÑGWAL
Balthronding (Ilk) STARAN
bank, especially of a river (Q,S) RAMBÂ (Note: this root should be understood as RAB, of which *rambâ is a derivative)
Bannos (S; Q) MBAD
Banwend, Banwen (S; OS, Q) BAN
Barachir (S?) KHER
Baradis (T; Q) BARATH
Baragund (S) BARÁS
Barahir (S) BARÁS
Baranduin (S) BARÁN
barbaric host (=Orcs) (S) GLAM; barbarous speech (S, A) ÑGAL
bare - stripped bare: (Q) SKAL1, SKEL
bark (verb) (R) KHUG (One edition erroneously reads 'bar' for 'bark')
Barthan (S) GAWA/GOWO, TAN
base (R, Q) TALAM, (R, Q?) SUD; from hood to base (Q) TEL/TELU
batter (Q) PALAP
battle (noun) (OS, S) NDAK; (S) KOT, MAK; battle (verb) (S) NDAK Battle of Sudden Fire (S) BERÉK (This entry gives Dagor Vregedúr; the form in mature Sindarin is Dagor Bragollach "Battle of Sudden Flame"; see Silmarillion Index)
bay (small landlocked) (Q) KHOP, [KOP]
bay (sound that a hound makes) (R) KHUG
be (Q) 2, (R) ANA2
be fond of (of liking, friendship) (R) SER
beach (Q, S) PHAL/PHÁLAS
beams - emit slender (silver pale) beams (R) TIN
bear (animal) (R, A, Q, S, Ilk) MORÓK, (S) LIS, MAT
beard (A, Q, T, OS, S) SPÁNAG
beat (Q, S, A) PALAP, (R) DARÁM, (R) NDAM, (R, S) DRING; Beater (swordname) (S?) DRING
beaten track (A, OS, S) BAT
beautiful (A, Q, S) BAN, (Q) LIND
bed (A, S) KHAW, (Q) KAY; bedchamber (Q) STAB; bedridden (Q, S) KAY
beech (Dor) GALAD, ORO, (Dor, S:) NEL, (R, OS, S:) PHER/PHÉREN; beech, beech-tree (A, Ilk, Dor, T, Q, S:) BERÉTH, (Q, T:) PHER/PHÉREN; beech-mast (Ilk) BERÉTH; beechnuts (Q) PHER/PHÉREN; beechen (Q) PHER/PHÉREN
beget (R) , (R, Q, S:) ONO; begetter (Q) ONO
begin suddenly and vigorously (S) (Hoeno, heno is probably a misreading for *hoerio, *herio) KHOR
beginning (Q) ESE/ESET (Read probably *yessë for esse; see FIRST.)
begun again (S) AT(AT)
behind (S) TELES
being alive (Q) KUY
Beleg (Ilk) BEL; Beleg's bow (Ilk) STARAN
Belego (S; Q) GAS
Belegoer (S; in mature Sindarin Belegaer; see Silmarillion index) AYAR/AIR, (S; Q) ÁLAT
Belegol (S) GAWA/GOWO
Belegost (S) BEL, OS
Beleriand (S) BAL
bell (Q, S) NYEL; bells, ringing of (S) NYEL; sound bells (verb) (S) NYEL
beloved (Q) MEL
Belthil (S) SIL, (S; OS) BAL, (S?) THIL
Belthronding (S? Ilk?) BEL, Bel-thron(d)-ding (Ilk? S?) DING
bend (R) REP
beneath (Q) UNU
bent (Q) RÁYAK, (S, A, Ilk, Dan) KU3
bent (dry grass) (Q) STAR
Beor, Bëor (S) BEW
beside (Q) AR2
betray (R, OS, S) WAR; betrayer (S) WAR
beyond (R) THAR
bind (R) NUT, (R, S) WED; Binder (name of Mandos) (Q) MBAD
bird (small) (R, Q, S) AIWÊ; (Q, S) PHILIK; Birdland (Q) AIWÊ
bite (verb) (R, Q, S) NAK; bite (noun) (Q) NAK; biting (S) NAK, (S, A) NAY; Biting-Storm (dragon-name) (Q) NAK
bitter (A, Q, S) SAG; bitter cold (S) KHELEK (see KHEL)
black (R, A, Q, S) MOR (but S moru is a misreading for morn), (Dor, Dan:) DUN, (Dor:) ÑGOROTH; blackness (Q) MOR; blackbear (S) LIS; blackthorn (etc.) (S) TUS; Black Foe (S) MOR; Black Gulf (S) YAG; Black-sword (S) MAK
blaze UR (This entry was struck out in the Etymologies, but a word that must be derived from this stem occurs in LotR, so it seems that Tolkien restored it.)
blessed (Q) GALA, KHER; blessedness (Q, S) GALA; 'blessings' (Q, S) GALA; bliss (Q, S) GALA
block (verb) (Q) TAP
blood (R, Q, S, Ilk) YAR (but the Silmarillion Appendix gives sercë, not yár, as the Q word for "blood"); Blood-stain (S) WA3; Blood-stained (S) YAR
blossom (Q, S) LOT(H)
blot (Q) MBOTH
blow (e.g. of axe) (S) DARÁM, blow with fist (S) DARÁM
blow (verb) (R) THÛ, WÂ/WAWA/WAIWA, noise of blowing or breathing (R) SWES
blue (R, A, Q, S) LUG2; pale blue (Q, OS, S) 3EL (p. 360), (R, S, Q:) [GLINDI]; [blue-grey] (A, Q, S) WIN/WIND; Blue Mountains (Q, S) LUG2, (S) [GLINDI]; land under Blue Mountains RAD; Blue Towers (S) LUG2
blush (as noun) (S) KARÁN
boat (Q, S) LUT
bold (A, Q, S) KAN, (Q, OS, S) BER; be bold (OS) BER; boldness (Q) BER
Boldog (S) NDAK, ÑGWAL
bolster (A, Q, OS, S) NID
bond (A, Q, OS, S) WED, (OS, S, Ilk) WED, (Q, S) NUT, (S) WEG
book (A, Q, OS, S) PAR; book-language (= Quenya) (Q) PAR
Bór (S) BOR
border (Q, Dor, S) ; (R, Q, S) REG
Borlas (S) BOR; (S) GALÁS
Boromir (OS, S) BOR
Borthandos (S) BOR, (S) KHAN
bosom (Q) PAL; bosom of earth (Q) PAL
boss (S) NDOL
both (R, Q)
bottom - from top to bottom TEL/TELU
bound (Q, S) NUT
bow (for shooting) (R, A, Q, S) KWIG; bow (R, A, Q) KU3; bow-shaped (S, A, Ilk, Dan) KU3; bowed (S, A, Ilk, Dan) KU3; bowstring (S) TING/TANG
bow down (R) NDÛ
braid of hair (A, Q) SPIN; braided hair (OS, S) SPIN
branch (A, Q, S) GÓLOB
brand (Q, OS) YUL (but in Namárië in LotR, Q yulma means "cup")
Brandir (S) BARÁD, DER
Branduin (S) BARÁN
brave (OS, S) BER
bread (Q, S) MBAS
break apart (Q) SKAT; break asunder (R, Q) SKAT
break out suddenly (A, S) BERÉK
breaker (S) PHAL/PHÁLAS
breath (Q) SWES, (Q, S) THÛ, (S) SWES; breathe (Q, S) THÛ; noise of blowing or breathing (R) SWES
breeze (Q, S) SWES
Bregolas (S) BERÉK
Brethil (S) NEL
Brethiliand, Brethilian (S) BERÉTH
bride (A?) I, (OS?, S) , (A, OS, S, Q) NDIS (note: the archaic form should be *ndisse)
bridegroom (A) ; (A, Eld, OS, S) NDER
bridge (Q, S) YAT
bright (Ilk) (S) GYEL; bright light (A, S) KAL; bright-colored (= green) (S) KAL
brilliance (Q) AKLA-R, RIL; brilliant (A, S) KAL
Brilthor (Ilk?) MBIRIL
bring (R, S, Ilk) TUK
Brithombar (Ilk) BIRÍT
Brithon (Ilk) BIRÍT
broad sword (Q) LAG; broadsword-blade (Q, A) SYAD
Brodda (a Mannish name) Brodda (sic)
broken stones (A, Ilk) BIRÍT
Bronwe, Bronwë (S; OS, Q) BORÓN, (S; OS) WEG
brooch (A, Q, Ilk, S) TAK
brook (Q, A) NEN
broth (OS, S) SÁLAP
brother (Q, OS, S), (Q?) THEL/THELES, (R, OS, Q, S) TOR, sworn brother (OS, S, Q) TOR; brotherhood (Q) TOR
brown (OS, S) RUSKÂ, dark brown (Q, OS, S) BARÁN
bud (A, Q, S) TUY
build (R, Q) KAR; builder (A, Q, OS, S, Ilk) STAB; building (A, S) TAK, (Q, S) KAR; building, especially of wood (Q) PAN
burdensome (Q) DUB
burly (Q) POL/POLOD
burning (A, OS) BARÁS
bush (A, Q) TUS; (S, A) ORO
but (Q) NDAN; but yet (Q) NDAN
butterfly (Q, T, S, Ilk) WIL
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