24-03-2006, 18:11
<br><small>Achh ... je suis *obligé* de céder ... :) </small><p><div class="refTexte"><i><b>Ecthelion</b></i> must be similarly from <i>Aegthelion</i>. Latter element is a derivative of <i>√stel</i> 'remain firm'. The form with prefix <i>'sundóma'</i>, <i>estel</i>, was used in Q and S for 'hope' - sc. a temper of mind, steady, fixed in purpose, and difficult to dissuade and unlikely to fall into despair or abandon its purpose. The unprefixed <i>stel-</i> gave [? S verb] <i>thel</i> 'intend, mean, purpose, resolve, will'. So Q ? <i>þelma</i> 'a fixed idea, … , will.'<br><br><small><font color=black>[C. Tolkien:]</font> The word <i>sundóma </i>is an important term in the analysis of Quendian phonological structure. Very briefly indeed, the Quendian consonantal 'base' or <i>sundo </i>was characterised by a 'determinant vowel' or <i>sundóma</i>: thus the <i>sundo </i>KAT has a medial <i>sundóma </i>'A', and TALAT has the <i>sundóma </i>repeated. In derivative forms the <i>sundóma </i>might be placed before the first consonant, e.g. ATALAT; thus <i>estel </i>beside <i>stel </i>in this note.</small><div class="refTitre"><br>The War of The Jewels, Part III, 3-Maeglin</div></div><br><small>Jérôme</small><br><br>