Brand (word)

brand or brann is a Sindarin word meaning "towering; 'tall and massive'". The form brand is also said to mean "steeple". The words brand, brann also appear to signify "sublime".

Etymology

• Root BARAT

Examples

• Tol Brandir

brand or brann is an Exilic Noldorin word meaning "lofty, noble, fine".

Tolkien apparently used the word brann to translate "high" in a Noldorin phrase inscribed on a draft of Thrór's Map.

Etymology

From Primitive Quendian b’randā, root BARÁD.

Compounds

• Brandir
• brannon/brennil

Examples

• Phrase on a draft of Thrór's Map: "Lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh" ("Five feet high the gate and three by three they go through together" or "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast")

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