nassë

thorn, spike

nassë (2) noun "thorn, spike" (NAS). Not to be confused with nassë "(s)he is", VT49:30 or nassë # above. Note that in late material, the unambiguous word necel appears for "thorn" (PE17:55).

aicalë

peak

aicalë ("k")noun "a peak" (AYAK)

maica

sharp, piercing

maica (1) ("k")adj. "sharp, piercing" (SA:maeg), cf. hendumaica and the noun maica below.

aica

sharp

aica (1) ("k") adj. "sharp" _(AYAK) or "fell, terrible, dire" (PM:347; according to PM:363 seldom applied to evil things)_. In Aicanáro, q.v.

ecya

sharp

#ecya adj. "sharp" in Ecyanáro ("k") "Sharp Flame", masc. name, Sindarin Aegnor(VT41:14, 19). The Quenya form of Aegnor is elsewhere given as Aicanáro instead.

nexa

sharp, angular

nexa adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55; the editor indicates that the reading is uncertain, so the variant nerca may be preferred.)

cendë

point

cendë noun "point" (PE16:96)

cendë

noun. point

Element in

• Q. pirucendëa “on the point of her toes” ✧ PE16/096

Variations

• cende ✧ PE16/096

mentë

point, end

mentë noun "point, end" (MET)

necel

thorn

necel ("k") noun "thorn" (PE17:55)

necel

noun. thorn

A word for “thorn” in notes on the Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, derived from the root √NEK having to do with angles (PE17/55).

Derivations

• √NEK “narrow, narrow; *angular, sharp” ✧ PE17/055

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NEK > nekel	[nekel]	✧ PE17/055

Variations

• nekel ✧ PE17/055

nerca

sharp, angular

nerca adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55), variant nexa (reading uncertain).

tilma

noun. point

térala

adjective. piercing

Elements

Word	Gloss
ter-	“to pierce”

aeg

adjective. sharp, sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing

Element in

• S. aeglir “line of peaks, line of peaks, [N.] range of mountain peaks; [ᴱN.] peak, mountain top”
• S. Aeglos “Snow-point”
• S. aeglos “icicle, (lit.) snow-point; snowthorn (a plant)”
• S. Aegnor “Fell Fire, Sharp Flame” ✧ SA/nár
• S. Crissaegrim “*Cleft Mountain Peaks”
• S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
• S. Egalmoth “Pointed Helm-crest”

Variations

• Aeg ✧ SA/nár (Aeg)

aeg

noun. point

The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"

maeg

adjective. sharp, piercing, penetrating, going deep in something

negn

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negen

megor

adjective. sharp-pointed

negen

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negn

min

noun. peak

A word glossed “peak” appearing in the name S. Min-Rimmon “Peak of the Rimmon” from the Unfinished Index to The Lord of the Rings (RC/511). It is probably a derivative of √MIN.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mintye “peak”

Derivations

• √MIN “one, first of a series, one, first of a series; [ᴹ√] stand alone, stick out”

Element in

• S. Min-Rimmon “Peak of the Rimmon” ✧ RC/511

Variations

• min ✧ RC/511

-il

point

suff. point, ending. >> niphredil, til

til

point

n. point, ending. >> -il, niphredil

till

point

till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

till

point

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

aeg

sharp

1) aeg (pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn". 2) aig (no distinct pl. form). 3) laeg (keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”. 4) maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

aeg

sharp

(pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

aeg

piercing

(adj.) aeg (pointed, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

aeg

piercing

(pointed, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

aeg

horn

(point, thorn). No distinct pl. form. (but aeglir can be used for a range of mountain peaks). Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) mîn (i vîn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîn), coll. pl. míniath. Note: homophones include the numeral ”one” and the adjective ”isolated, first, towering”. 3) egnas (sharp point; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassath.

aeg

point

1) aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)

aeg

point

(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".

aeg

thorn

(peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.

aeg

pointed

aeg (piercing, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

aeg

pointed

(piercing, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

laeg

sharp

(keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”.

maeg

sharp

(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

aig

sharp

(no distinct pl. form).

êg

thorn

1) êg (construct eg), pl. îg; 2) rêg (construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg), 3) aeg (peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.

êg

thorn

(construct eg), pl. îg

egnas

sharp point

(peak; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassaith.

megor

sharp-pointed

(lenited vegor, analogical pl. megyr); cited in archaic form megr (WJ:337)

rêg

thorn

(construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg)

maecheneb

sharp-eyed

(lenited vaecheneb; pl. maechenib)

nass

sharp end

(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais** **

ment

point

(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.

ment

point

(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **

nass

point

(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

rafn

extended point at the side

(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).

eitha

prick with a sharp point

(stab, treat with scorn; insult) (i eitha, in eithar)

naith

point

(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.

nasta

point

(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

nasta

point

(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

thela

spear point

(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.

ecthel

spear point

(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”

ecthel

thorn point

(pl. ecthil). See also

till

sharp-pointed peak

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.  

till

sharp-pointed peak

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

till

sharp horn

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

snǣs

noun. spear-head, point, gore, triangle

Original form not entirely clear; the stem is SNAS/SNAT (LR:387), not defined but evidently to be understood as a strengthened form of NAS "point, sharp end" (LR:374). A primitive plural form natsai is mentioned under SNAS/SNAT; snǣs may derive from something like snatsâ via snats, *snas. The shift of original a to long ǣ (presumably the same vowel as in English cat, but longer) is found in this word only, but there are several examples of e from a, see spenna, scella. Perhaps a became ǣ in stressed monosyllables where there was no following consonant cluster (as in nand).

tilte

noun. peak

Derivations

• √TIL “point, horn”

Derivatives

• Q. tildë “a fine sharp point, fine sharp point, [ᴹQ.] spike; (mountain) horn, [ᴱQ.] tip, ️peak”

Element in

• ✶tār(a)-ninqui-tilte “High White Peak” ✧ PE17/186

êg

noun. thorn

êg

noun. thorn

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “thorn” under the root ᴹ√EK (Ety/EK). In The Etymologies this root was glossed “spear”, but I think this gloss applied only to the extended form of the root √EKTE, because elsewhere √EK had other glosses like “sharp, (sharp) point, thorn” (WJ/365; VT48/25; PE22/127).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, G. eg merely meant “point” (GL/32) while G. aith was “thorn” (GL/18), both from the early root ᴱ√EKE or ᴱ√EHE having to do with points (GL/31; QL/35). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips this became G. aithr “thorn” which also had an archaic sense “†sword” (PE13/108), a word that also appeared as ᴱN. aithr “thorn, [archaic] †sword” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/136).

Cognates

• ᴺS. eithos “thorn bush”

Derivations

• ᴹ√EK “spear, (sharp) point, thorn” ✧ Ety/EK

Element in

• N. Egnor ✧ Ety/EK
• N. Ecthelion ✧ Ety/EK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√EK > êg	[ek] > [eg] > [ēg]	✧ Ety/EK

egnas

noun. sharp point

egnas

noun. peak

egthel

noun. point (of spear)

ment

noun. point

ment

noun. point

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mente “point, end, point, end; [ᴱQ.] peak, tip” ✧ Ety/MET

Derivations

• ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

• N. Mornvenniath “Black Mountains”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MET > ment	[mente] > [mentʰe] > [menθe] > [menθ] > [ment]	✧ Ety/MET

nass

noun. point, (sharp) end

nass

noun. angle or corner

thela

noun. point (of spear)

ecthel

noun. point (of spear)