angaina

of iron

angaina adj. "of iron" (ANGĀ)

anga

iron

anga noun "iron", also name of tengwa #7 (ANGĀ, Appendix E, SA, PM:347, LT1:249, 268). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, anga was the name of letter #19, which tengwa Tolkien would later call noldo instead (VT45:6). Masc. names Angamaitë "Iron-handed" (Letters:347), Angaráto "Iron-champion", Sindarin Angrod(SA:ar(a) ). See also Angamando, tornanga and cf. Angainor as the name of the chain with which Melkor was bound (Silm)

anga

noun. iron

Cognates

• T. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347
• S. ang “iron” ✧ PM/347; SA/anga

Derivations

• ✶angā “iron” ✧ PM/347
  • √ANGA “iron”

Element in

• Q. Angainor ✧ SA/anga
• Q. Angamaitë “Iron-handed” ✧ PM/347
• Q. Angamando “Iron Prison, Iron-gaol”
• Q. Angaráto “*Iron Champion” ✧ PM/347
• Q. Artanga “*Noble Iron”
• ᴺQ. angaraxa “train”
• ᴺQ. angatië “railway line, railroad track, (lit.) iron-road”
• ᴺQ. angamendar “train station, (lit.) iron way-stop”
• Q. tornanga “hard-iron, iron hard, iron hard; hard-iron, *steel” ✧ PE17/056

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶angā > anga	[aŋgā] > [aŋga]	✧ PM/347

erë

iron

erë, eren noun "iron" or "steel"; Eremandu variant of Angamandu (Angband) (LT1:252; "iron" should be anga in LotR-style Quenya, but erë, eren may still be used for "steel". See also yaisa.)

angren

adjective. of iron

angren

adjective. of iron

Cognates

• Roh. Isen ✧ UTI/Isen

Element in

• S. Angren “Isen, (lit.) Iron”
• S. Angrenost “Isengard, (lit.) Iron Fortress” ✧ PE17/032; SA/anga
• S. Athrad Angren “Ford of Isen” ✧ UT/318
• S. Carach Angren “Isenmouthe, (lit.) Iron Jaws”
• S. Ered Engrin “Iron Mountains” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Ethraid Engrin “Fords of Isen” ✧ UT/264
• S. Sîr Angren “*River of Iron”

Variations

• Angren ✧ PE17/032; UT/318; UTI/Isen

angren

place name. Isen, (lit.) Iron

Sindarin name of the river Isen (UT/318), it is simply the adjective angren “iron” used as a name.

Element in

• S. Sîr Angren “*River of Iron” ✧ UTI/Angren

Elements

Word	Gloss
angren	“of iron”

ang

noun. iron

ang

noun. iron

Cognates

• Q. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347; SA/anga

Derivations

• ✶angā “iron” ✧ PM/347
  • √ANGA “iron”

Element in

• S. Angband “Iron Prison” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Angbor “*Iron-fist”
• S. Anghabar “Iron-delvings” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Anglachel “*Iron-of-the-flaming-star” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Angmar “*Iron Home” ✧ RC/020
• S. angren “of iron” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Angrist “Iron-cleaver” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Angrod “*Iron Champion” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Angruin “Iron Fire”
• S. Anguirel “*Iron-of-the-fiery-star” ✧ SA/anga
• S. Gurthang “Iron of Death” ✧ SA/anga
• ᴺS. hadang “javelin, (lit.) hurling iron”
• ᴺS. thornang “steel”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶angā > ang	[aŋgā] > [aŋga] > [aŋg] > [aŋ]	✧ PM/347

angren

of iron

(pl. engrin);

angren

of iron

angren (pl. engrin);

angren

of iron

angren, related to Sindarin ang ("iron"), derived from the Elvish root ANGĀ. It is possible that the full Old Sindarin word is *angrina (unattested).

The obsolete, variant or misspelt plural form engren appears in a typescript.

ang

iron

ang; adj.

ang

iron

; adj.

angwedh

iron-bond

(pl. engwidh)

anga

noun. iron

Cognates

• Q. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347

Derivations

• ✶angā “iron” ✧ PM/347
  • √ANGA “iron”

anga

root. iron

The root √ANGA was established as the Primitive Elvish root for “iron” quite early in Tolkien’s writing, with the derivatives Q. anga and S. ang. The form ANGA appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/31) serving as both the root and the Early Qenya form, and G. ang appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/19). The root ᴹ√ANGĀ reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ANGĀ), and it appeared once more in notes associated with The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 (PM/366).

Derivatives

• ✶angā “iron”
  • Q. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347
  • S. ang “iron” ✧ PM/347
  • T. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347

angā

noun. iron

Derivations

• √ANGA “iron”

Derivatives

• Q. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347
• S. ang “iron” ✧ PM/347
• T. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347

angren

adjective. of iron

angren

adjective. of iron

Cognates

• ᴹQ. angaina “of iron” ✧ Ety/ANGĀ

Element in

• N. Ang(ren)ost “Isengard”
• N. Carach Angren “Jaws of Iron” ✧ SD/033
• N. Ered-engrin “Iron Mountains”
• N. Oeges Engrin “Peaks of Iron” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Variations

• Angren ✧ SD/033

ang

noun. iron

ang

noun. iron

Cognates

• ᴹQ. anga “iron” ✧ Ety/ANGĀ

Derivations

• ᴹ√ANGA “iron” ✧ Ety/ANGĀ

Element in

• N. Angband “Iron Prison, Hells of Iron”
• N. Angbor
• N. Angmar
• N. angren “of iron” ✧ Ety/ANGĀ
• N. Angrobel “Irongarth”
• N. Angrist “Iron-cleaver”
• N. Angrod
• N. angwedh “chain, fetter, (lit.) iron-bond” ✧ Ety/WED

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ANGĀ > ang	[aŋgā] > [aŋga] > [aŋg] > [aŋ]	✧ Ety/ANGĀ