rimpa

rushing, flying

rimpa adj.? noun? "rushing, flying" (RIP; the word is more likely an adjective)

ascara

adjective. violent, rushing, impetuous

Derivations

• ᴹ✶askarā “tearing, hastening”
  • ᴹ√SKAR “tear, rend” ✧ Ety/SKAR

ascar

place name. rushing, impetuous

A tributary of Gelion, later named Rathlóriel (S/123), translated “rushing, impetuous” by Christopher Tolkien (SI/Ascar). It is simply the adjective [N.] ascar “rushing” used as a name. Given the river’s location in Ossiriand, this name might be Nandorin instead.

Conceptual Development: This name appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/135, SM/325) along with the variant Asgar (SM/325, WJ/336). In The Etymologies, it was designated an Ilkorin name, Ilk. Ascar, though the adjective ascar was designated both Noldorin and Ilkorin, along with a Noldorin-only variant asgar (Ety/SKAR). Like many of the river names in Ossiriand, Tolkien did not give a new etymology of the name after he abandoned the Ilkorin language. Since [[s|[sk] usually became [sg]]] in Sindarin, this name is likely either archaic or dialectal.

Elements

Word	Gloss
asgar	“violent, rushing, impetuous”

Variations

• Asgar ✧ WJI/Ascar

ascar

rushing

(impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).

ascar

violent

1) ascar (rushing, impetuous), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair). 2) bregol (sudden, fierce), lenited vregol, pl. bregoel. Archaic *bregaul.

ascar

violent

(rushing, impetuous), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).

ascar

impetuous

(rushing, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair)

alag

rushing

(impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn)

alag

impetuous

1) alag (rushing), pl. elaig; 2) ascar (rushing, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair), 3) gorn (vigorous, hasty); lenited orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.

alag

impetuous

(rushing), pl. elaig

gorn

impetuous

(vigorous, hasty); lenited ’orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.

rimp

rushing

(adj.) 1) rimp (flying), no distinct pl. form; 2) alag (impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn); 3) ascar (impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).

rimp

rushing

(flying), no distinct pl. form

bregol

violent

(sudden, fierce), lenited vregol, pl. bregoel. Archaic ✱bregaul.

alak

root. rushing, rushing, [ᴹ√] swift

A root whose most notable derivatives are Q. alqua, S. alph “swan”. The earliest iteration of this root was ᴱ√ḶKḶ from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/30); the other derivatives of this root from this period have to do with “appearance” such as ᴱQ. ilk- “to seem” (QL/42). By The Etymologies of the 1930s this root took on its later form, ᴹ√ALAK and had the gloss “rushing” with other derivatives like ᴹQ. alako “rush, rushing flight, wild wind”, N. alag “rushing, impetuous” and N. alagos “storm (of wind)” (Ety/ÁLAK). It was also an element in the name of S./N. Ancalagon “Biting Storm”. Given the continued appearance of this name of The Silmarillion (S/252), the 1930s meaning of this root may have survived, but it is hard to be certain since the name was only properly translated in the 1930s.

The 1930s root also had an unaugmented variant ᴹ√LAK with derivatives ᴹQ. (a)larka, N. lhagr “swift, rapid” (Ety/LAK²). Whether this unaugmented variant remained valid is unclear, but there is nothing in Tolkien’s later writing contradicting it either.

Derivatives

• ✶alkwā “swan” ✧ PE18/100
  • Q. alqua “swan” ✧ NM/378; PE18/100; UT/265; VT42/07
  • S. alph “swan” ✧ NM/378; VT42/07
  • At. alpa “swan” ✧ VT42/07
  • T. alpa “swan” ✧ UT/265
  • S. alph “swan” ✧ UT/265
• Q. alqua “swan” ✧ SA/alqua
• S. alph “swan” ✧ SA/alqua

Element in

• S. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” ✧ SA/alqua

Variations

• alak- ✧ SA/alqua

asgar

adjective. violent, rushing, impetuous

asgar

adjective. violent, rushing, impetuous

@@@ ascar may be alternate form

Cognates

• Ilk. ascar “violent, rushing, impetuous” ✧ Ety/SKAR

Derivations

• ᴹ✶askarā “tearing, hastening” ✧ Ety/SKAR
  • ᴹ√SKAR “tear, rend” ✧ Ety/SKAR

Element in

• S. Ascar “rushing, impetuous”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶askarā > ascar > asgar	[askarā] > [askara] > [askar] > [asgar]	✧ Ety/SKAR

ascar

adjective. violent, rushing, impetuous

ascar

adjective. violent, rushing, impetuous

alag

adjective. rushing, impetuous

alag

adjective. rushing, impetuous

Cognates

• ᴹQ. alako “rush, rushing flight, wild wind” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK

Derivations

• ᴹ✶álākō “rush, rushing flight, wild wind” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK
  • ᴹ√(A)LAK “swift, rushing” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK

Element in

• N. alagos “storm (of wind)” ✧ EtyAC/ÁLAK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶álākō > alag	[alākō] > [alakō] > [alako] > [alak] > [alag]	✧ Ety/ÁLAK

gorn

adjective. impetuous

gorn

adjective. impetuous

Cognates

• ᴹQ. orna “hasty” ✧ Ety/GOR

Derivations

• ᴹ√GOR “violence, impetus, haste” ✧ Ety/GOR

Element in

• N. Celegorn “*Swift-impetuous” ✧ Ety/GOR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GOR > gorn	[gorna] > [gorn]	✧ Ety/GOR

bregol

adjective. violent, sudden, fierce

ascar

rushing, impetuous

Asgar in Noldorin means "rushing" or "impetuous", derived from root A-SKAR.

In Eriol's Old English translations, Ascar is referred to as Baening. Christopher Tolkien tentatively interpreted the O.E. name as "river filled with bones (of the Dwarves)", but doubted that it was his father's intended meaning.