balchoth

collective name. *Horrible-horde

A tribe of Easterlings that invaded the lands of Gondor in the middle of the 3rd Age (LotR/1053). The name was a combination of Wes. balc “horrible” and S. hoth “horde” (UT/313 note #24).

Elements

Word	Gloss
balc	“horrible”
hoth	“host, horde, host, horde, [N.] crowd; group plural; [ᴱN.] folk, [G.] people; †army”

Balchoth

Balchoth

The compound Balchoth consists of Westron balc ("horrible") + Sindarin hoth ("horde"). It was actually a generic term for cruel peoples, including the Orcs.