crist

noun. cleaver, cleaver; [N.] sword; [G.] knife; slash, slice

Derivations

• √KIRIS “cleave, cleave, [ᴹ√] cut, [ᴱ√] split”
• √RIS “cut, cleave, cut, cleave; [ᴹ√] slash, rip” ✧ SA/ris

Element in

• S. Angrist “Iron-cleaver”
• S. Orcrist “Orc-cleaver” ✧ SA/ris

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ris > crist	[kiríste] > [kriste] > [krist]	✧ SA/ris

crist

cleaver

crist (i grist, o christ) (sword), no distinct pl. form except with article (i christ)

crist

cleaver

(i grist, o christ) (sword), no distinct pl. form except with article (i christ)

rist

cleaver

(sword) rist (cutter), no distinct pl. except with article (idh rist). Note: a homophone means ”cleft”.

rist

cleaver

(cutter), no distinct pl. except with article (idh rist). Note: a homophone means ”cleft”.

hâdh

cleaver

†hâdh (i châdh, o châdh, construct hadh, pl. haidh (i chaidh). _(Tolkien_s gloss of the word hâdh was illegible [LR:389 s.v. SYAD], but a compound including hâdh is equated with Quenya Sangahyando ”Throng-cleaver”.)

hâdh

cleaver

(i châdh, o châdh, construct hadh, pl. haidh (i chaidh). *(Tolkien’s gloss of the word hâdh was illegible [LR:389 s.v.*

hâdh

syad

is equated with Quenya Sangahyando ”Throng-cleaver”.)

sigil

knife

sigil (i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.

sigil

knife

(i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.