dagor
noun. battle
dagor
noun. battle
dagor-nuin-giliath
proper name. Battle-under-Stars
dagor aglareb
proper name. Glorious Battle
Third great battle of the Wars of Beleriand, translated “Glorious Battle” (S/115), a combination of dagor “battle” and aglareb “glorious” (SA/aglar).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this battle was already called N. Dagor Aglareb when it was first named (SM/329).
dagor bragollach
proper name. Battle of Sudden Flame
Fourth great battle of the Wars of Beleriand, translated “Battle of Sudden Flame” (S/151), a combination of dagor “battle” and bragollach “sudden flame” (possibly = “wild fire”).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this battle was first named N. Dagor Húr-Breged “Battle of Sudden Flame” (SM/317) or “Fire” (LR/132). This was revised to N. Dagor Vregedúr “Battle of Sudden Fire” (LR/280), a form that also appeared in The Etymologies where the second element was indicated to be the lenited form of N. bregedur “wild fire” (Ety/BERÉK). The name took on its final form in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/52, 124).
dagor dagorath
proper name. *Battle of All Battles
Name of a hypothetical battle at the end of the World (UT/395), a combination of dagor “battle” with its own class plural “(all) battles”, hence: “✱Battle of All Battles”).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the battle at the end of the World was called N. Dagor Delothrin “Terrible Battle” (LR/405).
dagorlad
place name. Battle-plain
dagor arnediad
proper name. Battle of Unnumbered Tears
A variant name of Nirnaeth Arnoediad (WJ/22, 28), a combination of dagor “battle” and arnediad “unnumbered”.
Conceptual Development: An earlier variant name was N. Dagor Nirnaith (LR/405).
dagorlind
masculine name. Singer in Battle
Dagor-nuin-Giliath
noun. battle under the stars
dagor (“battle”) + nu (prep. “under”) + in (pl. article) + gîl (“star”) + ath (collective plural suffix)
Dagor Aglareb
noun. glorious battle
dagor (“battle”), aglar (“glory”) + eb (adjective suffix)
Dagor Bragollach
noun. battle of sudden flame
dagor (“battle”), bragol (“sudden”) + lach (“flame”)
Dagorlad
noun. battle plane
dagor (“battle”) + lad (“plain, valley”)
dagorath
noun. all the battles
dagor
battle
(noun) 1) dagor (i nagor, o ndagor), analogical pl. degyr (i ndegyr), coll. pl. dagorath. Archaic dagr, so we might have expected dagrath as the coll. pl.; dagorath would be an analogical formation. 2) (battle of two or a few, not a general host) maeth (i vaeth) (fight), no distinct pl. except with article (i maeth). 3) auth (war), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
dagor
battle
(i nagor, o ndagor), analogical pl. degyr (i ndegyr), coll. pl. dagorath. Archaic dagr, so we might have expected dagrath as the coll. pl.; dagorath would be an analogical formation.
dagra
battle
(verb, "do battle, make war") dagra- (i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
dagra
battle
(i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
dag-
verb. to slay, to slay, [ᴱN.] kill
A verb meaning “to slay” derived from the root √NDAK, best known from its passive participle dangen as in Haudh-en-Ndengin “Hill of Slain” (S/197). Tolkien wrote a set of possible past forms aðag, aðanc, aðarch in notes from 1962 (PE17/131), and the verb appeared in its (Noldorin) infinitive form degi “to slay” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDAK “slay” (Ety/NDAK), along with another couple of (Noldorin) past forms: danc, degant (EtyAC/NDAK). The verb form ᴱN. (n)dag- “to slay” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141), but its present form dág was glossed “kills” and in the contemporaneous Early Noldorin Grammar the form dagion was likewise glossed “I kill” (PE13/130). Thus “slay” and “kill” are both viable translations.
Possible Etymology: In notes from around 1962, Tolkien gave ✶dankĭna as the primitive form of its passive participle dangen, indicating a root √DAK rather than √NDAK, which is also consistent with its nasal mutated plural form on that page: {i dengin >>} i nengin (PE17/133). The 1964 past forms aðag and aðanc also seem to indicate derivation from √DAK (PE17/131). In notes from around 1967, however, Tolkien had the mixed mutated form n(d)engin in the phrase i·m(b)air en N(d)engin, indicating √NDAK, and he consistently gave nac- for the equivalent Quenya forms, so the early 1960s flirtation with √DAK seems to have been a transient idea.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume the root is √NDAK, and hence I’d give it the past form ✱annanc “slayed” rather than aðanc.
anglennatha
verb. (he) will approach
Lossoth
noun. the Snowmen
anfangrim
noun. the Longbeards (a tribe of Dwarves)
avo
verb. don't!
Used as a negative adverb before an imperative: avo garo "don't do it!". Sometimes used as prefix: avgaro
avon
verb. I won't
cuio
verb. live!
drúwaith
noun. the wilderness of the Drû-men (q.v.)
falathrim
noun. people of the Falas
galadhad
noun. the Two Trees of Valinor
lammas
noun. account of tongues
lâf
verb. (he) licks
lôd
verb. (he) floats
noro
verb. run! ride!
Untranslated in LotR, but written nora-lim and rendered as "ride on" in RS/196 (not a literal translation) and later translated as "run swift" in RC/195. A verb nor- is attested in the old Gnomish lexicon, PE/11:61, with the meaning "to run, roll"
pêd
verb. (he) says
rammas
noun. (great) wall
rochirrim
noun. horse-lords, the people of Rohan
tôl
verb. (he) comes
According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien
ónen
noun. I gave
Written onen in some editions of LotR. In the Qenyaqetsa, Qenya anta- is marked as having an irregular past tense áne. Assuming the same sound-shifts as observed in other words, this would indeed lead to onen in Sindarin, see PE/12:31 and TT/14:48-49
auth
battle
(war), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
hûl
cry of encouragement in battle
(i chûl, o chûl, construct hul), pl. huil (i chuil)
maeth
battle
(i vaeth) (fight), no distinct pl. except with article (i maeth).
Second great battle of the Wars of Beleriand, translated “Battle-under-Stars” (S/106), a combination of dagor “battle”, nu “under”, the plural in of the definite article i and finally the class plural giliath of gil “star”.
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this battle was first named N. Dagor-os-Giliath (SM/268, LR/117), revised to N. Dagor nuin Giliath later in these drafts (LR/119, 145). This later form was also used in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/17).
It occasionally appeared as Dagor-nui-Ngiliath in both the 1930s and 1950s (LR/249, WJ/113), with the plural article elided and the class-plural undergoing nasal mutation to ngiliath. This second formation is probably more typical Sindarin.