erch

noun. prickle

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a prickle” under the root ᴹ√EREK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK).

erch

noun. prickle

erchamui

masculine name. One-handed

An earlier variant of S. Erchamion “One-handed” (LR/146, 405; Ety/KAB), ending instead with the adjective suffix -ui.

ercha-

verb. to prick

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form ercho “to prick” under the root ᴹ√EREK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK).

erchamion

masculine name. One-handed

ercha-

verb. to prick

erchamui

adjective. one-handed

orch

noun. goblin

orch

noun. Goblin, Orc

hargam

adjective. left-handed

harwed

adjective. left-handed

crumui

adjective. left-handed

nasta-

verb. to prick, point, stick, thrust

erchirion

proper name. Erchirion

The 2nd son of Imrahil, appearing only in a genealogy chart of the house of Dol Amroth (PM/221). His name may be a combination of er “one”, a mutated form chir of hîr “lord” and the patronymic suffix -ion “son”, though David Salo suggested the initial element may be a variant form of the prefix ar(a)- “noble” (GS/348).

erchamion

masculine name. One-handed

Sobriquet of Beren after his hand was bitten off during his quest for a Silmaril (S/183). The two initial elements of this name are er “one” and a mutated form cham of cam “hand” (SA/er, cam). The second of these is especially interesting, in that it is a rare example of liquid mutation. The meaning of the final element is unclear, but it is probably a variant of the masculine suffix -on. As further evidence of this, Tolkien also wrote Erchamon without the i, and according to Patrick Wynne this was clearly deliberate and not a slip (VT47/7, PE21/86).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales from the 1910s, this name appeared as G. Ermabwed (LT2/34). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was revised first to (Ilkorin?) Ermabuin (SM/310), then again to N. Erchamui (LR/146, LR/405). In one place it appeared as Erchamron (Ety/MAP).

As a variation on all these names, the forms N. Er(h)amion or Erchamion appeared as early as the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/119, 121) and also in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/146, 405). In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name appeared as Erhamion (RS/183) and was firmly established in its final form Erchamion by the time of the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/51, 231).

erchamion

adjective. one-handed

erchamion

noun. one handed

er (from ereb “one, alone”) + cam(b) (“hand”) + ion (#ending for a male name)

erchammon

noun. one-handed man

erchammui

adjective. one-handed

erchamon

noun. one-handed man

orch

noun. Goblin, Orc

erch

prickle

(noun) erch (pl. irch); see also SPINE.

erch

prickle

(pl. irch); see also

ercha

prick

(i ercha, in erchar)

ercha

prick

(verb) 1) ercha- (i ercha, in erchar), 2) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (point, stick, thrust)

erchamion

one-handed

(pl. erchemyn).

erchamion

one-handed

erchamion (pl. erchemyn), also *erchammui, no distinct pl. form. (The word is spelt erchamui in the source.)

erchammon

one-handed man

(pl. erchemmyn). The spelling used in the source is ”erchamon” (VT47:7)

erchammon

one-handed man

*erchammon (pl. erchemmyn). The spelling used in the source is ”erchamon” (VT47:7)

erchion

orkish

(of or related to Orcs) erchion (pl. erchyn)

erchion

orkish

(pl. erchyn)

erchion

adjective. orchish

eitha-

verb. to prick with a sharp point, to stab

eitha-

verb. to treat with scorn, insult

ergammon

masculine name. One-Handed

crumui

left-handed

crumui (lenited grumui; no distinct pl. form), also hargam (lenited chargam, pl. hergaim)

crumui

left-handed

(lenited grumui; no distinct pl. form), also hargam (lenited chargam, pl. hergaim).

eitha

prick with a sharp point

(stab, treat with scorn; insult) (i eitha, in eithar)

maenas

handicraft

(i vaenas) (craft, art), pl. maenais (i maenais), coll. pl. maenassath.

nasta

prick

(i nasta, in nastar) (point, stick, thrust)

erca

prickle, spine

erca ("k") (1) noun "prickle, spine"

erca-

verb. to prick

erca- ("k") (2) vb. "to prick" (ERÉK)

maitë

handed

maitë (stem *maiti-, given the primitive form ¤ma3iti) adj. "handed" or "handy, skillful" (VT49:32, 42) in Angamaitë, hyarmaitë, lungumaitë, morimaitë, Telemmaitë, q.v. Etym gives maitë pl. maisi "handy, skilled" (MA3), but Tolkien later eliminated the variation t/s (compare ataformaitë "ambidextrous", pl. ataformaiti).

nasta-

verb. prick, sting

nasta- (2) vb. "prick, sting" (NAS)