Sindarin 

gaur

noun. werewolf

werewolf

Sindarin [PE 19:107] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

gaur

noun. werewolf

A noun for a “werewolf” (PE17/39; PE19/107; SA/gaur; Ety/ÑGAW), as opposed to a more ordinary wolf which would be [N.] garaf or draug. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. gaur was derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” (Ety/ÑGAW), and a similar derivation appeared in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s (PE19/106-107), but in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the meaning of its root was “falsify, deform, disguise” (PE17/39).

Cognates

  • Q. nauro “werewolf, wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106

Derivations

  • ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE17/039; SA/gaur
  • ñgwaurō “wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE19/106
    • ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE19/106

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ÑGAW > gaur[ŋgawrō] > [ŋgaurō] > [ŋgauro] > [gauro] > [gaur]✧ PE17/039
Sindarin [LBI/Gaurhoth; LotR/0299; PE17/039; PE19/107; SA/gaur; UT/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gaur

'false

n. 'false, disguised, deformed', wolf (pl.2 wolf-horde). The form of ngaur in absolute initial position. Q. ñauro. >> ngaur

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:39] < ÑGAW falsify, deform, disguise. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ngaur

'false

pl2. ngaurhoth n. 'false, disguised, deformed', wolf (pl.2 wolf-horde). gaur in absolute initial position. Q. ñauro. >> hoth

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:39] < ÑGAW falsify, deform, disguise. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

gaurhoth

noun. group of werewolves

Sindarin [LotR/II:IV] gaur+hoth "wolf-host". Group: SINDICT. Published by

gaurwaith

noun. wolf-men

Sindarin [UT/85, UT/90] gaur+gwaith. Group: SINDICT. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

Sindarin [Ety/354, S/430] Group: SINDICT. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf”, most notably appearing as an element in the name of the great werewolf S. Draugluin. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. draug “wolf” was derived from the root ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK).

Element in

  • S. Draugluin “*Blue (Were)wolf” ✧ SA/draug
Sindarin [SA/draug] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gaur

wolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth = i ñaurhoth).

gaur

werewolf

gaur (i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaur

werewolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaur

wolf (werewolf)

gaur (i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth = i ñaurhoth).

garaf

wolf

(i ngaraf = i ñaraf, o n’garaf = o ñgaraf), pl. geraif (in geraif = i ñgeraif), coll. pl. garavath

draug

wolf

1) draug (i dhraug), pl. droeg (in droeg), coll. pl. drogath; 2) garaf (i ngaraf = i ñaraf, o n**garaf = o ñgaraf), pl. geraif (in geraif = i ñgeraif), coll. pl. garavath**, 3)

draug

wolf

(i dhraug), pl. droeg (in droeg), coll. pl. drogath