Quenya 

norto

horror

norto (ñ)noun "a horror" _(VT46:4. In Tengwar writing, the initial N would be represented by the letter noldo, not númen.)_

aista-

to dread

aista- (3) vb. "to dread" (GÁYAS, VT45:14; possibly obsoleted by #2 above)

Sindarin 

goroth

noun. horror, dread

Derivations

  • √ÑGOR “dread, terror, fear, horror” ✧ WJ/415

Element in

  • S. Gorgoroth “Valley of Terror” ✧ SA/gor
  • S. gorthob “horrible” ✧ WJ/415

Elements

WordGloss
gor“horror, dread, fear”
-oth“augmentative suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√NGUR > gorth[ŋgurotʰo] > [ŋguroθo] > [guroθo] > [goroθo] > [goroθ]✧ WJ/415

Variations

  • gorth ✧ WJ/415
Sindarin [SA/gor; WJ/415] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gorth

noun. horror

Sindarin [WJ/415] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gorth

noun. horror

gorog

noun. horror

Sindarin [WJ/415] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gorog

noun. horror

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶guruk > gorog[guruk] > [gorok] > [gorog]✧ WJ/415

gorgor

noun. extreme horror, terror, haunting fear

Sindarin [WJ/415, RC/334-335] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dael

noun. horror

_ n. _horror.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:151] < DAY, NDAY dreadful, abominable, detestable. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dael

noun. horror

Derivations

  • √NDAY “dreadful, abominable, detestable” ✧ PE17/151

Element in

  • S. daedelos “horrible fear” ✧ PE17/151

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√NDAY > dael[ndaila] > [daila] > [dail] > [dael]✧ PE17/151
Sindarin [PE17/151] Group: Eldamo. Published by

del

noun. horror

Element in

  • S. Deldúwath “Deadly Nightshade, (lit.) Horror of Night-shadow” ✧ SA/del
  • S. deloth “abhorrence, abhorrence, [N.] detestation, loathing” ✧ SA/del

goroth

dread

(i ngoroth = i ñoroth, o n’goroth = o ñgoroth) (horror), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. ✱göryth.

goroth

horror

(i ngoroth = i ñoroth, o n’goroth = o ñgoroth) (dread), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryth.

gorth

dread

(i ngorth = i ñorth, o n’gorth = o ñgorth) (horror), pl. gyrth (in gyrth = i ñgyrth). (WJ:415) Note: a homophone means ”dead; dead person”.

gorth

horror

(i ngorth = i ñorth, o n’gorth = o ñgorth) (dread), pl. gyrth (in gyrth = i ñgyrth). (WJ:415) Note: a homophone means ”dead; dead person”

gorog

horror

(i ngorog = i ñorog, o n’gorog = o ñgorog), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryg.

girith

horror

(i ’irith) (shuddering), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngirith = i ñirith)

gost

dread

(i ngost = i ñost, o n’gost = o ñgost) (terror), pl. gyst (in gyst = i ñgyst).

guruthos

dread of death

(i nguruthos = i ñuruthos, o n’guruthos = o ñguruthos) (death-horror), pl. (if there is a pl.) either guruthys (in guruthys = i ñguruthys) or gyrythys (in gyrythys = i ñgyrythys) with umlaut throughtout the word. Coll. pl. guruthossath.

gôr

dread

(i ngôr = i ñôr, o n’gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (fear, horror), pl. gŷr (in gŷr = i ñgŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour”, but has different mutations.

gôr

horror

(i ngôr = i ñôr, o n’gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (fear, dread), pl. gŷr (in gŷr = i ñgŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations.

angos

horror

1) angos (pl. engys) (VT45:15), 2) dêl (i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, fear, loathing), pl. dîl (i nîl), 3) delos (i dhelos) (fear, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. A side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys). 4) girith (i **irith) (shuddering), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngirith = i ñirith), 5) gôr (i ngôr = i ñôr, o n**gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (fear, dread), pl. gŷr (in gŷr = i ñgŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations. 6) gorog (i ngorog = i ñorog, o n**gorog = o ñgorog), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryg. 7) goroth (i ngoroth = i ñoroth, o n**goroth = o ñgoroth) (dread), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryth. 8) gorth (i ngorth = i ñorth, o n**gorth = o ñgorth) (dread), pl. gyrth (in gyrth = i ñgyrth). _(WJ:415) _Note: a homophone means ”dead; dead person”, 9) goss (i **oss, construct gos) (dread), pl. gyss (i ngyss = i ñyss).

angos

horror

(pl. engys) (VT45:15)

delos

horror

(i dhelos) (fear, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. A side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys).

dêl

horror

(i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, fear, loathing), pl. dîl (i nîl)

goss

horror

(i ’oss, construct gos) (dread), pl. gyss (i ngyss = i ñyss).

goss

dread

(i ’oss, constuct gos) (horror), pl. gyss (i ngyss = i ñyss).

daedhelos

great dread

(i naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndaedelos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct.

gae

dread

(i ’ae), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngae = i ñae)

achas

dread

(fear), pl. echais. It is possible that the word is lenited in the source, and that it should have an initial g-; if so read gachas (i ’achas), pl. gechais (i ngechais = i ñechais), coll. pl. achassath.

delos

dread

(i dhelos) (fear, horror, abhorrence, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. A side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys).

Primitive elvish

(ñ)guruk

noun. horror

Derivatives

  • S. gorog “horror” ✧ WJ/415

Variations

  • guruk ✧ WJ/389; WJ/415
  • ñguruk ✧ WJ/390
Primitive elvish [WJ/389; WJ/390; WJ/415] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ngur

root. horror

Noldorin 

goroth

noun. horror

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

goroth

noun. horror

Cognates

  • Ilk. ngorth “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGOROTH “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
    • ᴹ√GOR “violence, impetus, haste” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGÓROTH > goroth[ŋgorotʰo] > [ŋgoroθo] > [goroθo] > [goroθ]✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
Noldorin [Ety/ÑGOROTH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

angos

noun. horror

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶angosse “horror” ✧ EtyAC/GOS; EtyAC/GOS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶añgoss- > angos[aŋgossǝ] > [aŋgoss] > [aŋgos]✧ EtyAC/GOS

Variations

  • ãngos ✧ EtyAC/GOS (ãngos)
Noldorin [EtyAC/GOS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

del

noun. horror

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DYEL “feel fear and disgust; abhor” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/DYEL

Element in

  • N. Delduthling “Ungoliant, *(lit.) Horror Night Spider” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • N. Deldúwath “Deadly Nightshade” ✧ Ety/DYEL
  • N. deleb “horrible, abominable, loathsome” ✧ Ety/DYEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DYEL > del[djel] > [del]✧ Ety/DYEL

Variations

  • Del ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Noldorin [Ety/DOƷ; Ety/DYEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

goe

noun. dread

gae

noun. dread

Derivations

  • On. gaia “dread” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS
    • ᴹ√GAYAS “fear” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. gaia > gae > goe/gae[gaia] > [gai] > [gae]✧ Ety/GÁYAS

Variations

  • goe/gae ✧ Ety/GÁYAS
Noldorin [Ety/GÁYAS; EtyAC/GÁYAS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

norto

noun. horror

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGOROTH “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
    • ᴹ√GOR “violence, impetus, haste” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGÓROTH > norto[ŋgorto] > [ŋorto] > [norto]✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
Qenya [EtyAC/ÑGOROTH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

ngorth

noun. horror

A Doriathrin noun for “horror” derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGÓROTH (Ety/ÑGOROTH). Its Noldorin cognate N. goroth indicates a primitive form ✱✶ŋgorotʰo, where the second o was lost due to the Ilkorin syncope. Ordinarily, an initial ng- became g- in Ilkorin, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/ngorth), and ngorth seems to be a variation on this rule.

Cognates

  • N. goroth “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGOROTH “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
    • ᴹ√GOR “violence, impetus, haste” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Element in

  • Ilk. ngorthin “horrible” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGÓROTH > ngorth[ŋgorotʰo] > [ŋgortʰo] > [ŋgorθo] > [ŋgorθ] > [ŋgorθ]✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
Doriathrin [Ety/ÑGOROTH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

gaia

noun. dread

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GAYAS “fear” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS

Derivatives

  • N. gae “dread” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GÁYAS > gaia[gajas] > [gaja] > [gaia]✧ Ety/GÁYAS
Old Noldorin [Ety/GÁYAS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

ñgoroth

root. horror

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GOR “violence, impetus, haste” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Derivatives

  • Ilk. ngorth “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
  • ᴹQ. norta “horrible” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
  • ᴹQ. norto “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
  • N. goroth “horror” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH

Element in

Variations

  • ÑGÓROTH ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
  • ÑGOR-OT ✧ EtyAC/GOS
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DUN; Ety/ÑGOROTH; EtyAC/GOS; EtyAC/ÑGOROTH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

angosse

noun. horror

Derivatives

  • N. angos “horror” ✧ EtyAC/GOS; EtyAC/GOS

Variations

  • añgoss- ✧ EtyAC/GOS
  • añgosse ✧ EtyAC/GOS (añgosse)
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/GOS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gos

root. dread

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dread” with two variations: ᴹ√GOS and ᴹ√GOTH (Ety/GOS). It was an element in quite a few names in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, such as ᴹQ. Mandos “Dread Imprisoner” (Ety/MBAD), ᴹQ. Osse (Ety/GOS), N. Gothmog (Ety/MBAW), N. Tauros “Forest-Dread” (Ety/TÁWAR), and N. Dor-Daideloth “Land of the Shadow of Dread” (LR/405), the last of these containing N. deloth “abhorrence, detestation, loathing” = ᴹ√DYEL + ᴹ√GOTH (Ety/DYEL).

In Tolkien’s later writings, many of these names were given new forms or etymologies: Q. Mandos “Castle of Custody” = mando + osto (MR/350); Q. Ossë as an adaptation of his Valarin name Oš(o)šai (WJ/400); S. Tauron “Forester” (PM/358). This calls into question whether ᴹ√GOS or ᴹ√GOTH survived as a root. It does have a few useful derivatives for the purposes of Neo-Eldarin, however, such as N. gosta- “fear exceedingly”.

Changes

  • GOROS → GOS ✧ Ety/GOS

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶Goss “Osse” ✧ Ety/GOS
    • ᴹQ. Osse ✧ Ety/GOS
  • ᴹQ. osse “terror” ✧ Ety/GOS
  • N. Oeros “Osse” ✧ Ety/GOS
  • N. gost “dread, terror” ✧ Ety/GOS
  • N. gosta- “to fear exceedingly” ✧ Ety/GOS
  • N. Gostir “Dread-glance” ✧ Ety/THĒ

Element in

  • ᴹ✶angosse “horror” ✧ Ety/GOS
  • ᴹ✶Gothombauk- ✧ Ety/MBAW
  • ᴹQ. Mandos “(Dread) Imprisoner” ✧ Ety/MBAD; Ety/MBAD
  • N. Bannos “Mandos, Dread Imprisoner” ✧ Ety/MBAD
  • N. deloth “abhorrence, detestation, loathing” ✧ Ety/DYEL
  • N. Oeros “Osse”
  • N. Gothmog “Voice of Goth” ✧ Ety/GOS
  • N. Tauros “Lord of Forests; (lit.) Forest-Dread” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Variations

  • GOTH ✧ Ety/DYEL; Ety/GOS; Ety/KOT; Ety/ÑGOROTH
  • GOROS ✧ EtyAC/GOS (GOROS)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DYEL; Ety/GOS; Ety/KOT; Ety/MBAD; Ety/MBAW; Ety/ÑGOROTH; Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/THĒ; EtyAC/GOS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

arʒā

noun/adjective. dread

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

barch

noun. horror

Changes

  • barch → barch “terror” ✧ PE13/138

Derivations

Element in

  • En. barcheb “horrible” ✧ PE13/138
Early Noldorin [PE13/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by