Noldorin 

hadhafang

proper name. Throng-cleaver

Noldorin name for ᴹQ. Sangahyando appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, as combination of hâdh “✱cleaver” and thang “throng” (Ety/SYAD, STAG). It was dissimilated from the older form †Hadhathang; Tolkien also listed a variant dissimilation havathang (Ety/STAG).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the Gnomish equivalent of ᴱQ. Sangahyando was given as G. Hanthang, G. Sangair and (rejected) Thangairo[s?], with the last letter unreadable in the third variant (GL/48, 67, 72).

Changes

  • hafathang → havathang ✧ Ety/STAG

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Sangahyando “Throng-cleaver” ✧ Ety/STAG; Ety/SYAD

Elements

WordGloss
hâdh“*cleaver”
thang“compulsion, duress, need, oppression”

Variations

  • haðathang ✧ Ety/STAG (haðathang); Ety/SYAD
  • havathang ✧ Ety/STAG
  • haðafang ✧ Ety/STAG; Ety/SYAD
  • hafathang ✧ EtyAC/STAG (hafathang)
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