hand

adjective. intelligent

hann

adjective. intelligent

hann

adjective. intelligent

mō

noun. hand

ON. hand

cam

noun. hand

cam

noun. hand

camb

noun. hand

camm

noun. hand

camm Archaic

noun. hand

cambant

masculine name. Full Hand

A name appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of cam “hand” and the lenited form of pant “full” (Ety/KAB, KWAT), apparently opposite in meaning to N. Camlost “Empty-hand(ed)”.

heir

adjective. left (hand)

A word appearing as N. {hair >>} heir “left (hand)” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, the equivalent of ᴹQ. hyarya (Ety/KHYAR; EtyAC/KHYAR).

Neo-Sindarin: Most Neo-Sindarin writers update this form to ᴺS. hair as suggested in HSD (HSD), since in Sindarin *ei* > *ai* in final syllables.

crum

noun. left hand

A noun for “the left hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶krumbē under the root ᴹ√KURUM (Ety/KURÚM). Under the root ᴹ√KUR Tolkien had crum “wile, guile”, but this was rejected. See N. crumguru for further discussion.

camland

noun. palm of hand

A noun appearing as N. camland “palm of hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a combination of N. cam “hand” and N. lhann “wide” (Ety/LAD). It is not clear why this word ends in nd rather than reducing to *n(n)* as is usual.

Conceptual Development: There were some similar words for “palm of the hand” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. mablad or mablod plus G. mavlant, all with an initial element G. mab “hand[s]” and a second element like G. lad “a level, a flat” or G. blant “flat” (GL/23, 52, 55).

Neo-Sindarin: This word is often adapted as ᴺS. camlann for Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD), in keeping with the trend of final *nd* becoming *n(n)* in polysyllable in both Noldorin and Sindarin.

camlost

masculine name. Empty-hand(ed)

feir

adjective. right (hand)

camland

noun. palm of hand

crum

noun. left hand

dalf

noun. palm of hand

dalf

noun. palm of hand

dalv

noun. palm of hand

feir

noun. right (hand)

fœir

noun. right (hand)

heir

noun/adjective. left (hand)

paur

noun. fist (often used to mean "hand", its chief use was in reference of the tighly closed hand, as in using an implement or a craft-tool, rather than to the fist used in punching)

paur

noun. fist

drambor

noun. clenched fist

drambor

noun. blow (with fist)

drambor

noun. clenched fist; blow with a fist, clenched fist; blow with a fist; [G.] thudder

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “clenched fist, hence blow with fist”, a combination of dram “heavy blow” and paur “fist” (Ety/DARÁM). It seems this word can refer to both a punch with a fist and a clenched fist ready for a punch.

Conceptual Development: G. drambor was glossed “thudder” in the name G. Dramborleg “Thudder-sharp” (PE13/103; PE15/22).