werewolf
Sindarin
hoth
noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)
hoth
host (nearly always used in evil or at least unfriendly sense in S
hoth
noun. host, horde, host, horde, [N.] crowd; group plural; [ᴱN.] folk, [G.] people; †army
Changes
hoth→ hoth “host, mob” ✧ PE17/039Derivations
Element in
- S. Balchoth “*Horrible-horde” ✧ UT/313
- S. Glamhoth “Orcs, (lit.) Din-horde, Host of Tumult” ✧ PE17/039; SA/hoth
- ᴺS. hothron “captain”
- S. Lossoth “Snowmen” ✧ PE17/039; RGEO/62; SA/hoth
- S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ SA/hoth
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶khottă > hoth [kʰotta] > [kʰottʰa] > [kʰoθθa] > [xoθθa] > [xoθθ] > [hoθθ] > [hoθ] ✧ PE17/039
gaurhoth
noun. group of werewolves
rim
noun. crowd, host, great number
gaur
noun. werewolf
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
Element in
- S. Gaurwaith “Wolf-men”
- S. naur dan i ngaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ LotR/0299; PE17/039
- S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ SA/gaur; UT/054
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ÑGAW > gaur [ŋgawrō] > [ŋgaurō] > [ŋgauro] > [gauro] > [gaur] ✧ PE17/039
hoth
horde
hoth (i choth, o choth) (crowd, host), pl. hyth (i chyth)
hoth
horde
(i choth, o choth) (crowd, host), pl. hyth (i chyth)
hoth
host
(noun) 1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth). 2) rim (great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”. 3) gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). WOLF-HOST, see under WEREWOLF (concerning gaurhoth**).
hoth
host
(i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth).
hoth
crowd
1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth), 2) ovras (heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath, 3) rim (great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.
hoth
crowd
(i choth, o choth) (host, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth)
gwaith
host
(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). –
rim
host
(great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.
dornhoth
thrawn folk
(WJ:388, 408)
gaurhoth
werewolf
).
drúnos
folk
Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath. See WILD MAN.
drúnos
folk
Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath
drúnos
folk
Drúnos (i Dhrúnos), pl. Drúnys (in Drúnys), coll. pl. Drúnossath.
ovras
crowd
(heap), pl. evrais (archaic övrais), coll. pl. ovrassath
rim
crowd
(great number, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim). Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.
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")
_ n. _host (nearly always used in evil or at least unfriendly sense in S.). host << host, mob. Q. ñauro. >> glamhoth, Lossoth, ngaur