khyar
?. *before, in front of place
hyarma
left hand
crûm
left hand
crûm (i grûm, o chrûm, construct crum), pl. cruim (i chruim), coll. pl. crummath. Also *hair (i chair), no distinct pl. form (not even with article). Note: hair is also used = ”left” as adjective. Cited in archaic form heir (LR:365 s.v. KHYAR). PALM (or
harf
noun. left hand
crûm
left hand
crûm (i grûm, o chrûm, construct crum), pl. cruim (i chruim), coll. pl. crummath.
crum
noun. left hand
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khyar
root. left hand
A root given as {ᴹ√KHAR >>} ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, associated with ᴹQ. hyarmen/N. harad “south” (Ety/KHYAR). These words for “south” reappeared in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115), and the connection between “south” and “left” was reaffirmed in Tolkien’s discussion of the Ambidexters Sentence from the late 1960s, since the Elves aligned the cardinal directions by facing west towards Aman (VT49/6-8).
hyarma noun "left hand" (VT47:6, VT49:12). Compare hyarmaitë, hyarya. Once with definite article directly prefixed (ihyarma, VT49:22), but i hyarma in other versions of the same text.