Sindarin 

Mablost

noun. empty hand (Beren)

mab (Dor. “hand”) + lost (Dor. “empty”)

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camlost

masculine name. Empty-handed

A name of Beren, an alternate of Erchamion “One-handed” (S/184). This name is a combination of cam “hand” and lost “empty” (SA/cam, Ety/LUS).

Conceptual Development: Beren’s sobriquet “One-handed” dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, but the alternate “Empty-handed” did not appear until Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s. The first version of the name was Ilk. Mablosgen (SM/311), variously revised to Dor. Mablost (LR/405) or N. Camlost (LR/146). All three names appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s where Tolkien specified their languages as Ilkorin, Doriathrin and Noldorin, respectively (Ety/MAP, KAB, LUS).

In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, only S. Camlost appeared, either normally (WJ/51) or in its lenited form Gamlost (WJ/231, 234).

Elements

WordGloss
cam“(cupped) hand, holding hand; handful”
lost“empty”
Sindarin [S/184; SA/cam; SI/Camlost; UTI/Camlost; VT47/07; WJI/Camlost] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Doriathrin

mablost

masculine name. Empty-handed

A precursor to Beren’s name S. Camlost “Empty-handed” (SM/311). This name appeared in The Etymologies where it was marked as Doriathrin and given as a combination of mâb “hand” and lost “empty”, the equivalent of N. Camlost (Ety/KAB).

Elements

WordGloss
mâb“hand”
lost“empty”
Doriathrin [Ety/KAB; LR/405; LRI/Mablost] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mablosgen

masculine name. Empty-handed

An Ilkorin precursor to Beren’s name S. Camlost “Empty-handed” (SM/311). This name appeared in The Etymologies as a combination of mâb “hand” and losgen “empty” (Ety/MAP), and was at one point changed to Ilk. Mablost (LR/405).

Changes

  • Mablosgen → Camlost ✧ LR/146
  • Mablosgen → Mablothren “Empty-handed” ✧ LR/405
  • Mablosgen → Mablost ✧ LR/405
  • Mablosgen → Camlost ✧ SMI/Camlost
  • Mablosgen → Camlost “Empty-handed” ✧ SMI/Mablosgen

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
mâb“hand”
losgen“empty”
Doriathrin [Ety/MAP; LR/131; LR/146; LR/405; LRI/Mablosgen; SM/311; SMI/Camlost; SMI/Mablosgen] Group: Eldamo. Published by