Quenya 

macil

sword

macil ("k")noun "sword" (MAK, LT1:259, VT39:11, VT45:32, VT49:17); macilya "his (or their) sword" (PE17:130), see -ya #4.

yelca

sword

[yelca noun ?"sword" - Tolkien's gloss is not certainly legible, and the word was struck out anyway. (VT45:11)]

Sindarin 

megil

noun. sword

The word was struck out in the Etymologies, but is well attested in late compounds such as Mormegil or Arvegil (with regular mutation). It is conceivably the Sindarinized form of Quenya makil, coexisting with magol (see tegil and tegol for a similar case)

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megil

noun. sword

_ n. _sword. i·arben na megil and 'The Knight of the Long Sword'.

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megil

noun. sword, longsword

Cognates

  • Q. andamacil “long sword” ✧ PE17/147
  • Q. macil “sword, forged sword blade, cutting sword, sword, forged sword blade, cutting sword, [ᴱQ.] broadsword”

Derivations

  • MAK “cut, hew with a sharp edge; kill, slay; forge metal, cut, hew with a sharp edge, [ᴹ√] cleave; sword, fight (with a sword); ️[√] forge metal; kill, slay”

Element in

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megil

sword

1) megil (i vegil), no distinct pl. form except with article (i megil). This is a borrowing from Quenya macil (VT45:32). 2) magol (i vagol), analogical pl. megyl (i megyl), coll. pl. maglath (though analogical ?magolath may also be possible). In ”Noldorin”, this was the native word for ”sword” (derived from primitive makla, as is Quenya macil); it is unclear whether Tolkien definitely replaced it with megil when he turned ”Noldorin” into Sindarin, or whether both words coexist in the language. 3) lang (cutlass), pl. leng.

megil

sword

(i vegil), no distinct pl. form except with article (i megil). This is a borrowing from Quenya macil (VT45:32).

magol

sword

(i vagol), analogical pl. megyl (i megyl), coll. pl. maglath (though analogical ?magolath may also be possible). In ”Noldorin”, this was the native word for ”sword” (derived from primitive makla, as is Quenya macil); it is unclear whether Tolkien definitely replaced it with megil when he turned ”Noldorin” into Sindarin, or whether both words coexist in the language.

hathel

broadsword blade

(i chathel, o chathel) (axe blade), pl. hethil (i chethil)

lang

sword

(cutlass), pl. leng.

Primitive elvish

makla

noun. sword

Derivatives

  • Aq. makal “*sword” ✧ PE19/083

Variations

  • makil ✧ PE21/71
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Noldorin 

megil

noun. sword

The word was struck out in the Etymologies, but is well attested in late compounds such as Mormegil or Arvegil (with regular mutation). It is conceivably the Sindarinized form of Quenya makil, coexisting with magol (see tegil and tegol for a similar case)

Noldorin [Ety/371] Group: SINDICT. Published by

megil

noun. sword

magl

noun. sword

The word megil (q.v.), probably introduced by the Ñoldor, was also used

Noldorin [Ety/371] Group: SINDICT. Published by

magol

noun. sword

The word megil (q.v.), probably introduced by the Ñoldor, was also used

Noldorin [Ety/371] Group: SINDICT. Published by

magol

noun. sword

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. makil “sword” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MAK “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” ✧ Ety/MAK
  • ᴹ✶makla “sword” ✧ EtyAC/MAK
    • ᴹ√MAK “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK

Element in

  • N. Magladhûr “Black-sword” ✧ Ety/MAK; Ety/MAK
  • N. Maglavorn “Black-sword” ✧ Ety/MAK
  • N. Mormegil “Black-sword” ✧ EtyAC/MAK (Mormegil)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MAK > magl > magol[makla] > [makl] > [magl] > [magol]✧ Ety/MAK
ᴹ✶makili- > megil[makili] > [makile] > [mekile] > [mekil] > [megil]✧ EtyAC/MAK

Variations

  • megil ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK (megil)
Noldorin [Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maethon

noun. sword

Noldorin [EtyAC/MAK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

makil

noun. sword

Cognates

  • N. magol “sword” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶makla “sword” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK; PE19/039
    • ᴹ√MAK “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Mormakil “Black Sword” ✧ Ety/MAK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶makla > makil[makla] > [makl] > [makil]✧ Ety/MAK
ᴹ✶makili- > macil[makil]✧ EtyAC/MAK
ᴹ✶maklă > makal[makla] > [makl] > [makal]✧ PE19/039

Variations

  • macil ✧ EtyAC/MAK (macil)
  • makal ✧ PE19/039
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makal

noun. sword

Middle Primitive Elvish

makla

noun. sword

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MAK “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. makil “sword” ✧ Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAK; PE19/039
  • N. magol “sword” ✧ EtyAC/MAK

Variations

  • makili- ✧ EtyAC/MAK (makili-)
  • maklă ✧ PE19/039
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Gnomish

aith

noun. sword

Cognates

  • Eq. ekte “sword” ✧ GL/18

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ektĭ ✧ GL/18
    • ᴱ√EKE “*point”
  • ᴱ✶ektī ✧ GL/18
    • ᴱ√EKE “*point”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ektĭ > aith²[ekti] > [ekt] > [exθ] > [eiθ] > [aiθ]✧ GL/18
ᴱ✶ektī > aithi[ektī] > [ekti] > [exθi] > [eiθi] > [aiθi]✧ GL/18

Variations

  • aithi ✧ GL/18 (aithi)
  • aith ✧ GL/31
  • aithwen ✧ PE13/109
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aithi

noun. sword

ectha

noun. sword

Derivations

  • ᴱ√EKE “*point”

Element in

  • G. ecthadra- “to slay, put to the sword” ✧ GL/31
  • G. ecthor “warrior, swordsman” ✧ GL/31
Gnomish [GL/18; GL/31; GL/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aithwen

noun. sword

Early Noldorin

megil

noun. †sword

Early Noldorin [PE13/150] Group: Eldamo. Published by

segeth

noun. sword

Early Noldorin [PE13/153] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ekte

noun. sword

Cognates

  • G. aith “sword” ✧ GL/18

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ektĭ ✧ GL/18
    • ᴱ√EKE “*point”
  • ᴱ√EKE “*point” ✧ QL/035

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ektĭ > ekte[ekti] > [ekte]✧ GL/18
ᴱ√EKE > ekte[ekti] > [ekte]✧ QL/035
ᴱ√EKE > eksi-[ekti-] > [ektsi-] > [eksi-]✧ QL/035
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