lamba

hammer

lamba (2) noun ?"hammer" (possibly an alternative form of namba, q.v., but the source is obscure and namba is to be preferred) (VT45:37)

namba

hammer

namba noun "a hammer" (NDAM), namba- vb. "to hammer" (NDAM). According to VT45:37, Tolkien may have considered the alternative form lamba, but the source is obscure and lamba is assigned a quite different meaning ("tongue") elsewhere.

dring

noun. hammer

dring

noun. hammer, hammer, *beater

Element in

• S. Glamdring “Foe-hammer” ✧ PE17/084

dam

hammer

(noun) 1) dam (i nam, o ndam), pl. daim (i ndaim), coll. pl. dammath, 2) dring (i dhring), no distinct pl. form except with article (in dring).

dam

hammer

(i nam, o ndam), pl. daim (i ndaim), coll. pl. dammath

damma

hammer

(verb) damma- (i namma, i ndammar), pa.t. dammant (VT45:37)

damma

hammer

(i namma, i ndammar), pa.t. dammant (VT45:37)

dring

hammer

(i dhring), no distinct pl. form except with article (in dring).

dam

noun. hammer

dam

noun. hammer

Cognates

• ᴹQ. namba “hammer” ✧ Ety/NDAM

Derivations

• ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat” ✧ Ety/NDAM

Element in

• N. Damrod “hammerer of copper” ✧ Ety/NDAM

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NDAM > dam	[ndamba] > [damba] > [damb] > [damb] > [damm] > [dam]	✧ Ety/NDAM

dring

noun. hammer

Derivations

• ᴹ√DRING “beat, strike” ✧ Ety/DRING

Element in

• N. Glamdring “Foe-hammer” ✧ Ety/DRING

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DRING > dring	[driŋg]	✧ Ety/DRING

damma-

verb. to hammer

It was long considered that damna-, dammint in the Etymologies might have been misreadings. VT/45:37 confirms this, though the exact reading actually remains rather uncertain