saur

adjective. bad (of food), putrid

Derivations

• √SAW “disgusting, foul, vile; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. saura “cruel, evil, vile; stinking, foul; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched, stinking, foul, [ᴹQ.] evil-smelling, putrid; [Q.] cruel, evil, vile; [Q.] bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/183

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SAWA > saur	[saurā] > [saura] > [saur]	✧ PE17/183

saur

adjective. used in sense 'bad' of food etc

_adj. _used in sense 'bad' of food etc., putrid. Tolkien seems to have rejected the root SAWA, noting: "No. THAW-, cruel. saura, cruel. Gorthaur-."

hû

hound

_ n. Zoo. _hound. Q. hú. The gloss might be 'heat'.