drû

adjective. savage

adj. savage, wild. Q. hróva. >> Druadan

rhevain

collective name. Wild-men, Savages

A term for savage humans, appearing both as Rhevain (WJ/219) and Rhovain (PE17/18). The term is the plural of the noun rhovan “wild beast”.

drû

proper name. Wose

A Sindarin word for “Wose”, a loan word from the Wose’s name for themselves: Drughu (UT/385).

Conceptual Development: In his Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien considered making this word a native Sindarin adjective “savage, wild” derived from the root √DROB, a variant of √SROB from which rhaw “wild” was derived (PE17/99). These roots would produce the Q. cognate (h)róva instead of better established Q. (h)ráva “wild”, so I personally prefer the later derivation of Drû as a loan word from Wos. Drughu.

rhaw

adjective. wild, wild, [N.] untamed

Druadan

noun. wose

n. wose, wild man.

balch

adjective. fierce

_ adj. _fierce, ferocious. In S. gwal < bal which coalesced in form with BAL 'have power'.

drúath

noun. the people of the Drû, the Woses

rhavan

noun. wild man

rhaw

adjective. wild

adj. wild. Q. hráva. Tolkien wrote this entry as "rhaw [f]" (PE17:78).

braig

wild

(fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34)

braig

fierce

braig (wild), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34)

braig

fierce

(wild), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34)

lothren

wild

(waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)

rhaw

wild

1) rhaw (untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”, 2) braig (fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34), 3) lothren (waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)

rhaw

wild

(untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”

hráva

adjective. wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed

hróva

adjective. savage, wild

hravani

collective name. Wild-men, Savages

A term for savage humans, appearing both as Hravani (WJ/219) and Hrávani (PE17/18). The term is the plural of the noun hravan “wild beast”.

hravan

wild beast

hravan noun "wild beast"; pl.Hravani "the Wild", used as a name of non-Edain Men (PE17:78, WJ:219). PE17:18 has Hrávani with a long á, glossed "Wild-men, Savages".

hravan

noun. wild beast

A word for a “wild beast” in notes from the mid-1960s, derived from the root √S-RAB “wild, in senses not tamed, domesticated” (PE17/78), hence meaning “wild animal” vs. a “tamed animal”, which would probably be Q. laman.

hráva

wild

hráva adj. "wild" (PE17:78); see ráva #1.

merca

wild, untamed

[merca ("k")adj. "wild, untamed" (MERÉK, VT45:34)] Compare verca.

rú

proper name. Wose

Given as the Quenya word for “Wose” (UT/385), most likely an adaptation of its Sindarin cognate S. Drû.

verca

wild

verca ("k")adj. "wild" (BERÉK)

braig

adjective. wild, fierce

The form brerg in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:34

breig

adjective. wild, fierce

The form brerg in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:34

rhaw

adjective. wild, untamed

Meaning rectified according to VT/46:10

srāban

noun. wild beast

The primitive form of S. rhovan is attested in two different forms: ✶srāban < √SRAB (PE17/78) and ✶roban < √DROB or √SROB (PE17/99). Only the first of these could be the primitive of the attested Quenya cognate hravan.