Primitive elvish

sparā-

verb. to hunt, pursue

Primitive elvish [PE22/134; PE22/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pharā-

verb. to hunt, pursue

spar

root. hunt, hunt, [ᴹ√] pursue

The root ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like N. faro “to hunt” and N. feredir “hunter” (Ety/SPAR). Tolkien first considered making this root ᴹ√PHAR⁽²⁾ (EtyAC/PHAR²). The root ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” reappeared in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 with the derived verb ᴹQ. fara- “hunt” (PE22/113). √SPAR “hunt” was mentioned a couple times in Tolkien’s later writings as well (PE17/83; PE18/94).

Primitive elvish [PE17/083; PE17/185; PE18/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by