gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [goroθū] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [goroθū] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [goroθū] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [goroθū] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [gorθūh] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In his “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings” from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [gorθūh] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In his “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings” from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [gorθūh] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. ?Mist of Fear

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In his “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings” from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh

Derivations

• ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183

Cognates

• Q. Norsus “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183
• Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ SI/Gorthaur; SI/Sauron; WJI/Gorsodh; WJI/Gorthaur; S/032

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgor(o)-thūsō > Gorthu > Gorthaur	[ŋgorotʰūsō] > [ŋgorotʰūso] > [ŋgoroθūso] > [ŋgoroθūho] > [goroθūho] > [goroθūh] > [gorθūh] > [gorθū] > [gorθu]	✧ PE17/183

gorthaur

masculine name. Mist of Fear, The Cruel

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In his “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings” from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• gorthaur ✧ PE17/183.3503; S/032.0108; SA/gor.005; SA/thaur.008; SI/Gorthaur.001; SI/Sauron.007; WJI/Gorthaur.001
• gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh.001

Cognates

• Sauron

Derivations

• < ŋgorotʰūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183.3604
  < Gorthu ✧ PE17/183.3604
  < ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183.3604

gorthaur

masculine name. Mist of Fear, The Cruel

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In his “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings” from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in the The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• gorthaur ✧ PE17/183.3503; S/032.0108; SA/gor.005; SA/thaur.008; SI/Gorthaur.001; SI/Sauron.007; WJI/Gorthaur.001
• gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh.001

Cognates

• Sauron

Derivations

• < Gorthu ✧ PE17/183.3604
  < ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183.3604

gorthaur

masculine name. Mist of Fear, The Cruel

Sindarin name of Q. Sauron, glossed “the Cruel” in The Silmarillion (S/32), but it is unclear whether this is an accurate translation. According to Christopher Tolkien, it is a combination of gor “horror” and thaur “abominable” (SA/gor, thaur).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this name was ᴱN. Thû from the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16), appearing in its extended form N. Gorthû as a late revision to the Lays (LB/232) and in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/333). The name was revised to Gorthaur in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/240).

The meaning of this name is unclear. In his “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings” from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien indicated that Gorthu was the proper form, derived from primitive ✶ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear”, and apparently Gorthaur was a later variation (PE17/183). The source of the etymology that Christopher Tolkien used in the The Silmarillion appendix (given above) remains unpublished.

Variations

• Gorthaur ✧ PE17/183.3503; S/032.0108; SA/gor.005; SA/thaur.008; SI/Gorthaur.001; SI/Sauron.007; WJI/Gorthaur.001
• Gorsodh ✧ WJI/Gorsodh.001

Cognates

• Sauron “Abhorred, The Cruel” ✧ S/032.0106

Derivations

• < Gorthu ✧ PE17/183.3604
  < ñgor(o)-thūsō “Mist of Fear” ✧ PE17/183.3604