The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"
Sindarin
aeg
noun/adjective. sharp; *point, sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing; *point
aeg
noun. point
maeg
adjective. sharp, piercing, penetrating, going deep in something
aeg
sharp
- aeg (pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn". 2) aig (no distinct pl. form). 3) laeg (keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”. 4) maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)
aeg
sharp
(pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".
aeg
piercing
(adj.) aeg (pointed, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".
aeg
piercing
(pointed, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".
aeg
horn
(point, thorn). No distinct pl. form. (but aeglir can be used for a range of mountain peaks). Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) mîn (i vîn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîn), coll. pl. míniath. Note: homophones include the numeral ”one” and the adjective ”isolated, first, towering”. 3) egnas (sharp point; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassath.
aeg
point
- aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)
aeg
point
(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".
aeg
thorn
(peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.
aeg
pointed
aeg (piercing, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".
aeg
pointed
(piercing, sharp). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".
maeg
sharp
(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)
laeg
sharp
(keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”.
êg
thorn
- êg (construct eg), pl. îg; 2) rêg (construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg), 3) aeg (peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.
-il
point
megor
adjective. sharp-pointed
min
noun. peak
A word glossed “peak” appearing in the name S. Min-Rimmon “Peak of the Rimmon” from the Unfinished Index to The Lord of the Rings (RC/511). It is probably a derivative of √MIN.
negen
sharp
_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negn
negn
sharp
_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negen
til
point
aig
sharp
(no distinct pl. form).
ecthel
spear point
(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”
ecthel
thorn point
(pl. ecthil). See also
egnas
sharp point
(peak; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassaith.
eitha
prick with a sharp point
(stab, treat with scorn; insult) (i eitha, in eithar)
maecheneb
sharp-eyed
(lenited vaecheneb; pl. maechenib)
megor
sharp-pointed
(lenited vegor, analogical pl. megyr); cited in archaic form megr (WJ:337)
ment
point
(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.
ment
point
(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **
naith
point
(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.
nass
sharp end
(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais** **
nass
point
(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.
nasta
point
(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)
nasta
point
(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)
rafn
extended point at the side
(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).
rêg
thorn
(construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg)
thela
spear point
(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.
till
sharp horn
(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (tine, point, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.
till
sharp-pointed peak
(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.
till
sharp-pointed peak
(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.
till
point
till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)
till
point
(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)
êg
thorn
(construct eg), pl. îg
A Sindarin word for “sharp” (SA/nár), an element in various mountain-related words like aeglir “line of peaks” (RC/11) and Crissaegrim (S/121). As such, it might also be used as a noun “point”, as in Aeglos “Snow-point” = “Icicle” (SA/Aeglos; LotRI/Aeglos). In the name Aegnor it was used as the equivalent of Q. aica “fell, terrible, dire” as a translation of his Quenya name Aicanáro “Fell Fire”, but according to Tolkien Sindarin aeg did not have this sense (PM/347). As such, Aegnor could be interpreted as “Sharp Flame” (MR/323).
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s this word was given as N. oeg “sharp, pointed, piercing” under the root ᴹ√AYAK of similar meaning, with N. oeglir a precursor to S. aeglir (Ety/AYAK). This 1930s version reflected the Noldorin sound change of ai to oe, as opposed to Sindarin ai to ae.
Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. aig “high, steep” connected to ᴱQ. aiqa “steep”, with ᴱN. aiglir “(mountain) peak” another precursor to S. aeglir (PE13/136, 158). The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. aisc “sharp, bitter”, also a noun meaning “sharp edge of a blade” (GL/18). Elsewhere in GL it had a variant esc “sharp point, sharp edge” derived from ᴱ✶aith-k and a blending of ᴱ√aχa with ᴱ√eke “point”.