(impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).
Sindarin
ascar
place name. rushing, impetuous
Elements
Word Gloss asgar “violent, rushing, impetuous” Variations
- Asgar ✧ WJI/Ascar
ascar
rushing
ascar
violent
1) ascar (rushing, impetuous), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair). 2) bregol (sudden, fierce), lenited vregol, pl. bregoel. Archaic *bregaul.
ascar
violent
(rushing, impetuous), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).
ascar
impetuous
(rushing, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair)
alag
rushing
(impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn)
alag
impetuous
1) alag (rushing), pl. elaig; 2) ascar (rushing, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair), 3) gorn (vigorous, hasty); lenited orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.
alag
impetuous
(rushing), pl. elaig
gorn
impetuous
(vigorous, hasty); lenited ’orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.
rimp
rushing
(adj.) 1) rimp (flying), no distinct pl. form; 2) alag (impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn); 3) ascar (impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).
rimp
rushing
(flying), no distinct pl. form
bregol
violent
(sudden, fierce), lenited vregol, pl. bregoel. Archaic ✱bregaul.
A tributary of Gelion, later named Rathlóriel (S/123), translated “rushing, impetuous” by Christopher Tolkien (SI/Ascar). It is simply the adjective [N.] ascar “rushing” used as a name. Given the river’s location in Ossiriand, this name might be Nandorin instead.
Conceptual Development: This name appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/135, SM/325) along with the variant Asgar (SM/325, WJ/336). In The Etymologies, it was designated an Ilkorin name, Ilk. Ascar, though the adjective ascar was designated both Noldorin and Ilkorin, along with a Noldorin-only variant asgar (Ety/SKAR). Like many of the river names in Ossiriand, Tolkien did not give a new etymology of the name after he abandoned the Ilkorin language. Since [[s|[sk] usually became [sg]]] in Sindarin, this name is likely either archaic or dialectal.