1) ascar (rushing, impetuous), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair). 2) bregol (sudden, fierce), lenited vregol, pl. bregoel. Archaic *bregaul.
Sindarin
ascar
place name. rushing, impetuous
Elements
Word Gloss asgar “violent, rushing, impetuous” Variations
- Asgar ✧ WJI/Ascar
ascar
violent
ascar
rushing
(impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).
ascar
violent
(rushing, impetuous), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).
ascar
impetuous
(rushing, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair)
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”.
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).
alag
rushing
(impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn)
alag
impetuous
(rushing), pl. elaig
bregol
violent
(sudden, fierce), lenited vregol, pl. bregoel. Archaic ✱bregaul.
gorn
impetuous
(vigorous, hasty); lenited ’orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.
rimp
rushing
(flying), no distinct pl. form
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.