daedhelos

place name. Shadow of Fear

A name appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s variously glossed “Shadow of Abomination”, “Shadow of Fear” or “Shadowy Dread”, a combination of dae “shadow” and the lenited form of delos “abhorrence, detestation, loathing” (Ety/DYEL, DAY; EtyAC/DYEL). In an earlier entry it appeared as Daedeloth “Extreme Horror” (EtyAC/DAƷ), a form that also appeared in the Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as an early name of S. Ephel Dúath (TI/169). It may be a variant name of N. Dor-Daideloth.

Element in

• N. Gwathfuin-Daidelos “Deadly Nightshade”

Elements

Word	Gloss
dae	“shadow (cast by an object or form), shade”
deloth	“abhorrence, detestation, loathing”

Variations

• Daeðelos ✧ Ety/DAY
• Daedeloth ✧ EtyAC/DAƷ (Daedeloth); TII/Daedeloth

del

noun. fear, disgust, loathing, horror

gae

noun. dread

Derivations

• On. gaia “dread” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS
  • ᴹ√GAYAS “fear” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. gaia > gae > goe/gae	[gaia] > [gai] > [gae]	✧ Ety/GÁYAS

Variations

• goe/gae ✧ Ety/GÁYAS

goe

noun. dread

beleg

adjective. great, mighty

gosta-

verb. to fear exceedingly