dagnir
noun. slayer
dagnir
noun. bane
dagnir
noun. slayer, bane
Cognates
Element in
- S. Dagnir “*Slayer”
- ᴺS. dagnis “slayer, bane (f.)”
- S. Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga “Túrin Turambar, Glaurung’s Bane” ✧ S/226; SA/dagor
- S. dagnir an Glaurung “slayer of Glaurung” ✧ PE17/097
Elements
Word Gloss dag- “to slay, to slay, [ᴱN.] kill” dîr “man, man, [N.] adult male; agental suffix” Variations
- DAGNIR ✧ S/226
- Dagnir ✧ SA/dagor
dagnir
masculine name. *Slayer
One of the twelve companions of Barahir (S/155). His name seems to be the noun dagnir “slayer” used as a name.
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this character was first named N. Dengar, soon changed to N. Dagnir (SM/319).
Elements
Word Gloss dagnir “slayer, bane”
dagnir
Dagnir
The Sindarin name Dagnir means "slayer" (or "bane") from dag + (n)dîr, cf. Dagnir Glaurunga "'Glaurung's Bane".
dagnir
bane
(= killer) dagnir (i nagnir, o ndagnir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndagnir), coll. pl. dagniriath
dagnir
bane
(i nagnir, o ndagnir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndagnir), coll. pl. dagniriath
A word for “slayer” (PE17/97), a noun form of dag- “to slay” with the agental suffix -nir, appearing in the (somewhat loosely translated) phrase: Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga “Túrin Turambar, Glaurung’s Bane” (S/226). I would use this word as “bane” only in the sense of “one who has killed” or “one who will kill”.