An earlier name for S. Deldúwath appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, glossed “Deadly Nightshade” (LR/133) or “Night of Dread’s Shadow” (LR/406). It is a combination of gwath “shade”, fuin “night” and Daedhelos “Shadow of Fear”.
Noldorin
del
noun. horror
del
noun. fear, disgust, loathing, horror
delduthling
feminine name. Ungoliant, *(lit.) Horror Night Spider
deleg
noun. sword?
deldúwath
place name. Deadly Nightshade
deleb
adjective. horrible, abominable, loathsome
deloth
noun. abhorrence, detestation, loathing
delw
adjective. hateful, deadly, fell
delia-
verb. to conceal
deleb
adjective. horrible, abominable, loathsome
delia-
verb. to conceal
delos
noun. abhorrence, detestation, loathing
delos
noun. abhorrence, detestation, loathing
deloth
noun. abhorrence, detestation, loathing
delw
adjective. hateful, deadly, fell
gwathfuin-daidelos
place name. Deadly Nightshade
math-fuin-delos
place name. Deadly Nightshade
imlad
noun. dell, deep vale, glen
imm
noun. dell, deep vale
im
noun. dell, deep vale
This word only survived in compounds (due to the clash with im.1 )
imb
noun. dell, deep vale
This word only survived in compounds (due to the clash with im.1 )
imm
noun. dell, deep vale
This word only survived in compounds (due to the clash with im.1 )
angos
noun. horror
brethil
noun. beech
telu
noun. dome, high roof
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dome, high roof” under the root ᴹ√TEL(U), cognate to ᴹQ. telume “vault, dome (of heaven)” (Ety/TEL).
Conceptual Development: G. telm or telum was glossed “roof; sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, both derivatives of the root ᴱ√tel- “cover in; close; finish” (GL/70). ᴱN. telum “sky” appeared again in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/153), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s N. telu meant only “dome, high roof” (Ety/TEL), and its connection to “sky” seems to have been abandoned in Noldorin/Sindarin, though retained in Quenya telumë.
lhad
noun. plain
doltha-
verb. to conceal
bein
adjective. beautiful, fair
borth
?. [unglossed]
brethel
noun. beech, beech-tree, silver birch
brethel
noun. beech
clei
?. [unglossed]
coen
?. [unglossed]
dangen
noun. slain
dangen
adjective. slain
diragas
?. [unglossed]
doltha-
verb. to conceal
ethir
noun. mouth of a river
fela
noun. cave
fela
noun. cave
fuia-
verb. to feel disgust at, abhor
fêr
noun. beech-tree
fêr
noun. beech-tree
A word for “beech-tree” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√PHER(EN) “beech” (Ety/PHER). Tolkien said that “Exilic fêr was usually replaced by brethil”, indicating that fêr was probably archaic. In The Etymologies, N. brethil was “beech-tree” (Ety/BERÉTH).
Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writings, he typically said S. brethil was a type of silver-birch. I would assume the ordinary Sindarin word for “beech” was instead neldor (LotR/469; RC/384), but would keep †fêr as an archaic word for “beech”.
gae
noun. dread
gae
noun. dread
gathrod
noun. cave
gathrod
noun. cave
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “cave”, apparently a combination of N. gath “cavern” and ᴹ√ROT “tunnel” (Ety/GAT(H)). Its initial element also appeared in the name N. Doriath “Land of the Cave”, but in later writings S. Doriath was redefined as “Land of the Fence” with final element S. iath “fence” (WJ/370), so N. gathrod “cave” was probably abandoned.
goe
noun. dread
goroth
noun. horror
goroth
noun. horror
gost
noun. dread
gosta-
verb. to fear exceedingly
heleg
noun. ice
heleg
noun. ice
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ice” derived from the root ᴹ√KHELEK of the same meaning (Ety/KHELEK).
Conceptual Development: G. heleg “ice” also appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s along with a variant helc, both under primitive χele-k (GL/48). This is clearly related to the early root ᴱ√HELE as first suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Helkar; QL/39).
ledh-
verb. to go, to go, *travel, journey
@@@ extended meanings suggested by Fiona Jallings
mauth
?. [unglossed]
menwed
?. [unglossed]
nith
?. [unglossed]
nithrad
?. [unglossed]
níth
?. [unglossed]
porennin
?. [unglossed]
rhond
noun. cave roof
rhond
noun. vaulted or arched roof, as seen from below (and usually not visible from outside), or a (large) hall of chamber so roofed
rhonn
noun. cave roof
rhonn
noun. vaulted or arched roof, as seen from below (and usually not visible from outside), or a (large) hall of chamber so roofed
rond
noun. cave
telu
noun. dome, high roof
telwen
?. [unglossed]
thlind
adjective. fine, slender
thlinn
adjective. fine, slender
trîw
adjective. fine, slender
tûg
adjective. thick, fat
Another name for Ungoliant appearing on in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of del “horror”, dû “night” and thling “spider” (Ety/DYEL, DOƷ, SLIG).