Draugluin

noun. pale, #blue wolf

draug (“wolf”) + luin (Dor. “pale, #blue”)

draugluin

masculine name. *Blue (Were)wolf

The great werewolf servant of Sauron who was slain by Huan (S/174). His name appears to be a combination of draug “(were)wolf” (SA/draug) and luin “blue”.

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱN. Draugluin first appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s where it was glossed “werewolf pale” (LB/205), so that at this stage its second element might have been a variant of ᴱN. lhui “pale” (PE13/149), also appearing later as Ilk. luin “pale” (Ety/LUG²). The name N. (or Ilk.?) Draugluin appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s glossed only as “Werewolf” (LR/134), so the intended meaning of the name after Tolkien abandoned the Ilkorin language is unclear.

Elements

Word	Gloss
draug	“wolf”
luin	“blue”

gaur

noun. werewolf

werewolf

gaur

noun. werewolf

A noun for a “werewolf” (PE17/39; PE19/107; SA/gaur; Ety/ÑGAW), as opposed to a more ordinary wolf which would be [N.] garaf or draug. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. gaur was derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” (Ety/ÑGAW), and a similar derivation appeared in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s (PE19/106-107), but in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the meaning of its root was “falsify, deform, disguise” (PE17/39).

Cognates

• Q. nauro “werewolf, wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106

Derivations

• √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE17/039; SA/gaur
• ✶ñgwaurō “wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE19/106
  • √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE19/106

Element in

• S. Gaurwaith “Wolf-men”
• S. naur dan i ngaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ LotR/0299; PE17/039
• S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ SA/gaur; UT/054

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÑGAW > gaur	[ŋgawrō] > [ŋgaurō] > [ŋgauro] > [gauro] > [gaur]	✧ PE17/039

gaurhoth

noun. group of werewolves

gaur

werewolf

gaur (i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaur

werewolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")