Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Middle Primitive Elvish

dring

root. beat, strike

A Noldorin-only root in The Etymologies of the 1930s serving as the basis of N. Glamdring “Foe-hammer”, the name of Gandalf’s sword (Ety/DRING). This name continued to have this translation in Tolkien’s later writing (PE17/84), indicating the root likely also survived.

Derivatives

  • N. dring “hammer” ✧ Ety/DRING
  • N. dringa- “to beat” ✧ Ety/DRING
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DRING] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pal

root. beat

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. palka- “to beat flat”
  • ᴹQ. palpa- “to beat, batter” ✧ EtyAC/PAL²

Variations

  • PAL ✧ PE18/033
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/PAL²; PE18/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by