fang
noun. beard, beard, [G.] long beard
fangorn
masculine name. Treebeard
Sindarin name of Treebeard (LotR/464), more literally translated “beard-(of)-tree” (LotR/1131, PE17/84). His name is a combination of fang “beard” and orn “tree” (SA/orn, PE17/84).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, his name also appeared as N. Fangorn “Treebeard” (TI/412).
Fangorn
noun. treebeard
fang (“beard”) + orn (“tree”)
Fangorn
noun. Beard of Tree
_ prop. n. _Beard of Tree. >> orn
fang
beard
fang (pl. feng)
fang
beard
(pl. feng)
carch
noun. fang, fang, [N.] tooth
The Sindarin word for “fang” (SA/carak), most notably appearing as an element in the names like S. Carchost “Fang Fort” (RC/601) and S. Carcharoth “Red Maw” (S/180), perhaps more literally “✱Great Red Fang”. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. carch was glossed “tooth, fang” under the root ᴹ√KARAK “sharp fang, spike, tooth” (Ety/KARAK). For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d use the word carch exclusively for the sharp teeth of animals (“fang”) and for “tooth” I’d use [N.] nêl or neleg.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had the word G. carc “jag, point, fang” (GL/25), likely based on the earlier form of the root: ᴱ√KṚKṚ (QL/48). This early word reflects the different phonetic developments of Gnomish versus Sindarin/Noldorin: compare G. orc (GL/63) vs. S./N. orch.
Fang (dog)
Fang (dog)
Fang means "canine tooth" but was also an archaic English verb meaning "grip".
Fangorn Forest
Fangorn Forest
Fangorn is a Sindarin word that translates as "Treebeard" (from fang = "beard" and orn = "tree"). Entwood is a modernization of Old English Entwudu (wudu "wood"), so modernised because it was recognisable by speakers of Westron. Gondorians used that name, assimilated to their own language.
Carchost
noun. fang citadel
carch (“tooth, fang”) + ost (“fortress, stronghold”)
carchost
place name. Fang Fort
One of the Towers of the Teeth along with its companion Narchost (LotR/900), translated “Fang Fort” in Tolkien’s “Unfinished Index” of The Lord of the Rings (RC/601). This name is a combination of carch “fang” and ost “fort(ress)” (SA/carak).
Conceptual Development: When it was first named specifically in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this fort was already called N. Carchost (SD/23), though the earlier names N. Gorgos “Dire-castle” (TI/344) and N. Kirith Naglath “Cleft of the Teeth” (WR/137) may have been precursors to this name.
carch
noun. tooth, fang
carch
fang
carch (i garch, o charch) (tooth), pl. cerch (i cherch)
carch
fang
(i garch, o charch) (tooth), pl. cerch (i cherch)
Carchost
Carchost
The name Carchost is translated as "fang fort". It contains two Sindarin elements: carch, meaning "tooth, fang", and ost meaning "fortress".
nagol
tooth
1) *nagol (analogical pl. negyl, coll. pl. naglath*; possibly the analogical form nagolath would also be acceptable). Only the coll. pl. naglath is attested. 2) naes (no distinct pl. form) (VT45:36). 3) nêl (note: a homophone means ”three”), stem neleg-, whence pl. nelig. Also simply neleg (pl. nelig). 4) (fang) carch (i garch, o charch), pl. cerch (i cherch**).
carch
tooth
(i garch, o charch), pl. cerch (i cherch).
naes
tooth
(no distinct pl. form) (VT45:36).
nagol
tooth
(analogical pl. negyl, coll. pl. naglath; possibly the analogical form ✱nagolath would also be acceptable). Only the coll. pl. naglath is attested.
nêl
tooth
(note: a homophone means ”three”), stem neleg-, whence pl. nelig. Also simply neleg (pl. nelig).
The Sindarin word for “beard”, best known as an element in the name S. Fangorn “Treebeard, (lit.) beard of tree” (LotR/1131, PE17/84). The word dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where it appeared as G. fang “a long beard” (GL/34), though in that document it had a rejected variant bang “beard” (GL/21). ᴱN. fang “beard” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/143), and N. fang “beard” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SPANAG (Ety/SPÁNAG). Thus this word was well established in Tolkien’s mind.