Noldorin term for the “Void” appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of beleg “great” and Gast “void” (Ety/KUM), also appearing as a variant Belego containing gaw “void” (Ety/GAS).
Noldorin
gas
noun. hole, gap
gas
noun. hole, gap
gast
proper name. Void
gasdil
noun. stopgap
gasdil
noun. "stopgap", name of a diacritic sign used to indicate that g had been lenited to zero
belegast
place name. Void
gaw
noun. void
criss
noun. cleft, cut, slash
cîl
noun. cleft, pass between hills, gorge
dath
noun. hole, pit, steep fall, abyss
gaw
noun. void
harna-
verb. to wound
harw
noun. wound
A noun appearing as N. harw “wound” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶skarwē under the root ᴹ√SKAR “tear, rend” (Ety/SKAR).
Conceptual Development: The word ᴱN. harw “wound” also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, likewise derived from primitive ᴱ✶skar-wé (PE13/147).
Neo-Sindarin: Many Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. haru to better fit Sindarin orthography, as suggested in HSD (HSD).
harw
noun. wound
rhista-
verb. to cut
ters
noun. (fine pierced) hole
tess
noun. (fine pierced) hole
thanc
adjective. cleft, split, forked
torech
noun. hole, excavation, lair
A name for the Void beyond the world appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, more fully Belegast (Ety/KUM).