glam(b) (“shouting, confused noise, an orc”) + hoth (“crowd, hord”, here used as collective plural suffix)
Sindarin
glamhoth
collective name. Orcs, (lit.) Din-horde, Host of Tumult
Element in
- S. gurth an Glamhoth “Death to the din-horde” ✧ UT/039
Elements
Word Gloss glam “din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts, din, uproar, bellowing of beasts, [N.] shouting, confused noise; barbarous speech; [ᴱN.] hatred, [G.] loathing, fierce hate” hoth “host, horde, host, horde, [N.] crowd; group plural; [ᴱN.] folk, [G.] people; †army” Variations
- glam-hoth ✧ PE17/039
glamhoth
noun. barbaric host of Orcs
glamhoth
noun. din-hord, the orcs
glamhoth
'din-horde'
pl2. n. 'din-horde', the Orcs. >> hoth
glamog
noun. orc
Element in
Variations
- Glamog ✧ WJI/Glamhoth
glamog
noun. an Orc, "a yelling one"
glamhoth
Glamhoth
The first part, glam, means "barbaric speech", and is an expansion of lam, "tongue, language". An individual within the group is referred to as a glamog, and glam appears in Glamdring. The second element, hoth is a common suffix to denote a collection of people.
glamhoth
host of tumult
” Glamhoth (a term for Orcs, also translated ”Yelling-horde”). (UT:54, MR:109, 195; WJ.391) Compare A BODY OF ORCS glam (i **lam) (din, uproar, tumult, confused yelling of beasts; shouting, confused noise), pl. glaim (in glaim), coll. pl. glammath**
glamhoth
host of tumult
” Glamhoth (a term for Orcs, also translated ”Yelling-horde”) (UT:54, MR:109, 195; WJ.391)
glamhoth
yelling-horde
Glamhoth (a term for Orcs, also translated ”host of tumult”). (UT:54, MR:109, 195; WJ.391)
glamhoth
yelling-horde
(a term for Orcs, also translated ”host of tumult”). (UT:54, MR:109, 195;
glamhoth
host of tumult
(a term for Orcs, also translated ”Yelling-horde”) (UT:54, MR:109, 195;
glamhoth
host of tumult
(a term for Orcs, also translated ”Yelling-horde”). (UT:54, MR:109, 195;
glam
yelling
(confused yelling of beasts) glam (i **lam) (din, uproar, tumult; shouting, confused noise; a body of Orcs), pl. glaim (in glaim), coll. pl. glammath**.
glam
tumult
glam (i **lam) (din, uproar, confused yelling of beasts; shouting, confused noise; a body of Orcs), pl. glaim (in glaim), coll. pl. glammath**. ”
orch
orc
orch (pl. yrch**, archaic †yrchy, coll. pl. orchoth). (RGEO:66, Names:171, Letters:178, MR:195; WJ:390-91, VT46:7). Other terms: 1) urug (monster, bogey), pl. yryg, 2) glamog (i **lamog), pl. glemyg (in glemyg) (WJ:391), 3) ”
orch
Orc
pl1. yrch, pl2. orchoth** ** n. Orc. Nand. ūriſ.
orch
noun. Orc, Orc, [N.] goblin
Cognates
Derivations
Derivatives
- Q. orco “Orc” ✧ PE17/047; WJ/390
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶urkō > orch [urkō] > [urko] > [urkʰo] > [urxo] > [orxo] > [orx] ✧ WJ/390 ✶urkā > orch [urkā] > [urka] > [urkʰa] > [urxa] > [orxa] > [orx] ✧ WJ/390 ✶urkō > Yrch [urkī] > [urki] > [urkʰi] > [urxi] > [orxi] > [urxi] > [yrxi] > [yrx] ✧ WJ/390 Variations
- Orch ✧ WJ/390; WJI/Orc(s)
orchoth
noun. the Orcs (as a race)
urug
noun. Orc (rarely used)
urug
noun. "bogey", anything that caused fear to the Elves, any dubious shape or shadow, or prowling creature
glam
yelling
(i ’lam) (din, uproar, tumult; shouting, confused noise; a body of Orcs), pl. glaim (in glaim), coll. pl. glammath.
glam
tumult
(i ’lam) (din, uproar, confused yelling of beasts; shouting, confused noise; a body of Orcs), pl. glaim (in glaim), coll. pl. glammath. ”
glam
body of orcs
(i ’lam) (din, uproar, tumult, confused yelling of beasts; shouting, confused noise), pl. glaim (in glaim), coll. pl. glammath
orch
orc
(pl. yrch, archaic †yrchy, coll. pl. orchoth). (RGEO:66, Names:171, Letters:178, MR:195; WJ:390-91, VT46:7). Other terms: 1) urug (monster, bogey), pl. yryg, 2) glamog (i ’lamog), pl. glemyg (in glemyg) (WJ:391), 3) ”
A collective term for Orcs, translated “din-horde” or “host(s) of tumult” (UT/54, MR/109, PE17/39). This name is combination of glam “din, uproar” and hoth “host, horde” (WJ/391, SA/hoth). This term was sufficiently common that it was generalized into another word for Orc: glamog (WJ/391).
Conceptual Development: The term G. Glamhoth was used for Orcs in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/160), but at this early stage was translated “People of Dreadful Hate” with its initial element being G. glâm “hate” (GL/39). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien revised the derivation of N. Glamhoth so that its initial element was N. glamm “shouting, confused noise; barbarous speech” (Ety/GLAM), and the term retained essentially the same derivation in later writings.