hathol

masculine name. The Axe

A man of the House of Marach, later known as the House of Hador (S/147), whose name was translated as “The Axe” (WJ/234). This name is most likely hathol “axe” used as a name.

hathol

noun. axe

A noun for “axe” attested as the name S. Hathol “The Axe”, an ancestor of Tuor (WJ/234). Compare this to [N.] hathel “broadsword-blade, axe-blade” from the root ᴹ√SYAD in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/SYAD).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. peleg “axe” (GL/64), a word that reappeared as ᴱN. peleg “axe” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/152). In the 1910s, G. Peleg was the name of the father of Tuor (later = Huor).

hathol

noun. broadsword-blade, axe-blade

See orchal for a discussion about syllabic consonants and their vocalization

hathol

noun. axe

See orchal for a discussion about syllabic consonants and their vocalization

hatholdir

masculine name. *Axe-man

A man of Númenor (UT/173), his name is apparently a combination of hathol “axe” and dîr “man”.

hathol

axe

hathol (i chathol, o chathol), analogical pl. hethyl (i chethyl). Archaic *hathl.

hathol

axe

(i chathol, o chathol), analogical pl. hethyl (i chethyl). Archaic ✱hathl.

Hatholdir

Hatholdir

Hatholdir's name is Sindarin and seems to mean "Man of the Axe-blade" (from hathol, 'axe-blade', and the masculine suffix -dir).

hathel

axe blade

(i chathel, o chathel) (broadsword blade), pl. hethil (i chethil);

hast

axe-stroke

(i chast, o chast), pl. haist (i chaist)