ehtë

spear

ehtë (stem *ehti-, given the primitive form ekti) noun "spear" (EK/EKTE). Another word for "spear" is hatal.

hatal

spear

hatal noun "spear" (VT49:14, 33). Another word for "spear" is ehtë.

hatal

noun. spear, spear, *javelin

Derivations

• ᴹ√KHAT “hurl, cast, send through air, loose from hand”

Element in

• Q. antanen hatal sena “I cast a spear at him” ✧ VT49/14

ecco

spine

ecco ("k") noun "spine". (In the Etymologies as printed in LR, entry EK/EKTE, the gloss is given as "spear", but according to VT45:12 this is a misreading of Tolkien's manuscript.)

nassë

thorn, spike

nassë (2) noun "thorn, spike" (NAS). Not to be confused with nassë "(s)he is", VT49:30 or nassë # above. Note that in late material, the unambiguous word necel appears for "thorn" (PE17:55).

hat-

fling

hat- (1) vb. "fling" (cited as hatin "I fling", first person sg. aorist), pa.t. hantë (QL:39). The apparently related noun hatal "spear" occurring in late material (VT49:14) suggests that Tolkien eventually decided to maintain hat- "fling", though in the meantime, a distinct verb hat- "break asunder" had occurred in his writings.

alaco

rush, rushing flight, wild wind

alaco ("k")noun "rush, rushing flight, wild wind" (VT45:5 cf. ÁLAK)

necel

thorn

necel ("k") noun "thorn" (PE17:55)

necel

noun. thorn

A word for “thorn” in notes on the Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, derived from the root √NEK having to do with angles (PE17/55).

Derivations

• √NEK “narrow, narrow; *angular, sharp” ✧ PE17/055

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NEK > nekel	[nekel]	✧ PE17/055

Variations

• nekel ✧ PE17/055

naith

spearhead

(gore, wedge, point, promontory); no distinct pl. form;

aith

point of spear, spear point

(no distinct pl. form)

ecthel

point of spear, spear point

(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point&quot

thela

point of spear, spear point

(-thel), pl. ?thili

ech

spine

(= pricle or thorn) ech (pl. ich) (VT45:12)

ech

spine

(pl. ich) (VT45:12)

hadron

hurler of spears or darts

(i chadron, o chadron), pl. hedryn (i chedryn), coll. pl. hadronnath

aeg

thorn

(peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.

raw

rush

(noun, roaring noise) 1) raw (pl. roe, idh roe)

raw

rush

(pl. roe, idh roe)

rib

fling

rib- (i rîb, idh ribir) (fly, rush)

rib

fling

(i rîb, idh ribir) (fly, rush)

rib

rush

(verb) rib- (i rîb, idh ribir) (fly, fling)

rib

rush

(i rîb, idh ribir) (fly, fling)

êg

thorn

1) êg (construct eg), pl. îg; 2) rêg (construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg), 3) aeg (peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.

êg

thorn

(construct eg), pl. îg

rêg

thorn

(construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg)

ecthel

thorn point

(pl. ecthil). See also

ech

noun. spine

The Etymologies as published gloss this word as "spear", but the correct reading is provided in VT/45

êg

noun. thorn

êg

noun. thorn

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “thorn” under the root ᴹ√EK (Ety/EK). In The Etymologies this root was glossed “spear”, but I think this gloss applied only to the extended form of the root √EKTE, because elsewhere √EK had other glosses like “sharp, (sharp) point, thorn” (WJ/365; VT48/25; PE22/127).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, G. eg merely meant “point” (GL/32) while G. aith was “thorn” (GL/18), both from the early root ᴱ√EKE or ᴱ√EHE having to do with points (GL/31; QL/35). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips this became G. aithr “thorn” which also had an archaic sense “†sword” (PE13/108), a word that also appeared as ᴱN. aithr “thorn, [archaic] †sword” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/136).

Cognates

• ᴺS. eithos “thorn bush”

Derivations

• ᴹ√EK “spear, (sharp) point, thorn” ✧ Ety/EK

Element in

• N. Egnor ✧ Ety/EK
• N. Ecthelion ✧ Ety/EK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√EK > êg	[ek] > [eg] > [ēg]	✧ Ety/EK