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tarag

noun. horn; steep mountain peak

A noun for “horn” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√TARAK “horn (of animals)” (Ety/TARÁK). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, Christopher Tolkien wrote that it was also used for “steep mountain pass” (LR/391), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne indicated that J.R.R. Tolkien’s actual words were “steep mountain peak” in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/17). This word appeared in the name N. Taragaer “Ruddyhorn”, a precursor to Caradhras in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (RS/419, 433).

Conceptual Development: A similar word G. târ “a horn” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/69), equivalent to ᴱQ. taru “horn” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/89).

Noldorin [Ety/TARÁK; EtyAC/TARÁK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tarag

noun. horn

Noldorin [Ety/391, VT/46:17] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tarag

noun. steep mountain peak

Noldorin [Ety/391, VT/46:17] Group: SINDICT. Published by

taragaer

place name. Ruddyhorn

Earlier name of Caradhras “Redhorn” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/419). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of tarag “horn” and goer “red” (Ety/TARÁK).

Noldorin [Ety/TARÁK; LRI/Taragaer; RS/419; RS/433; RSI/Taragaer] Group: Eldamo. Published by

carnbeleg

place name. Ruddyhorn

Earlier (rejected) name of Caradhras “Redhorn” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/433). It seems to be a combination of caran “red” and beleg “mighty”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/1.12).

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rhasg

noun. horn

rhas

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)

The form rhaes in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:10

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rhasg

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)

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rhom

noun. horn, trumpet

Noldorin [Ety/384, WJ/400, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tild

noun. horn, point

Noldorin [Ety/393] Group: SINDICT. Published by

till

noun. horn, point

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till

noun. horn