Noldorin tharas noun. hassock, footstool tharas noun. hassock, footstool A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hassock, footstool”, an elaboration of N. thâr “stiff grass” (Ety/STAR). Its derivation might have to do with the other meaning of English “hassock” referring to matted vegetation in swampy ground. Cognates ᴺQ. sarassë “hassock, footstool”
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hassock, footstool”, an elaboration of N. thâr “stiff grass” (Ety/STAR). Its derivation might have to do with the other meaning of English “hassock” referring to matted vegetation in swampy ground.