tharbad

noun. cross-way

tharbad

noun. crossroads

thar (prefix “across”) + pad (“way”)

tharbad

'Teeping Stones'

topon. 'Teeping Stones', a crossing, a ford over which one could walk. >> pâd, thar-

tharbad

place name. Crossway, Crossing

A ford over the river Gwathló (LotR/274) translated as “Crossway” (SA/thar) or “(Road) Crossing” (RC/15, PE17/34). This name is a combination of thar “across” and pâd “way” (PE17/34).

Conceptual Development: The name N. Tharbad appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/164). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√THAR “across, beyond”, where it had a difficult-to-read gloss, most likely “✱Crossway” according to Christopher Tolkien (Ety/THAR).

Derivations

• ✶thara-pata “crossway” ✧ SA/thar

Elements

Word	Gloss
thar	“across, athwart, over”
pâd	“a step (action); track, road; ford, a step (action); track, road; ford; [N.] way”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶thara-pata > Tharbad	[tʰarapata] > [θarapata] > [θarapat] > [θarapad] > [θarabad] > [θarbad]	✧ SA/thar

men

noun. way, road

pâd

noun. way

othlonn

noun. paved way

tharbad

crossway

tharbad (pl. therbaid)

tharbad

crossway

tharbad (pl. therbaid),

tharbad

crossway

(pl. therbaid)

pâd

way

(construct pad), i bâd, pl. paid (i phaid). Isolated from Tharbad ”Crossroad”.

lend

way

(journey), pl. lind, coll. pl. lennath. Note: a homophone means ”tuneful, sweet”

mên

way

1) mên (i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (road), pl. mîn (i mîn), 2) lend (journey), pl. lind, coll. pl. lennath. Note: a homophone means ”tuneful, sweet”, 3) #pâd (construct pad), i bâd, pl. paid (i phaid). Isolated from Tharbad ”Crossroad”. 4) tê (i dê, o thê) (line), pl. tî (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath.

mên

way

(i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (road), pl. mîn (i mîn)

tê

way

(i dê, o thê) (line), pl. tî (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath.