thû

masculine name. Sauron; Manwë?

Another name for Sauron in notes from the 1960s, a derivative of the root √ÞOWO (√THOW) “stink” (PE17/68, 99).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱN. Thû was the earliest name of Sauron after the character transitioned into his later conception as the Lord of Werewolves, first appearing in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/16, 146). The name N. Thû appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s and also in The Etymologies as a derivative of the root √THUS “stench” (LR/29, Ety/THUS) but it was gradually replaced by his Quenya name ᴹQ. Sauron (SM/120, LR/283). The notes mentioned above seems to be a late remnant of his earlier name; Thû did not appear in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s.

In Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, Tolkien considered using Thû as a name of Manwë from the root √THŪ “blow” (PE17/124), but this seems to have been a transient idea.

Cognates

• Q. Súlimo “Lord of the Breath of Arda, (lit.) Breather” ✧ PE17/124

Derivations

• √THOW “stink” ✧ PE17/068
• ✶thowō ✧ PE17/099
  • √THOW “stink”
• √THŪ “blow, cause an air movement, blow, cause an air movement, [ᴹ√] puff” ✧ PE17/124

Elements

Word	Gloss
thû	“stench”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÞOWO > Þou... > Thuon	[tʰouson] > [θouson] > [θūson] > [θūhon] > [θūon] > [θuon]	✧ PE17/068
✶thowō > thow > Thû	[tʰowō] > [tʰouō] > [θouo] > [θūo] > [θū]	✧ PE17/099
√THŪ > Thū	[tʰū] > [θū]	✧ PE17/124

Variations

• Thuon ✧ PE17/068
• Thū ✧ PE17/124

thû

noun. horrible darkness, black mist, [N.] stench; [S.] black mist, horrible darkness

Derivations

• ✶thūsē “horrible darkness, black mist” ✧ PE17/183
  • √THUS “evil mist, fog, darkness; blow, cause an air movement, blow, cause an air movement; [ᴹ√] *smell, stench; [√] evil mist, fog, darkness” ✧ PE17/183
  • √THŪ “blow, cause an air movement, blow, cause an air movement, [ᴹ√] puff”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶thūsē > thû	[tʰūsē] > [tʰūse] > [θūse] > [θūhe] > [θūh] > [θū]	✧ PE17/183

Variations

• thû ✧ PE17/183

thû

noun. movement of spirit

Derivations

• √THUS “evil mist, fog, darkness; blow, cause an air movement, blow, cause an air movement; [ᴹ√] *smell, stench; [√] evil mist, fog, darkness” ✧ NM/237
  • √THŪ “blow, cause an air movement, blow, cause an air movement, [ᴹ√] puff”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√thus > thû	[tʰūse] > [θūse] > [θūhe] > [θūh] > [θū]	✧ NM/237

Variations

• thû ✧ NM/237

thû

noun. horrible darkness

n. horrible darkness, black mist.

thû

stench

1) thû (pl. thui), 2) angol (pl. engyl). Note: a homophone of the latter means "magic, deep lore".

thû

stench

(pl. thui)

angol

stench

(pl. engyl). Note: a homophone of the latter means "magic, deep lore".