Noldorin
ungol
noun. spider
ungol
noun. spider
Element in
- N. Kirith Ungol “Spider Glen”
- N. Terch Ungol “Spider’s Hole, Spider’s Lair” ✧ WR/202
Variations
- Ungol ✧ WR/202
thlingril
noun. spider
thlingril
noun. spider
Cognates
- ᴹQ. liante “spider, spider, [ᴱQ.] tendril, vine” ✧ Ety/SLIG
thling
noun. spider, spider's web, cobweb
dúath
noun. nightshade
dúwath
noun. nightshade
môr
noun. darkness, dark, night
dúath
noun. darkness, shadow
dúwath
noun. darkness, shadow
A noun appearing as N. thlingril “spider” in The Etymologies, probably a feminine form of N. thling “spider, spider’s web, cobweb” (Ety/SLIG). Christopher Tolkien said the r was uncertain.
Neo-Sindarin: Since initial sl- became lh- in Sindarin, most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. lhingril, as suggested in HSD (HSD). This word is somewhat questionable, since in later writings √ungu- was the basis for spider words (PE22/160). I think ᴹ√SLIG may be reinterpreted as having to do with threads, and as such I think ᴺS. lhingril can be retained as originally meaning “(female) web spinner”. However, I recommend later S. ungol as the more common Sindarin word for “spider”.