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'''''hoth''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "host, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Cirion}} (Note 24)</ref> | '''''hoth''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "host, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Cirion}} (Note 24)</ref> | ||
In [[Noldorin]] (an early version of Sindarin) the word ''hoth'' means "host, crowd" and is "frequent in people-names". It derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''khotsē'' "assembly" ([[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHOTH|KHOTH-]] "gather").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 22:27, 28 May 2011
hoth is a Sindarin word meaning "host, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)".[1][2]
In Noldorin (an early version of Sindarin) the word hoth means "host, crowd" and is "frequent in people-names". It derives from Primitive Quendian khotsē "assembly" (root KHOTH- "gather").[3]
Examples
- Balchoth
- gaurhoth (Tol-in-Gaurhoth)
- Lossoth (Loss(h)oth)
- glamhoth
See also
- faloth
- Gondothlimbar
- rim ("people")
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan" (Note 24)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 364
