gaur

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gaur (plural gaurhoth) is the Sindarin word for werewolf.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Etymology

Root NGWAW^[3]
gaur + hoth

Examples and Instances

Tol-in-Gaurhoth

Cognates

Quenya nauro

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 106-107
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, passim (see index entry for Tol-na-Gaurhoth and especially p. 377)

[1] J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"

[2] J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"

[PE19-3] 3.0 ^3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 106-107

[4] J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, passim (see index entry for Tol-na-Gaurhoth and especially p. 377)

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