BS. gûl suf. “phantom, shadow of dark magic, wraith; †black arts, sorcery”

BS. gûl suf. “phantom, shadow of dark magic, wraith; †black arts, sorcery”

References ✧ MR/350; PE17/31, 79, 125; RC/762

Glosses

• “an (evil) spirit under control of Sauron” ✧ PE17/79
• “phantom, shadow of dark magic, necromancer; slave servant?” ✧ PE17/79
• “wraith” ✧ PE17/125

Variations

• gûl ✧ MR/350; PE17/79; PE17/79; PE17/125; RC/762
• gūl ✧ PE17/31

Element In

• BS. Nazgûl “Ring-wraith” ✧ PE17/31; PE17/79; PE17/79 (Nazg-(g)ûl); PE17/125; RC/762
• BS. gûldur “sorcery” ✧ PE17/79 (gūldur)

Cognates

• Q. nólë “lore, knowledge, long study” ✧ MR/350 (ñólë)
• S. gûl “black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge” ✧ MR/350; PE17/31

Derivations

• < √ÑGOL¹ “knowledge, wisdom, lore” ✧ PE17/79 (ngōl-)
• < S. gûl “black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge” ✧ PE17/31; PE17/125
  • < gûl, probably ✧ PE17/125
  • < √ÑGOL¹ “knowledge, wisdom, lore” ✧ PE17/79 (ngōl-); SA/gûl (ngol-); WJ/383 (NGOL)
  • < √ÑGUL “dark with sinister associations” ✧ PE17/125