S. Camlost m. “Empty-handed”
A name of Beren, an alternate of Erchamion “One-handed” (S/184). This name is a combination of cam “hand” and lost “empty” (SA/cam, Ety/LUS).
Conceptual Development: Beren’s sobriquet “One-handed” dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, but the alternate “Empty-handed” did not appear until Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s. The first version of the name was Ilk. Mablosgen (SM/311), variously revised to Dor. Mablost (LR/405) or N. Camlost (LR/146). All three names appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s where Tolkien specified their languages as Ilkorin, Doriathrin and Noldorin, respectively (Ety/MAP, KAB, LUS).
In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, only S. Camlost appeared, either normally (WJ/51) or in its lenited form Gamlost (WJ/231, 234).
References ✧ S/184; SA/cam; SI; UTI; VT47/7; WJI
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| Gamlost | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ WJI/Camlost |
Elements
| cam | “(cupped) hand, holding hand; handful” | ✧ SA/cam | |
| #lost | “empty” | ✧ S/184 (#lost) | |
| ✶kambā | “(cupped) hand” | ✧ VT47/7 | |
N. Camlost m. “Empty-hand(ed)”
References ✧ Ety/KAB, LUS, MAP; EtyAC/LŌ; LR/146, 301, 405; LRI; RSI/Beren, Camlost; SMI/Camlost, Mablosgen
Glosses
Variations
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Changes
Inflections
| Gamlost | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ LR/301; LRI/Camlost; RSI/Beren |
Elements
| cam | “hand” | ✧ Ety/KAB | |
| lhost | “empty” | ✧ Ety/LUS; EtyAC/LŌ (lost) | |
| ᴹ√LUS | “*empty” | ✧ Ety/KAB | |
| ᴹ√KAB¹ | “hollow” | ✧ Ety/LUS | |
Ilk. Mablost m. “Empty-handed”
A precursor to Beren’s name S. Camlost “Empty-handed” (SM/311). This name appeared in The Etymologies where it was marked as Doriathrin and given as a combination of mâb “hand” and lost “empty”, the equivalent of N. Camlost (Ety/KAB).
See S. Camlost for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/KAB; LR/405; LRI
Glosses
Variations
Related
Elements
| mâb | “hand” | ✧ Ety/KAB (Mab) |
| *lost | “empty” | ✧ Ety/KAB (#lost) |
Ilk. Mablosgen m. “Empty-handed”
An Ilkorin precursor to Beren’s name S. Camlost “Empty-handed” (SM/311). This name appeared in The Etymologies as a combination of mâb “hand” and losgen “empty” (Ety/MAP), and was at one point changed to Ilk. Mablost (LR/405).
See S. Camlost for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/MAP; LR/131, 146, 405; LRI; SM/311; SMI/Camlost, Mablosgen
Glosses
Related
Changes
Elements
| mâb | “hand” | ✧ Ety/MAP |
| *losgen | “empty” | ✧ Ety/MAP (#losgen) |
Cognates