ᴺS. !eriab n. “badger” (Category: Animals (other))
A neologism for “badger” coined by Paul Strack in 2021 based on ᴱQ. oryat (oryap-), to serve as a replacement for the somewhat improbable S. felagund “badger”.
Cognates
ᴺS. !thindrostir n. “badger” (Category: Animals (other))
A neologism for “badger” coined by Hialmr in VinQuettaParma Wiki (VQP), a combination of thind “grey” and an agental form of [N.] rosta- “dig”.
Elements
| S. thind | “grey” |
| N. rosta- | “to hollow out, excavate” |
S. felagund n. “den-dweller; brock, badger” (Category: Animals (other))
A word for “brock, badger”, more literally “den-dweller”, appearing in 1969 notes as a late etymology for the name Felagund (NM/304). In this scenario, the name “den-dweller” was given to Felagund somewhat derisively by the sons of Fëanor referring to his tendency to hide away in Nargothrond (NM/304). However, in The Sillmarillion as published, Christopher Tolkien used the explanation that the name was given to Finrod by the Dwarves and meant “cave-hewer”, based on marginal notes from 1959 in Tolkien’s copy of The Silmarillion itself (PM/352).
Neo-Sindarin: Since I prefer the Silmarillion origin for the name Felagund, I would not use this word for “badger”. I would instead suggest a neologism ᴺS. eriab based on ᴱQ. oryat (oryap-).
Reference ✧ NM/304 ✧ Felagund “den-dweller; brock, badger”
Elements
| fela | “mine, boring, tunnel, underground dwelling; minor excavations, den” | ✧ NM/304 | |
| ^#cund | “*prince” | soft-mutation | ✧ NM/304 (-gund) |