S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth loc. “Isle of Werewolves”

S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth, loc. “Isle of Werewolves”

The name of Tol Sirion after it was inhabited by Sauron and his minions, translated “Isle of Werewolves” (S/156), a combination of tol(l) “island”, the plural in of the definite article and the class-plural of gaur “werewolf” using the suffix hoth “host” (SA/gaur, hoth).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was Tol-na-Gaurhoth (SM/311, LR/284).

References ✧ LBI; LR/300; LT2I; MRI; S/156; SA/gaur, hoth; SI; UT/54; UTI; WJ/54; WJI

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tol(l) “island, (high steep-sided) isle” ✧ UT/54 (Tol)
“the” plural ✧ UT/54 (in)
gaur “werewolf” ✧ SA/gaur; UT/54 (Gaurhoth)
hoth “host, horde” ✧ SA/hoth

N. Tol-na-Gaurhoth loc. “Isle of Werewolves”

See S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth for discussion.

References ✧ LR/133, 284, 300, 407; LRI; SM/311, 319; SMI; WJI/Tol-in-Gaurhoth

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toll “island, isle” ✧ LR/284 (Tol)
na “with, by; of” ✧ LR/284
gaur “werewolf” class-plural ✧ LR/284 (Gaurhoth)