Eldamo : Sindarin : hathol

S. hathol n. “axe” (Category: Ax)

S. hathol, n. “axe” (Category: Ax): ᴱN. dail “axe (blade)”

A noun for “axe” attested as the name S. Hathol “The Axe”, an ancestor of Tuor (WJ/234). Compare this to [N.] hathel “broadsword-blade, axe-blade” from the root ᴹ√SYAD in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/SYAD).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. peleg “axe” (GL/64), a word that reappeared as ᴱN. peleg “axe” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/152). In the 1910s, G. Peleg was the name of the father of Tuor (later = Huor).

Reference ✧ WJ/234 ✧ Hathol “axe”

N. hathel “broadsword-blade, axe-blade”

Element In

S. Hathol “The Axe” ✧ WJ/234
S. Hatholdir “*Axe-man”

Derivations

< ᴹ√SYAD¹ “shear through, cleave (through)”

ᴱN. peleg n. “axe” (Category: Ax)

See S. hathol for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE13/152 ✧ “axe”

Derivations

< *ᴱ√PELEK “axe”

G. peleg n. “axe” (Category: Ax)

References ✧ GL/64; LT2A/Peleg

Glosses

“axe” ✧ GL/64; LT2A/Peleg

Element In

G. pelectha- “to hew” ✧ GL/64; LT2A/Peleg
G. Peleg ✧ LT2A/Peleg

Cognates

ᴱQ. pelekko “axe” ✧ LT2A/Peleg

Derivations

< *ᴱ√PELEK “axe”