The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two

by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Tarnin Austa For tarn ‘gate’ see I.261 (Moritarnon). GL gives aust ‘summer’ cf. Aur ‘the Sun’, I.271 (Ûr).

  Taruithorn, Taruktarna (Oxford). GL gives târ ‘horn’ and tarog ‘ox’ (Qenya taruku-), Taruithron older Taruitharn ‘Oxford’. Immediately following these words are tarn ‘gate’ and taru ‘(1) cross (2) crossing’. QL has taru ‘horn’ (see Drambolreg), tarukka ‘horned’, tarukko, tarunko ‘bull’, Taruktarna ‘Oxford’, and under root TARA tara- ‘cross, go athwart’, tarna ‘crossing, passage’.

  Tasarinan See Nantathrin.

  Taurfuin See I.267 (Tavari) and I.253 (Fui).

  Teld Quing Ilon NFG has an entry: ‘Cris a Teld Quing Ilon signifieth Gully of the Rainbow Roof, and is in the Eldar speech Kiris Iluqingatelda’ a Teld Quing Ilon was struck out and replaced by Ilbranteloth. Another entry reads: ‘Ilon is the sky’ in GL Ilon (= Qenya Ilu) is the name of Ilúvatar (see I.255 (Ilwë)). Teld does not appear in GL, but related words as telm ‘roof’ are given (see I.267–8 (Teleri)); and cwing = ‘a bow’. QL has iluqinga ‘rainbow’ (see I.256 (Ilweran)) and telda ‘having a roof’ (see I.268 (Telimektar)). For Cris, Kiris see Cris Ilbranteloth.

  Tevildo, Tifil For the etymology see I.268, to which can be added that the earlier Gnomish form Tifil (later Tiberth) is associated in GL with a noun tîf ‘resentment, ill-feeling, bitterness’.

  Vardo Meoita ‘Prince of Cats’: for Vardo see I.273 (Varda). QL gives meoi ‘cat’.

  Bridhon Miaugion ‘Prince of Cats’: bridhon ‘king, prince’, cf. Bridhil, Gnomish name of Varda (I.273). Nouns miaug, miog ‘tomcat’ and miauli ‘she-cat’ (changed to miaulin) are given in GL, where the Prince of Cats is called Tifli Miothon or Miaugion. Miaulë was the name of Tevildo’s cook (p. 28).

  Thorndor See I.266 (Sorontur).

  Thornhoth See Glamhoth.

  Thorn Sir See I.265 (Sirion).

  Tifanto This name is clearly to be associated with the Gnomish words (tif-, tifin) given in I.268 (Tinfang).

  Tifil See Tevildo.

  Tirin See I.258 (Kortirion).

  Tôn a Gwedrin Tôn is a Gnomish word meaning ‘fire (on a hearth)’, related to tan and other words given under Tanyasalpë (I.266—7); Tôn a Gwedrin ‘the Tale-fire’ in Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva. Cf. Tôn Sovriel ‘the fire lake of Valinor’ (sovriel ‘purification’, sovri ‘cleansing’ sôn ‘pure, clean’, soth ‘bath’, sô- ‘wash, clean, bathe’).

  Gwedrin belongs with cwed- (preterite cwenthi) ‘say, tell’, cweth ‘word’, cwent ‘tale, saying’, cwess ‘saying, proverb’, cwedri ‘telling (of tales)’, ugwedriol ‘unspeakable, ineffable’. In QL under root QETE are qet-(qentë) ‘speak, talk’, quent ‘word’, qentelë ‘sentence’, Eldaqet = Eldarissa, etc. Cf. the Appendix to The Silmarillion, entry quen-(quet-).

  Tumladin For the first element, Gnomish tûm ‘valley’, see I.269 (Tombo), and for the second, ladin ‘level, smooth’ see Ladwen na Dhaideloth.

  Turambar For the first element see I.260 (Meril-i-Turinqi). QL gives amarto, ambar ‘Fate’, and also (root MT) mart ‘a piece of luck’, marto ‘fortune, fate, lot’, mart- ‘it happens’ (impersonal). GL has mart ‘fate’, martion ‘fated, doomed, fey’ also umrod and umbart ‘fate’.

  Turumart See Turambar.

  Ufedhin Possible connections of this name are Gnomish uf ‘out of, forth from’, or fedhin ‘bound by agreement, ally, friend’.

  Ulbandi See I.260 (Melko).

  Ulmonan The Gnomish name was Ingulma(n) (Gulma = Ulmo), with the prefix in- (ind-, im-) ‘house of’ (ind ‘house’, see Idril). Other examples of this formation are Imbelca, Imbelcon ‘Hell (house of Melko)’, inthorn ‘eyrie’, Intavros ‘forest’ (properly ‘the forest palace of Tavros’).

  Umboth-muilin Gnomish umboth, umbath ‘nightfall’ Umbathor is a name of Garioth (see I.252 (Eruman)). This word is derived from *mbap-, related to *map seen in math ‘dusk’: see Mathusdor. The second element is muil ‘tarn’, Qenya moilë.

  Undolaurë See Glorund.

  Valar NFG has the following entry: ‘Banin [emended from Banion] or Bandrim [emended from Banlim]. Now these dwell, say the Noldoli, in Gwalien [emended from Banien] but they are spoken of ever by Elfrith and the others in their Elfin names as the Valar (or Vali), and that glorious region of their abode is Valinor.’ See I.272 (Valar).

  SHORT GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE, ARCHAIC, AND RARE WORDS

  Words that have been given in the similar glossary to Part I (such as an ‘if’, fain, lief, meed, rede, ruth) are not as a rule repeated here. Some words of current English used in obsolete senses are included.

  acquaint old past participle, superseded by acquainted, 287

  ardour burning heat, 38, 170 (modern sense 194)

  bested beset, 193

  bravely splendidly, showily, 75

  broidure embroidery, 163. Not recorded, but broid- varied with broud- etc. in Middle English, and broudure ‘embroidery’ is found.

  burg walled and fortified town, 175

  byrnie body-armour, corslet, coat-of-mail, 163

  carcanet ornamental collar or necklace, 227–8, 235, 238

  carle (probably) serving-man, 85; house-carle 190

  chain linear measure (a chain’s length), sixty-six feet, 192

  champain level, open country, 295, 298

  clue thread, 322

  cot small cottage, 95, 141

  damasked 224, damascened 173, 227, ornamentally inlaid with designs in gold and silver.

  diapered covered with a small pattern, 173

  dight arrayed, fitted out, 173

  drake dragon, 41, 46, 85–7, etc. (Drake is the original English word, Old English draca, derived from Latin; dragon was from French).

  drolleries comic plays or entertainments, 190

  enow enough, 241–2

  enthralled enslaved, 97, 163, 196, 198

  entreat treat, 26, 77, 87, 236 (modern sense 38)

  errant wandering, 42

  estate situation, 97

  ewer pitcher for water, 226

  eyot small island, 7

  fathom linear measure (six feet), formerly not used only of water, 78

  fell in dread fell into dread, 106

  force waterfall, 105 (Northern English, from Scandinavian).

  fordone overcome, 233

  fosses pits, 288

  fretted adorned with elaborate carving, 297

  glamour enchantment, spell, 314

  greaves armour for the lower leg, 163

  guestkindliness hospitality, 228. Apparently not recorded; used in I.175.

  haply perhaps, 13, 94, 99

  hie hasten; hie thee, hasten, 75

  high-tide festival, 231

  house-carle 190, see carle.

  inly inwardly, 315

  jacinth blue, 274

  kempt combed, 75; unkempt, uncombed, 159

  kirtle long coat or tunic, 154

  knave male child, boy, 96 (the original sense of the word, long since lost).

  lair in the dragon’s lair, 105, the place where the dragon was lying (i.e. happened at that time to be lying).

  lambent (of flame) playing lightly on a surface without burning, 297

  league about three miles, 171, 189, 201

  lealty loyalty, 185

  let desisted, 166; allowed, 181; had let fashion, had had fashioned, 174, let seize, had (him) seized, 225, let kill, had (them) killed, 235

  like please, 41; good liking, good will, friendly disposition, 169

  list wish, 85, 101; like, 236

  or ever before ever, 5–6, 38, 80, 110, 233–4, 240

  or…or either…or, 226

  pale boundary, 269

  ports gateways, 299

  prate chatter, speak to no purpose, 75

  puissance power, 168

  repair make one’s way, go, 162

  runagate deserter, 15, 44 (the same word in origin as renegade, 15, 44, 224, 232)

  scathe hurt, harm, 99, 233

  scatterlings wanderers, stragglers,
182

  sconces brackets fastened on a wall, to carry candle or torch, 226

  scullion menial kitchen-servant, drudge, 17, 45

  shallop 274. See I.275; but here the boat is defined as oarless.

  silvern silver, 270 (the original Old English adjective).

  slot track of an animal, 38, 96 (= spoor 38).

  stead farm, 89

  stricken in the Stricken Anvil, struck, beaten, 174, 179

  swinge stroke, blow, 194

  thews strength, bodily power, 33

  tilth cultivated (tilled) land, 4, 88, 101

  tithe tenth part, 188, 223, 227

  travail hardship, suffering, 77, 82, 239; toil, 168; travailed, toiled, 163; travailing, enduring hardship, 75

  trencher large dish or platter, 226

  uncouth 85 perhaps has the old meaning ‘strange’, but elsewhere (13, 75, 115) has the modern sense.

  vambrace armour for the fore-arm, 163

  weird fate, 85–6, 111, 155, 239

  whin gorse, 287

  whortle whortleberry, bilberry; whortlebush 287

  withe withy, flexible branch of willow, 229

  worm serpent, dragon, 85–8, etc.

  wrack downfall, ruin, 116, 253, 283, 285

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  This index is made on the same basis as that to Part I, but selected references are given in rather more cases, and the individual Lost Tales are not included. In view of the large number of names that appear in Part II fairly full cross-references are provided to associated names (earlier and later forms, equivalents in different languages, etc.). As in the index to Part I, the more important names occurring in The Silmarillion are not given explanatory definitions; and references sometimes include passages where the person or place is not actually named.

  Ælfhâm (Old English) ‘Elfhome’. 301–2. See Eldaros.

  Ælfheah (Old English) Companion of Ælfwine; called ‘the fatherless’. 315–16, 320, 323, 330, 332–4. (Replaced Gelimer.)

  Ælfred of Wessex (language of) 301

  Ælfwine (Old English) ‘Elf-friend’. 278, 300–5, 307–11, 313–23, 325, 327, 329–34. ‘The Æfwine story’ 300, 303, 305, 310–12. 323, 326. See Eldairon, Lúthien (1).

  Aelin-uial ‘Meres of Twilight’. 217, 249. (Replaced Umboth-muilin, the Pools of Twilight.)

  Afros River in Tol Eressëa, joining the Gruir at the bridge of Tavrobel (see 288). 284, 287

  Agarwaen ‘Blood-stained’, name given to himself by Túrin in Nargothrond. 128

  Ailios Earlier name of Gilfanon. 69–70, 144–5, 221–2, 228, 242–3, 256, 284, 294

  Ainulindalë 219. See Music of the Ainur.

  Ainur Singular Ainu 15, 32, 36, 113, 177, 198; Ainu Melko 15, 18, 33; Ainu of Evil 22. Plural Ainu 202, 264; Ainur 151–2, 165, 174, 197, 202, 204, 218–19. See Gar Ainion, Music of the Ainur, Valar.

  Airin Wife of Brodda; called Faiglindra, Firilanda, ‘of the long hair’ (90, 93). 89–91, 93, 126–8. Later form Aerin 126–7

  Alalminórë ‘Land of Elms’, region of England (Warwickshire) and of Tol Eressëa. 292, 313, 324, 327

  Albion Used once of Luthany (England). 304

  Alley of Roses Street in Gondolin. 183

  Alqarámë ‘Swanwing’, Tuor’s ship. 254, 265. See Eärrámë, Swanwing.

  Aman 64, 266

  Ambarkanta ‘Shape of the World’ (cosmological work). 325

  Amillo Youngest of the great Valar, called also Ómar. 279

  Amnon ‘the prophet’. 184. See I. 172.

  Amon Darthir A peak in the range of Ered Wethrin. 126

  Amon Ethir ‘Hill of Spies’, east of Nargothrond. 128, 135. See Hill of Spies.

  Amon Gwareth ‘Hill of Watch’ on which Gondolin was built. 158–60, 163, 166, 168, 171, 175–6, 178, 180, 189, 196, 207, 212. See Hill of Watch.

  Amon Obel Hill in the Forest of Brethil. 135

  Amras Son of Fëanor. 251. (Replaced Díriel.)

  Amrod Son of Fëanor. 251. (Replaced Damrod.)

  Anach Pass leading down from Taur-nu-Fuin. 211

  Ancient Mariner See Man of the Sea.

  Anfauglith 57, 62. See Dor-nu-Fauglith.

  Angainu The great chain in which Melko was bound. 19, 46; Angaino 68

  Angali Angles. 306

  Angamandi ‘Hells of Iron’. 13–14, 18, 21, 23, 29, 31–2, 34, 36, 43, 51, 56–8, 62, 68, 87, 94, 138, 223, 264, 280. See Angband, Hells of Iron.

  Angband 35, 43–5, 51, 57, 61–2, 65–6, 68, 72, 77, 79, 124, 140, 142, 206, 211, 213, 238, 241; Siege of Angband 209. See Angamandi, Hells of Iron.

  Angeln 294

  Angles 306. See Angali.

  Anglo-Saxon(s) 266, 305, 309, 323

  Angol ‘Ironcliffs’, Gnomish name of Eriol and of his homeland. 290–2, 294

  Angolcynn (Old English) The English people. 291; Angelcynn 300. See Engle, English.

  Angorodin The Iron Mountains. 77, 140. See Iron Mountains.

  Angrist Curufin’s knife, made by Telchar of Nogrod. 58

  Annael Grey-elf of Mithrim, fosterfather of Tuor. 205

  Annals of Valinor 300

  Arch of Heaven, the Arch See Heavenly Arch.

  Arch of Inwë Western entry to the Place of the Well in Gondolin. 182

  Ard-galen 62

  Aredhel Sister of Turgon, mother of Maeglin. 212. (Replaced Isfin.)

  Arlisgion ‘Place of Reeds’ above the mouths of Sirion. 153, 202, 217. See Lisgardh.

  Arminas Noldorin Elf who with Gelmir guided Tuor through the Gate of the Noldor and afterwards brought the warning of Ulmo to Nargothrond, 123, 125, 204

  Aros The river forded at Sarnathrod. 236–8, 251; identified with the river flowing past the caves of the Rodothlim, 236 (see 244 note 15).

  Artanor ‘The Land Beyond’, region afterwards named Doriath. 9, 13, 21, 30, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 52, 54, 56, 58–9, 61–5, 120–2, 127–9, 141–2, 223, 230–4, 236, 240, 243, 246, 248–51, 254, 276. See especially 61, and see Doriath, Land(s) Beyond. References to the protection of Artanor by the magic of the Queen: 9, 35–6, 43, 47–8, 63, 76, 122, 132, 137, 230–2, 249–50

  Arval An early name of Eöl. 220

  Arvalin 286

  Aryador ‘Land of Shadow’, name of Hisilómë among Men. 15, 42, 44, 50–1, 61, 70, 202, 249. See Dor Lómin, Hisilómë, Hithlum, Land of Shadow(s), Mathusdor.

  Asgon Earlier name of (Lake) Mithrim. 70, 88, 202, 204, 263. See Mithrim.

  Atlantic Ocean 261

  Aulë 19, 46, 174, 218, 269, 272

  Auredhir Son of Dior. 240–1, 251

  Ausir (1) ‘The Wealthy’, name of Dior. 240, 244, 251. (2) A boy of Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva. 5, 7–8, 40–2, 50, 59, 311

  Avari 64

  Avon, River 295–6

  Bablon Gnomish form of Babylon. 196, 203, 214; Babylon 203, 214

  Bad Uthwen The Way of Escape into the plain of Gondolin. 189, 203; earlier Bad Uswen, Bad Usbran 203. See Way of Escape.

  Balar, Isle of 209

  Balcmeg Orc slain by Tuor in Gondolin. 181

  Balrog(s) 15, 34, 44, 67, 85, 156, 169–70, 174–6, 178–84, 186, 189, 193–4, 212–13, 216. Numbers of, 170, 179, 184, 213; described, 169, 181, 194, 212–13. See Malkarauki.

  Bansil ‘Fair-gleam’, the Tree of Gondolin with silver blossom. 160, 184, 186, 203, 207, 214, 216; later form Banthil 203. See Belthil.

  Barad-dûr 67

  Baragund Father of Morwen. 139

  Barahir Father of Beren. 43, 51. (Replaced Egnor.)

  Battle of Unnumbered Tears Called also the Battle of Tears, of Uncounted Tears, of Lamentation, and the great battle. 9–10, 17, 43–5, 65–6, 70, 73, 77, 83–4, 88, 91, 101, 120–1, 140, 142, 157, 198, 200, 208–9, 216, 218. See Nieriltasinwa, Nínin-Udathriol.

  Bay of Faëry See Faëry.

  Bee of Azure Sirius. 282; Blue Bee 28
1. See Nielluin.

  Belaurin Gnomish form of Palúrien. 281, 328; Belawryn 310

  Belcha Gnomish name of Melko. Belcha Morgoth 44, 67

  Beleg 21, 47, 59, 62, 73, 76–83, 102, 118, 121–4, 141–2. Called ‘wood-ranger’, ‘hunter’, ‘huntsman’ 73, 76–7, 81, 123; a Noldo 78, 122–3; later surname Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’ 59, 62, 124

  Belegost City of the Indrafang Dwarves. 230–1, 235, 244–8; Ost Belegost 244

  Beleriand 64, 128, 205, 217, 245, 324; Drowning of Beleriand 251, 324

  Belerion Harbour in the west of Britain. 313–15, 317, 322, 324, 330–3

  Belthil The Tree of Gondolin with silver flowers, made by Turgon. 207. See Bansil.

  Belthronding The bow of Beleg. 123

  Beorn Uncle of Ottor Wfre (Eriol). 290–1, 294. See Hasen of Isenóra.

  Beowulf 298, 323; J. R. R. Tolkien, On Translating Beowulf, 331

  Beren 11–19, 21–31, 33–41, 43–5, 48–9, 52–63, 65–8, 71–3, 116, 123–4, 137, 139–40, 144–5, 215, 223, 231, 233–43, 246, 248–51, 259, 330. Called the One-handed, of the One Hand (see Ermabwed, Elmavoitë); Beren of the Hills 49; huntsman of the Noldoli, of the woods 13, 237. For Beren as Man or Elf see 52, 116, 139, 215, 248

  Bethos Chief of the Woodmen. 101–2, 106, 111, 130, 142; Bethos’ wife (a Noldo) 101, 130

  Bidding of the Minstrel, The (poem) 269–71; associated outline 261–2, 265

  Bior Man of the Ythlings who accompanied Ælfwine. 319, 321–2, 331–2, 334

  Bitter Hills See Iron Mountains.

  Blacksword Name of Túrin among the Rodothlim (later Nargothrond). 84, 128. See Mormagli, Mormakil, Mormegil.

  Blessed Realm(s) 34, 82, 266

  Blue Bee See Bee of Azure.

  bo-Dhuilin, bo-Dhrauthodavros, bo-Rimion ‘son of’ Duilin, etc.; see the names. (bo- replaced go-).

  Bodruith Lord of Belegost. 230–1, 234–5, 246–7

  Brandir 130–4. (Replaced Tamar.)

  Brethil, Forest of 125, 130, 132, 135, 141