gar is a Noldorin word of uncertain meaning.
The word appears in two places:
- in a phrase on a draft of Thrór's Map: "Lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh"[1]
- in an Elvish poem published in The Monsters and the Critics: "[...] Damrod dir hanach dalath benn gar meilien [...]"[2]
David Kiltz has suggested that gar likely means "to go", or something similar.[3] Hammond and Scull also appear to translate gar as "go" in their translation of the phrase on the draft of Thrór's Map.[1]
Other versions of the legendarium
In the earlier Gnomish, gar means "place, district".[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays, "A Secret Vice", p. 217
- ↑ David Kiltz, Noldorin _gar_ (message 512) (dated 30 October 2003) at Elfling
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Dor Faidwen"