saura

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saura is a Quenya word. There are least two different accounts of its meaning:

"foul, evil-smelling, putrid" (from root THUS);^[1] "foul, vile" (from root SAWA).^[2]
"cruel" (from root THAW-).^[2]

Examples

Sauron

Cognates

Sindarin saur

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 393 (entry THUS-)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 183-4

[1] J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 393 (entry THUS-)

[PE17-2] 2.0 ^2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 183-4

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