THAW
From Tolkien Gateway
THAW is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "cruel".[1][2]
Derivatives[edit | edit source]
- Primitive Quendian: þaurā ("detestable")[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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), p. 184 (root appearing as "THAW-")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967), p. 380