11.27 to Destroy
- ᴱQ. faikar n. “destroyer, ⚠️slayer; bane”
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A word appearing as ᴱQ. faikar in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as the equivalent of G. fecthir “destroyer, slayer; bane” which in turn was derived from G. fectha- “destroy, ruin, spoil” (GL/34).
Neo-Quenya: I have coined ᴺQ. fehta- “destroy” inspired by the Gnomish verb G. fectha-, so I would update this noun to ᴺQ. fehtar “destroyer”. For “slayer” I would instead use nehtar or [ᴺQ.] nahtar as agental forms of the verb nahta- “slay”.
- Q. nancar- v. “to undo, ⚠️*destroy”
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A verb for “undo” appearing in notes from around 1959 as a combination of nan- “back (again)” and car- “do” (PE17/166).
Neo-Quenya: Helge Fauskanger also used this verb to mean “destroy” in his Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT), but I prefer ᴺQ. fehta- this meaning; see that entry for discussion.
- Q. nwar- [ñ-] v. “to fret, wear away, [ᴹQ.] erode; *worry about [with reflexive + dative]; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] to gnaw”
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A verb that appeared in both the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) of the 1940s and the Outline of Phonology (OP2) of the 1950s, respectively as [ᴹQ.] ñwara- “gnaw, erode, wear away” (OP1: PE19/36) and ñware “frets, wears away” (OP2: PE19/76), in both cases as an example of the development of the initial nasalized-stop ñgw becoming a simple nasal nw.
Conceptual Development: Given the 1930s gloss “gnaw”, Tolkien may have initially felt that this form was related to (and perhaps replaced) ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” from in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NYAD). The “gnaw” sense seems to have been abandoned by the 1950s.
Neo-Quenya: I would ignore the 1930s gloss “gnaw”, and just use nwar- for “fret, wear away, erode”. In a post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) on 2024-04-21, Luinyelle and Parmandil suggested it might also be used to mean “worry about” in combination with a reflexive + dative, as in nwaren imne i orcoron “I worry about the orcs, (lit.) I fret myself on the orcs”.
- ᴱQ. qelme v. “ruin, utter end, perdition, ⚠️end, death”
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A noun appearing as ᴱQ. qelme “ruin, utter end, perdition, end, death” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QELE “perish, die, decay, fail” (QL/76).
Neo-Quenya: The root √KWEL “fade, die away, grow faint” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, so I would retain ᴺQ. quelmë “ruin, utter end, perdition” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but would use other words for “death” and “end”.
- S. dangar- [nd-] v. “to undo”
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A verb for “undo” appearing in notes from around 1959 as a combination of dan “back again” and car- “do” (PE17/166).
- G. fectha- v. “to destroy, ruin, spoil”
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A verb appearing as G. fectha- “destroy, ruin, spoil” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to G. fêg “bad, poor, wretched” (GL/34) and thus probably based on an unattested the early root *ᴱ√FEKE.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this verb as ᴺS. feitha- “destroy, ruin, spoil” based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√PHEK, with the vocalization of ekth to eith.
- G. fecthir n. “destroyer, ⚠️slayer; bane”
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An archaic noun appearing as G. †fecthir “destroyer, slayer; bane” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on G. fectha- “destroy” (GL/34). Tolkien also had fecthir = fedron, but this was deleted.
Neo-Sindarin: Since I adapt the verb form as ᴺS. feitha- “destroy”, I would adapt the noun as ᴺS. feithor “destroyer”, but for “slayer, bane” I would use S. dagnir.
- G. teraith n. “waste, ruin, destruction”
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A noun appearing as G. teraith or tereth “waste, ruin, destruction” in the Gnomish Lexicon related to the verb G. tertha- “devour, destroy” (GL/70).
Neo-Sindarin: Since I retain ᴺS. tertha- “destroy” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this noun as ᴺS. terthas “waste, ruin, destruction” to more closely align to the verb.
- G. tertha- v. “to destroy, †(orig.) fill with holes; ⚠️to devour”
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A verb appearing as G. tertha- or tercha- “devour, destroy” in the Gnomish Lexicon, perhaps related to G. terch “worm” [= “*worm eaten”] (GL/70) and thus ultimately derived from the early root ᴱ√TEŘE “pierce, boring” (PME/91).
Neo-Sindarin: Since √TER “pierce” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺS. tertha- “destroy” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, originally with the sense “*fill with holes”, but for “devour” I would use ᴺS. ammad-.