S. #aeg adj. and n. “sharp; *point” (Category: Sharp)
A Sindarin word for “sharp” (SA/nár), an element in various mountain-related words like aeglir “line of peaks” (RC/11) and Crissaegrim (S/121). As such, it might also be used as a noun “point”, as in Aeglos “Snow-point” = “Icicle” (SA/Aeglos; LotRI/Aeglos). In the name Aegnor it was used as the equivalent of Q. aica “fell, terrible, dire” as a translation of his Quenya name Aicanáro “Fell Fire”, but according to Tolkien Sindarin aeg did not have this sense (PM/347). As such, Aegnor could be interpreted as “Sharp Flame” (MR/323).
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s this word was given as N. oeg “sharp, pointed, piercing” under the root ᴹ√AYAK of similar meaning, with N. oeglir a precursor to S. aeglir (Ety/AYAK). This 1930s version reflected the Noldorin sound change of ai to oe, as opposed to Sindarin ai to ae.
Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. aig “high, steep” connected to ᴱQ. aiqa “steep”, with ᴱN. aiglir “(mountain) peak” another precursor to S. aeglir (PE13/136, 158). The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. aisc “sharp, bitter”, also a noun meaning “sharp edge of a blade” (GL/18). Elsewhere in GL it had a variant esc “sharp point, sharp edge” derived from ᴱ✶aith-k and a blending of ᴱ√aχa with ᴱ√eke “point”.
References ✧ PM/347; SA/nár
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N. oeg adj. “sharp, pointed, piercing” (Category: Sharp)
Reference ✧ Ety/AYAK ✧ “sharp, pointed, piercing”
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| ᴹ√AYAK > oeg | [ajka] > [aika] > [aik] > [aig] > [oeg] | ✧ Ety/AYAK |
ᴱN. aig adj. “high, steep” (Category: High)
References ✧ PE13/136, 158
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| aigin | plural | ✧ PE13/158 |
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