Ilk. Ermabuin m. “One-handed”
Predecessor to the name S. Erchamion. In The Etymologies, the form Ermab(r)in “One-handed” was marked Ilkorin (Ety/MAP), and the similar form Ermabuin from the narratives may also be Ilkorin, since it appeared beside the Ilkorin name Mablosgen “Empty-handed” (LR/131). This name is a compound of er “one”, mâb “hand” and a variation of the adjective suffix -en. The u might be explained as a fossilized dual element [u], but the absence of this vowel in The Etymologies may mean that Tolkien rejected it in the Ilkorin form of the name.
See S. Erchamion for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/MAP; EtyAC/MAP; LR/131, 146, 405; LRI; SM/310; SMI/Erchamion, Ermabwed
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| *er | “one” | |
| mâb | “hand” | ✧ Ety/MAP; EtyAC/MAP (mâb) |
| *-en | “adjectival suffix” |
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ᴱN. Ermabwed m. “One-handed”
References ✧ LB/119, 121; LBI/Erchamion, Ermabwed; SM/113, 297, 310; SMI
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G. Ermabwed m. “One-handed”
References ✧ LT2/34; LT2A/Elmavoitë, Ermabwed; LT2I/Elmavoitë, Ermabwed
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| mabwed | “handed, having hands, dextrous” | ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed |
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