S. Bregalad m. “Quickbeam; (lit.) Quick (Lively) Tree”

S. Bregalad, m. “Quickbeam; (lit.) Quick (Lively) Tree”

Name of an Ent, translated “Quickbeam” in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/482), but elsewhere said to more literally mean “Quick (Lively) Tree” (PE17/82, RC/762). His name is most likely a combination of bregol “sudden” and galadh “tree”, probably influenced by Nan. galad (assuming the name is not itself Nandorin).

Conceptual Development: His name already N. Bregalad when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, with the same meaning (TI/419, WR/26).

References ✧ LotR/482; LotRI/Bregalad, Quickbeam; PE17/82; RC/762

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#bregol “quick, sudden” ✧ LotR/482 (breg-)
galadh “tree”

N. Bregalad m. “Quickbeam”

See S. Bregalad for discussion.

References ✧ TI/419; TII; WR/26; WRI

Glosses

Elements

bregol “violent, sudden, *fierce”
galadh “tree”