S. fang n. “beard” (Category: Beard)
The Sindarin word for “beard”, best known as an element in the name S. Fangorn “Treebeard, (lit.) beard of tree” (LotR/1131, PE17/84). The word dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where it appeared as G. fang “a long beard” (GL/34), though in that document it had a rejected variant bang “beard” (GL/21). ᴱN. fang “beard” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/143), and N. fang “beard” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SPANAG (Ety/SPÁNAG). Thus this word was well established in Tolkien’s mind.
Reference ✧ PE17/84 ✧ “beard”
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N. fang n. “beard” (Category: Beard)
Reference ✧ Ety/SPÁNAG ✧ “beard”
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| ON. sphanga > fang | [sɸaŋga] > [ɸaŋga] > [faŋga] > [faŋg] > [faŋ] | ✧ Ety/SPÁNAG |
ᴱN. fang n. “beard” (Category: Beard)
References ✧ PE13/143, 156
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G. fang n. “(long) beard” (Category: Beard)
References ✧ GL/21, 34; LT2A/Fangluin, Indrafang
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