Eldamo : Quenya : nehtar

Q. #nehtar n. “slayer” (Category: to Kill)

Q. #nehtar, n. “slayer” (Category: to Kill): ᴱQ. faicar “destroyer, slayer; bane”

An element in Morinehtar “Darkness-slayer”, a name of one of the Blue Wizards (PM/384). It seems to be an agental form of nahta- “to slay”, but the reason why the vowel is e is unclear.

Reference ✧ PM/384 ✧ “slayer”

#nehtar “slayer” has a phonetic variation similar to #mehtar “warrior”

Elements

nahta-¹

“to slay; to hurt, injure, wound”

Element In

Q. Morinehtar “Darkness-slayer” ✧ PM/384

Cognates

S. dagnir “slayer, bane”