√SAD root. “strip, flay, peel off”
A root glossed “strip, flay, peel off” in notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from 1967-69 given to explain the second element of S. Calenhad as S. sâdh, with Tolkien stating that “dh” is generally represented as “d” in his maps (VT42/20). The root is mentioned nowhere else.
Reference ✧ VT42/20 ✧ “strip, flay, peel off”
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