S. Mablung m. “Heavy Hand”
An Elf of Doriath whose name is translated “Heavy Hand” (S/185), a combination of mâb “hand” (VT47/7) and lung “heavy”. In some late notes it was also translated “with Weighted Hand” (VT47/8).
Conceptual Development: When he first appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, this character’s name was already G. Mablung “Heavy-hand(ed)” (LT2/38, 231), and so it remained throughout Tolkien’s later writings. In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name Ilk. Mablung was designated Ilkorin, with the same derivation as given above (Ety/LUG¹, MAP). At this time, the Noldorin word for “heavy” was given as N. lhong, which would Sindarize as (ᴺS.) *long. This means that the name Mablung might be dialectical Sindarin; see S. lung for further discussion.
References ✧ LotRI; S/185; SI; UTI; VT47/8, 19; WJI
Glosses
Elements
| mâb | “hand” | ✧ VT47/7 |
| #lung | “heavy” | ✧ S/185 (#lung) |
Cognates
Ilk. Mablung m. “Heavy-hand”
References ✧ Ety/LUG¹, MAP; LRI; RS/183; RSI; SMI
Glosses
Variations
Related
Elements
| mâb | “hand” | ✧ Ety/MAP | |
| lung | “heavy” | ✧ Ety/LUG¹ | |
| ᴹ√MAP | “lay hold of with hand, seize” | ✧ Ety/LUG¹ | |
| ᴹ√LUG¹ | “be heavy” | ✧ Ety/MAP | |
Cognates
ᴱN. Mablung m. “Heavyhand”
References ✧ LB/311; LBI
Glosses
Elements
| mab | “hand” | |
| lhung | “heavy” | soft-mutation |
G. Mablung m. “Heavy-hand(ed)”
References ✧ LT2/38, 231; LT2A/Mablung; LT2I
Glosses
Elements
| mab | “hand(s)” | ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed |
| lung | “heavy; grave, serious” | ✧ LT2A/Mablung |