S. Angrist pn. “Iron-cleaver”
Beren’s knife (S/177), translated in the Silmarillion Index as “Iron-cleaver” (SI/Angrist), a combination of ang “iron” and the lenited form grist of crist “cleaver” (SA/anga, ris).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was already as N. Angrist at its first appearance (LR/303).
References ✧ LT2I; SA/anga, ris; SI
Glosses
Elements
| ang | “iron” | ✧ SA/anga | |
| crist | “cleaver” | soft-mutation | |
| √RIS | “cut, cleave” | ✧ SA/ris | |
N. Angrist pn. “Iron-cleaver”
References ✧ LR/303; LRI
Elements
| ang | “iron” | |
| crist | “cleaver, sword” | soft-mutation |