S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth loc. “Isle of Werewolves”
The name of Tol Sirion after it was inhabited by Sauron and his minions, translated “Isle of Werewolves” (S/156), a combination of tol(l) “island”, the plural in of the definite article i¹ and the class-plural of gaur “werewolf” using the suffix hoth “host” (SA/gaur, hoth).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was Tol-na-Gaurhoth (SM/311, LR/284).
References ✧ LBI; LR/300; LT2I; MRI; S/156; SA/gaur, hoth; SI; UT/54; UTI; WJ/54; WJI
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| tol(l) | “island, (high steep-sided) isle” | ✧ UT/54 (Tol) | |
| i¹ | “the” | plural | ✧ UT/54 (in) |
| gaur | “werewolf” | ✧ SA/gaur; UT/54 (Gaurhoth) | |
| hoth | “host, horde” | ✧ SA/hoth |
N. Tol-na-Gaurhoth loc. “Isle of Werewolves”
References ✧ LR/133, 284, 300, 407; LRI; SM/311, 319; SMI; WJI/Tol-in-Gaurhoth
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| toll | “island, isle” | ✧ LR/284 (Tol) | |
| na | “with, by; of” | ✧ LR/284 | |
| gaur | “werewolf” | class-plural | ✧ LR/284 (Gaurhoth) |