S. #agar n. “blood” (Category: Blood)
A noun for “blood” appearing as an element in the name Agarwaen (S/210). It’s later etymology is unclear.
Conceptual Development: An earlier iteration of the name was N. {Iarvael >>} N. Iarwath “Blood-stained” from The Etymologies of the 1930s, where the element was N. iâr “blood” from the root ᴹ√YAR of the same meaning (Ety/YAR). Tolkien considered changing the root to ᴹ√YOR and the Noldorin form to iûr (EtyAC/YAR). This seems to be transient idea, since the name Iarwaeth “Bloodstained” appeared in the Grey Annals from the early 1950s (WJ/83) before ultimately being replaced by Agarwaen (WJ/142).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d stick to the better-described sereg for “blood”.
Reference ✧ S/210 ✧ “blood”
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N. iâr n. “blood” (Category: Blood)
References ✧ Ety/YAR; EtyAC/YAR
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| ᴹ√YAR > iâr | [jār] | ✧ Ety/YAR |
| ᴹ√YOR > iûr | [jōr] > [jūr] | ✧ EtyAC/YAR |