S. Glamhoth coll. “Orcs, (lit.) Din-horde, Host of Tumult”
A collective term for Orcs, translated “din-horde” or “host(s) of tumult” (UT/54, MR/109, PE17/39). This name is combination of glam “din, uproar” and hoth “host, horde” (WJ/391, SA/hoth). This term was sufficiently common that it was generalized into another word for Orc: glamog (WJ/391).
Conceptual Development: The term G. Glamhoth was used for Orcs in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/160), but at this early stage was translated “People of Dreadful Hate” with its initial element being G. glâm “hate” (GL/39). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien revised the derivation of N. Glamhoth so that its initial element was N. glamm “shouting, confused noise; barbarous speech” (Ety/GLAM), and the term retained essentially the same derivation in later writings.
References ✧ MR/109, 195; MRI; PE17/39; SA/hoth; UT/39, 54; UTI; WJ/391; WJI
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| glam | “din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts” | ✧ WJ/391 | |
| hoth | “host, horde” | ✧ PE17/39; SA/hoth | |
| glamog | “orc” | plural | ✧ WJI/Glamhoth (Glam) |
Element In
N. Glamhoth coll. “Orcs, (lit.) Barbaric Host”
References ✧ Ety/GLAM, KHOTH, ÑGAL; LR/233; LRI; PE21/57; SM/82; SMI
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| glamm | “shouting, confused noise; barbarous speech” | ✧ Ety/GLAM; Ety/ÑGAL | |
| hoth | “host, crowd; group plural” | ✧ Ety/KHOTH | |
| ᴹ√KHOTH | “gather” | ✧ Ety/GLAM | |
Element In
ᴱN. Glamhoth coll. “People of Hate”
References ✧ LB/16; LBI; SM/12
Glosses
G. Glamhoth coll. “People of (Dreadful) Hate”
References ✧ GL/39; LT2/160; LT2A/Glamhoth; LT2I; PE13/102; PE15/25; QL/85
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| glâm | “hatred, loathing, fierce hate” | ✧ GL/39; LT2A/Glamhoth; PE13/102 (glam); PE15/25 (Glam) |
| hoth | “folk, people, †army” | ✧ LT2A/Glamhoth; PE13/102 |