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ᴺS. !mavron n. “shepherd, herdsman” (Category: Herdsman)

ᴺS. !mavron, n. “shepherd, herdsman” (Category: Herdsman)

A neologism for “shepherd, herdsman” coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of ᴺS. maf “sheep” and the agental suffix -(r)on, replacing Gnomish words G. mathron and G. mothweg.

Elements

!maf “sheep”
S. #-(r)on “agental suffix”

G. mastir n. “*shepherdess”

See G. mathron for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/56

Related

Elements

moth “sheep”
#-(n)ir “(feminine) agent”

G. mathron n. “herd, herdsman, shepherd” (Category: Herdsman)

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “herd, herdsman, shepherd”, an agental form of G. moth “sheep”, with a variant mastir which is probably the feminine form “*shepherdess” (GL/56). The gloss “herd” is reinforced by the fact that Tolkien equated it to G. nethron “herd” (GL/60).

References ✧ GL/56, 60

Glosses

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Elements

moth “sheep”
#-(r)on “agental suffix”

G. mothweg n. “shepherd” (Category: Herdsman)

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “shepherd”, a combination of G. moth “sheep” and the masculine suffix G. -weg “herd” (GL/58).

References ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Uin

Glosses

Elements

moth “sheep” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Uin
-weg “masculine suffix”

Cognates