List of Middle-earth Weapons and Armour - Terminology

Terminology

Tolkien devised several constructed languages with terms for types of weapons.

  • Sword: Noldorin Sindarin: magl, magol, North Sindarin magor, Quenya: makil, macil, Noldorin Sindarin: crist.
  • Dagger, Knife: Noldorin Sindarin: sigil, Quenya: sicil
  • Axe: North Sindarin: hathol, Quenya: pelekko, Khuzdul: baruk (construct state: reconstructed singular burk )
  • Spear: Quenya: hatal also ehte
  • Bow: Noldorin Sindarin: peng also poetically ("arch"), Quenya: quinga.

Tolkien also devised terms for specific makes of weapons, like lango (broad sword), eket, ecet (short sword), and lhang (cutlass, sword). Lhang was used for a large two-handed, curved-bladed sword with a long handle used by Elves in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

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