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Table of Contents

• Frontispiece
• Preface
• Author’s Foreword
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Definitions                                                                                           

• Part I: Linguistic Masques
  • Khamûl, the Shadow of the East
  • Míriel (Jewel-woman)
  • Finwë
  • Fëanor
  • Gong (A Tribe of Orcs)
  • The Black Breath
    • Originally published in Beyond Bree, January 2017
  • Kingsfoil
    • Originally published in Beyond Bree, February 2017

• Part II: The Story Behind the Name
  • The Name of the Sun (Maiden)
    • Originally published in Beyond Bree, June 2017
  • Tilion ‘the Horned’
    • Originally published in Beyond Bree, July 2017
  • Rinthilios
  • Minethlos
  • A Tale of Two Men in the Moon
  • Ilurambar (World Walls | Walls of the World)
  • White
  • Anc-alagon (Dragon Name)
  • Homo Loquens
  • The Divine Mannus
    • Originally published in Beyond Bree, October 2017, revised, expanded
  • Dunland
  • Africa

  Part III: The Bones of the Oxen in Tolkien’s Linguistic Soup    117

  • MBAR–
  • Barad (fortress)
  • DÓRON– (oak)
  • EK–, EKTE– (spear)
  • i Falas (The West Coast of Beleriand)
  • Fír (mortals)
  • Frog
  • Glan (border, boundary)
  • Green
  • IS– (know)
  • KHER– (rule, govern)
  • LAW– (warm)
  • LILT– (dance)
  • Lingwe (Fish)
  • LOK– (dragon)
  • LUT– (float, swim)
  • MAT– (eat)
  • Melko (an early name for Melkor)
  • Name
  • Nér (Man)
  • Oxford
  • POTŌ– (animal’s foot)
  • Rocco (horse)
  • RIG– (crown)
  • From Pincup to Kópas Alqaluntë
  • Swan
  • Taliska(n)
  • Tavrobel
  • Vairë (The Weaver)
  • A Woc in a Mooreeffoc
  • Woman
                                                                                     
• Appendices
  • A – Grādīvus
  • B – The Legend of Finn and the Salmon of Knowledge
  • C – Arabian Nights
  • D – Votive Tablets: Roman Antiquities at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, Plate XX
• Illustration Credits
• Index
• About the Art
• About the Artist
• About the Author