Blarm (Bl. "Talk") was the internal name (endonym) of the Hillman language. It was sometimes represented in MERP by modified (middle) Welsh or modified Irish/Scottish Gaelic.
Abbreviation: Bl. (or Hi. for "Hillman")
Names in MERP[]
A number of names in MERP are taken from Welsh and therefore thought to be derived from the Blarm or Dunael language, for example:
- Argoed (Wel. "(Place) at the Edge of the Wood")
- Cameth Brin (Wel. Camyth Bryn = "Crooked Hill")
- Coed Prenwyn (Wel. "White-tree Wood")
- Coed Drug (Wel. "Evilwood")
- Mebion Bron (Wel. Meibion Bran "Sons of the Raven")
- Morva Tarth (Wel. Morfa Tarth "Marsh of Mist")
- Nothva Rhaglaw (Wel. Noddfa Rhaglaw "Refuge of the Regent")
- Penmorva (Wel. Penmorfa "Head of the Marsh")
- Safin Rhaglaw (Wel. Ceunant Rhaglaw "Regent’s Gorge")
- Tanoth Brin - (Wel. Taneth Bryn = "Beneath/Underneath [a] Hill")
- Thuin Boid (Wel. Twyn Bod "Hill of the Dwelling")
The use of Welsh however is inconsistent within the MERP publications. Several words of the Hillman-tongue, such as the titles Targ or Targ-Arm, and the ancient name of the Hillmen, Ne Dreubhan (from Noi Treubhan) are actually based on Gaelic.
The Hillman Language in Lotro[]
In Lord of the Rings Online, the language of the Hillmen and Angmarrim is represented by Scottish Gaelic instead of Middle Welsh. In MERP sometimes Gaelic and Scots Gaelic were used to represent Breeish and Dunael.
Blarm Wordlist[]
- Acrosma - (acras, "hunger"?)
- Ail-Leagan - other laying? Stone-laying?
- Bâna-Flâhês - Elves, white furies (bán flaith, white princes?)
- Barc - bark, boat
- Beinn - hill
- Benhuis - (Beinn ?)
- Bhan - white
- Boghain - (Bocánaig Buck-people? or Boghain, "Own Bow"?)
- Braighe - hill (Bráighe , "upper part")
- Brocc - badger
- Caill - forest
- Càrn - Hill, stone-pile
- Carn-Dûm - mountain Fortress (Cárndun?)
- Carbh - deer, stag
- Ceann - Head
- Ceaird - Craftsman
- Ceartais - justice
- Cenaird - Chief (Ceannard, "Chief")
- Cill - temple (Irish: churchyard)
- Cillinn - chapel
- Coille - Forest
- Corcur - purple or knife-men?
- Crann - tree, wood
- Creg - (creag, "Rock, cliff"?)
- Creoth - Wounded
- Cromm - bent, crooked
- Cu-Saggha-Brath -
- Dachaidh - Home, dwelling
- Dachaidhean - homes
- Dair - maker, crafter
- Degmoid -
- Degmurg -
- Deglic -
- Dhier -
- Dun - Fort, Hill
- Duvardain - Cold-earth-gift?
- Eiginn - Violence, Force
- Famhair - Demon, Giant
- Feithan - (from feith, "stay, remain"? or feitheid, "Beast of prey"?)
- fian - semi-independent Warband
- Ful Hiam - Berserker; traditional Warrior (fuil, "Blood"?)
- Glin a-Creag - (Gleann na Creige, “Valley of the Crag”)
- Glin a-Rhua - (Gleann Ruadh, “Red Valley”)
- Kalth - (Kilt, "tucked together"? caille, "veil"?)
- kern - Warrior
- Kullodoo - (Kilt, "tucked together"? caille, "veil"?)
- Maccs-Rhua -
- Maes Fao -
- Mag Tuira - (Magtuireadh Plain of Towers?)
- Magtuma - (ma, "Hand"?)
- Maighba - (maighistir, "Master"?)
- Malm Bairg -
- Mhor - Great
- Mong-Finn - (Mongfind, "White Mane")
- mùr - Host, countless Number
- nasc - Ring
- finnfiar - white deer
- Noi Trevan - nine tribes
- Pen-Drebi -
- Pen-Hag -
- Pen-Hum -
- Rhudaur - red sky?
- Rrogga a Barg-moigh -
- Sruth Boghain - (Sruth nam Bocan “Stream of the Ghosts”)
- Taigh - House
- Talugdaeri - Talamh Dairireach, "tumultous earth?" Or Talla Dairy,"Root Hall"?
- Ta-fa-lish
- Targadh -
- Targadh-Arm - War-Chief
- Targadh - Ruler, Hill-Chief (Targadh, "ruling, governing, assembly")
- Tech - House
- Torr - Tower
- Trev - Tribe (Treubh)
- Trev Gallorg - lowland-Tribe? Tribe of the valorous way?
- Triach - (triath, "lord, chief"?)
- Troichean Armchleasaiche - “Battle-expert Dwarves”
- Trow or Drow - Trolls and Goblins
- Uireas - below
- Wegech - a Witch or Conjurer (Buitseach?)
References[]
- Arnor Name Glossary, David Salo, Chris Seeman, Arden Smith; published in: Other Hands Issue 15 and 16 Supplement.