Grond on The Web

While Gronding on the web the other day, I Googled the word 'grond' and decided to include the first LOTR related entry into the blog. It is this entry that I write about below. Surprisingly, in the top ten, only one is LOTR related, and only four are in English. Does the word 'grond' mean anything specific in other languages?

Regards,
Harshal Modi
GrondMaster.

The Encyclopedia of Arda, at http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/ is an interactive encyclopedia of JRR Tolkien's works. It includes two entries on 'Grond', parts of which are reproduced below.


http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/g/grond.html

Grond
The battering-ram that breached Minas Tirith’s Great Gate

Date: Seen at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in the hours after midnight on 15 March III 3019
Location: The Great Gate of Minas Tirith
Meaning: Ultimately from the Elvish grond, meaning 'club'

The battering ram used to destroy Minas Tirith's Great Gate during the Battle of the Pelennor. It took its name from the ancient weapon of Morgoth: Grond, the Hammer of the Underworld.


http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/g/grond2.html

Grond
The Hammer of the Underworld

Dates: Presumably, but not certainly, destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age
Meaning: 'Club'
Other Names: Hammer of the Underworld

Called the Hammer of the Underworld, Morgoth's mighty mace that he bore when he slew Fingolfin before the doors of Angband.


The blog will keep adding data about the 'Grond' as and when we grond new data about the Grond. Comments, Suggestions and Links are welcome. GrondMaster