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'''Arcastar''' (pron. {{IPA|[arˈkastar]}}) is the [[Quenya]] rendition of the surname [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] (German ''Tollkühn'' "foolhardy, reckless, desperately brave, rushbold")
'''''Arcastar''''' (pron. {{IPA|[arˈkastar]}}) is the [[Quenya]] rendition of the surname [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] (German ''Tollkühn'' "foolhardy, reckless, desperately brave, rushbold").


[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] signed as ''Arcastar [[Mondósar]]esse'' "Tolkien in Oxford" in a [[1968]] letter to the producer of the BBC documentary.
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] signed as ''Arcastar [[Mondósar]]esse'' "Tolkien in Oxford" in a [[1968]] letter to the producer of the [[BBC]] documentary ''[[Tolkien in Oxford]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=72920|articlename=Valuable Print Books and Manuscripts|dated=20 November 2008|website=Tolkienbook.net|accessed=23 September 2014}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The first element seems to be related to the word ''[[arauca]]'' "swift, rushed" or from the [[Sundocarmë|Root]] (A-[[RAK]]).


The second element which can be either *''astar'' or *''star'' must be from stem [[STAR]] "stiff, hard"
The exact meaning of ''Arcastar'' is unknown. [[Ryszard Derdziński]] has suggested that ''arcastar'' could possibly mean "translator" (or "one who carries across"), based on his research about the [[Tolkien Family|Tolkien family]] name.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Ryszard Derdziński]]|articleurl=http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/2017/06/arcastar-means-translator.html|articlename=''Arcastar'' means 'Translator'?|dated=16 June 2017|website=[http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/ tolkniety.blogspot.com]|accessed=17 June 2017}}</ref>
 
==See also==
 
* [[Lambengolmor (mailing list)|Lambengolmor]] discussion "Tolkien in Oxford": [https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c3604acad32fd587a39cb 9.32 (Anders Stenström)], [https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c3604acad32fd587a39cc 9.33 (Carl F. Hostetter)], [https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c3604acad32fd587a39cd 9.34 (Roman Rausch)], [https://tolklang.quettar.org/messages/lambengolmor-mirror/009nn/00949 9.49 (Jerome Colburn)].
 
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Latest revision as of 00:33, 18 January 2024

Arcastar (pron. [arˈkastar]) is the Quenya rendition of the surname Tolkien (German Tollkühn "foolhardy, reckless, desperately brave, rushbold").

J.R.R. Tolkien signed as Arcastar Mondósaresse "Tolkien in Oxford" in a 1968 letter to the producer of the BBC documentary Tolkien in Oxford.[1]

The exact meaning of Arcastar is unknown. Ryszard Derdziński has suggested that arcastar could possibly mean "translator" (or "one who carries across"), based on his research about the Tolkien family name.[2]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. "Valuable Print Books and Manuscripts" dated 20 November 2008, Tolkienbook.net (accessed 23 September 2014)
  2. Ryszard Derdziński, "Arcastar means 'Translator'?" dated 16 June 2017, tolkniety.blogspot.com (accessed 17 June 2017)