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'''''hador''''' or '''''hadron''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "thrower of spears or darts". The word could also appear as a personal name, ''[[Hador (disambiguation)|Hador]]''.<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 363</ref>
'''''hador''''' or '''''hadron''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "thrower of spears or darts". The word could also appear as a personal name, ''[[Hador (disambiguation)|Hador]]''.<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 363</ref>


[[Tolkien]] continued to use the name ''Hador'' in the writings of the [[legendarium]] after the evolution from Noldorin to [[Sindarin]],<ref>{{WJ|14}}, p. 234</ref> although it is unknown if he intended the Noldorin meaning to be retained.
[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] continued to use the name ''Hador'' in the writings of the [[legendarium]] after the evolution from Noldorin to [[Sindarin]],<ref>{{WJ|14}}, p. 234</ref> although it is unknown if he intended the Noldorin meaning to be retained.


In both [[David Salo]]'s and [[Didier Willis]]'s [[Neo-Elvish|Neo-Sindarin]] wordlists, ''hador'' and ''hadron'' ("thrower") appear as valid Sindarin forms.<ref>{{HM|GS}}, p. 334</ref><ref>[[Didier Willis]], [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/english.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 20 July 2011)</ref>
In both [[David Salo]]'s and [[Didier Willis]]'s [[Neo-Elvish|Neo-Sindarin]] wordlists, ''hador'' and ''hadron'' ("thrower") appear as valid Sindarin forms.<ref>{{HM|GS}}, p. 334</ref><ref>[[Didier Willis]], [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/english.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 20 July 2011)</ref>
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The name Hador refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Hador (disambiguation).

hador or hadron is a Noldorin word meaning "thrower of spears or darts". The word could also appear as a personal name, Hador.[1]

Tolkien continued to use the name Hador in the writings of the legendarium after the evolution from Noldorin to Sindarin,[2] although it is unknown if he intended the Noldorin meaning to be retained.

In both David Salo's and Didier Willis's Neo-Sindarin wordlists, hador and hadron ("thrower") appear as valid Sindarin forms.[3][4]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 363
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", p. 234
  3. David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, p. 334
  4. Didier Willis, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary at Jrrvf.com (accessed 20 July 2011)