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'''''thalion''''' is a noun meaning "a person who is steadfast" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare with ''[[thelion]]'', "resolute, unwavering".
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'''''thalion''''' is a word glossed as "strong, dauntless, steadfast" ([[Sindarin]]).<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> and "hero, dauntless man" ([[Noldorin]]; pl. ''thelyn'')<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 388</ref>


'''Thalion''', "'''The Steadfast'''", was the surname given to two characters in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien's]] [[legendarium]]:
==Etymology==
* [[Húrin Thalion|Húrin]] son of [[Galdor of Dor-lómin|Galdor]], the last [[Lord of Dor-lómin]]. He was called "The Steadfast" for his unbending will against the tortures of [[Morgoth]]
In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', Noldorin ''thalion'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''stalgondō'', from root [[STÁLAG]].<ref name=LR/>
* [[Mardil Voronwë]], the first [[Ruling Steward]] of [[Gondor]]. He was called "The Steadfast" for  preventing civil war by taking up the rulership of Gondor


== References ==
==As a Name==
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* [[Húrin]] son of [[Galdor (Lord of Dor-lómin)|Galdor]], the last [[Lord of Dor-lómin]] was called '''Thalion''', "The Steadfast" for his unbending will against the tortures of [[Morgoth]].<ref name=LR/>
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]
* [[Mardil|Mardil Voronwë]], the first [[Ruling Steward]] of [[Gondor]] was called "The Steadfast" for preventing civil war by taking up the rulership of Gondor.


[[Category: Sindarin words]]
==See also==
[[Category: Epithets]]
*''[[thelion]]''
 
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Revision as of 05:27, 22 October 2012

thalion is a word glossed as "strong, dauntless, steadfast" (Sindarin).[1][2] and "hero, dauntless man" (Noldorin; pl. thelyn)[3]

Etymology

In the Etymologies, Noldorin thalion derives from Primitive Quendian stalgondō, from root STÁLAG.[3]

As a Name

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 388