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'''Torhir Ifant''' wrote the ''[[Dorgannas Iaur]]'', a book of lore of the realms of [[Beleriand]]. Nothing else is known about this character.<ref>{{WJ|P2}}, p. 192</ref>
'''Torhir Ifant''' wrote the ''[[Dorgannas Iaur]]'', a book of lore of the realms of [[Beleriand]]. Nothing else is known about this character.<ref>{{WJ|P2}}, p. 192</ref>
==Etymology==
[[David Salo]] has suggested that ''Ifant'' is the same gloss as the [[Noldorin]] word ''[[ifant]]'' ("old").<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/5596|articlename=Re: Unvoiced nasals (message #5596)|dated=30 July 2001|website=Elfling|accessed=20 March 2013}}</ref>
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Torhir Ifant wrote the Dorgannas Iaur, a book of lore of the realms of Beleriand. Nothing else is known about this character.[1]

Etymology

David Salo has suggested that Ifant is the same gloss as the Noldorin word ifant ("old").[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion", p. 192
  2. David Salo, "Re: Unvoiced nasals (message #5596)" dated 30 July 2001, Elfling mailing list (accessed 20 March 2013)