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tûr (Sindarin) "power, mastery"

[edit] Etymology

Possible Old Sindarin word *tûre < root TUR[1]

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  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies

tûr (Rohirric) element meaning "people"[1]

[edit] Etymology

It is derived from a possible root *TUR, which could be related or unrelated to the Elvish root TUR, signifying "mastery"

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[edit] Other versions

Tûr is also an alternative name of Tuor.

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  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth p. 53

Tûr "mound", "barrow" in Haladin (in Tûr Haretha).

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