-dor is a Sindarin suffix,[1] meaning "king, lord".[2] As seen in earlier Noldorin, the word is actually taur,[3] but only the lenited form is seen in examples.
Examples
- Arador = "Noble lord"
- Celebrindor = "Silver lord"
- Gildor = "Star lord"
- Gwindor = "New lord"
- Meneldor = "Lord of the Heavens"
- Thorondor = "King of Eagles"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972), p. 427
- ↑ . "S. -dor suf.". Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon. Retrieved 15 October 2022
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries "KHŌ-N", "TĀ"