-or

ending referring to persons or animals used after n

pl1. -yr suff. masc. ending referring to persons or animals used after n. >> -on

-or

suffix. agental suffix

Element in

• S. magor “swordsman” ✧ LotR/0081

-on

suffix. masculine suffix

A masculine suffix and ending in male names (PE17/43, 141; WJ/400), probably related to the masculine ending or agental suffix ✶-on(do) (NM/353; Ety/KAL). It becomes -or when following an n (PE17/141).

Conceptual Development: N. -on was often use as a male suffix in the Noldorin of the 1930s and 40s. In Gnomish of the 1910s, it seems G. -os was another common male suffix in words such as G. ainos “(male) god” from neuter G. ain “god” (GL/18) and G. hethos “brother” from neuter G. heth “✱sibling” (GL/48-49), though masculine G. -(r)on was still more common in this early period.

Cognates

• Q. -ndo “masculine agent”

Derivations

• ✶-on(do) “masculine ending”

Element in

• S. aphadon “follower”
• S. Astoron
• ᴺS. cirion “sailor, shipman”
• S. Daeron
• S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
• S. Erchamion “One-handed”
• S. Firion “(Male) Mortal” ✧ WJ/387
• S. Galadhon
• S. Saelon
• S. tauron “forester”
• S. thalion “strong, dauntless, strong, dauntless; [N.] hero, dauntless man; [ᴱN.] warrior”
• S. Thennor “*Grey-Elf (m.)” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
• S. Yssion “Ossë” ✧ WJ/400

Variations

• -on ✧ PE17/141; WJ/387; WJ/400
• -or ✧ PE17/141

-(r)on

suffix. agental suffix

Element in

• ᴺS. aeron “saint”
• ᴺS. caron “actor, agent, doer, maker”
• ᴺS. eithron “*spearman, [ᴱN.] warrior”
• S. Girithron “December, *Shuddering-one”
• S. Gwaeron “March, *Windy-one”
• S. Lothron “May, *Flower-ness”
• ᴺS. mavron “shepherd, herdsman”
• S. ogron “wicked or evil person” ✧ PE17/170

Variations

• -ron ✧ PE17/170

raegdan

noun. sinner

Elements

Word	Gloss
raeg	“wrong, [G.] awry, twisted, distorted, perverse, leering (of face)”
tân	“builder, smith, wright, artificer”

rhugaron

noun. sinner

Elements

Word	Gloss
rhugar	“evil deed, evil deed, *sin”