A name for Aragorn (LotR/1061), it is simply the noun estel “hope” used as a name (PE17/117).
Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, this name first appeared as S. Amin (PM/269).
amin
masculine name. Hope
estel
masculine name. Hope
amdir
noun. hope based on reason
estel
noun. hope, trust, a temper of mind, steady fixed in purpose, and difficult to dissuade and unlikely to fall into despair or abandon its purpose
estel
noun. hope
n. hope. ónen i·Estel Edain 'I gave the "Hope" (to) Men'.
hartha-
verb. to hope
harthad
gerund noun. hope
amdir
hope
1) (based on reason) amdir (no distinct pl. form). Literally an "up-looking". 2) (closer in meaning to ”faith”) estel (trust, steady purpose), pl. estil, 3) (noun) harthad (i charthad, o charthad), pl. herthaid (i cherthaid)
amdir
hope
(no distinct pl. form). Literally an "up-looking".
estel
hope
(trust, steady purpose), pl. estil
hartha
hope
(verb) #hartha- (i chartha, i charthar). Verbal stem isolated from the apparent gerund harthad, ”hope” as noun.
hartha
hope
(i chartha, i charthar). Verbal stem isolated from the apparent gerund harthad, ”hope” as noun.
harthad
hope
(i charthad, o charthad), pl. herthaid (i cherthaid)
A rejected name for Aragorn, changed to Estel (PM/269). It is probably a variant of amdir (MR/320).