amrod
masculine name. *High and Lofty
Amrod
Amrod (name)
Amrod's father-name was Pityafinwë, or "Little Finwë", as he was the youngest of the House of Finwë (debatably; Tolkien wavered on this point). The short form of his name was Pityo, "Little One". His mother-name was Ambarussa ("top-russet", referring to his hair). His twin Amras shared the same mother-name for a time (see Amras for further information).
Amrod seems like the Sindarization of Ambaráto although it was the name of his cousin Aegnor.
rain
noun. erratic wandering
rein
noun. erratic wandering
rain
wandering
rain (erratic, free). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border”. (VT46:10)
rain
wandering
(erratic, free). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”border”. (VT46:10)
ambarto
masculine name. *High and Lofty
A name that Fëanor gave his youngest son to replace his ominous-sounding mother-name Umbarto (PM/353-4). It is a compound of amba “up” and a masculinized form of the adjective arata “exalted, lofty”, so perhaps meant: “✱High and Lofty” (PM/353). It seems this name was Sindarized as S. Amrod. Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name ᴹQ. Nambarauto “Hammerer of Copper” is given as the Qenya equivalent of his earlier name N. Damrod (Ety/NDAM, RAUTĀ).
ranyaila
adjective. wandering
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amrod
adjective. wandering, living in wilds
An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wandering, living in the wilds” based on G. amra- “go up and down = wander” (GL/19).
paláva
adjective. wandering
An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. palāva “wandering” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on ᴱQ. palava- “to stray, wander” (QL/71).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would update this to ᴺQ. ranyaila “wandering”, the active participle of the 1930s verb [ᴹQ.] ranya- “stray, ✱wander”.
Twin brother of Amras and youngest(?) of the sons of Fëanor (it is unclear which of the twins was born first). The name is a compound of am “up” and the suffixal form -rod of raud “lofty, noble” (PM/353, VT41/10), an adaption of his Quenya name Q. Ambarto (PM/353).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this character was first named G. Damrod (LT2/251), and the name remained N. Damrod in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/223). It appeared in The Etymologies with the gloss “hammerer of copper”, a combination of N. dam “hammer” and the lenited form of N. rhaud “metal” (Ety/NDAM, RAUTĀ).
The name was changed to S. Amrod in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/197). Elsewhere Tolkien said that Amrod would also have been the proper Sindarin adaption for the name of Ambarto’s cousin Q. Ambaráto, but that Noldorin Elf chose the Sindarin name Aegnor instead (PM/347).