prop. n.
Noldorin
amroth
masculine name. Amroth
barad amroth
place name. Castle Amroth
cerin amroth
place name. Cerin Amroth
dol amroth
place name. Dol Amroth
Sindarin
Amroth
noun. Amroth
amroth
masculine name. Up-climber, High Climber
Sindarin king of Lórien for the first half of the Third Age, lover of Nimrodel. His name was Silvan in origin, adapted into Sindarin (LotR/1127). This name is translated as “upclimber”, referring to the high talan on which he (and other Elves of Lórien) dwelled (UT/245; NM/367). The name is a compound of am “up” and a derivative of the root √RATH “climb” (UT/255), derived from (Ancient) Telerin Ambarātho (NM/367).
Conceptual Development: In first drafts of the “Fall of Númenor” from the early 1930s, the name N. Agaldor > N. Amroth was used for the character who would eventually become Q. Elendil (LR/12, 31). In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the lover of Nimrodel was first named N. Ammalas >> Amaldor before Tolkien settled on the name Amroth (TI/223).
cerin amroth
place name. Amroth’s Mound
A hill in Lothlórien (LotR/350). It is translated “Amroth’s Mound”, and is a combination of cerin “circular mound, artificial hill” and the name Amroth (RC/309).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the name first appeared as N. Coron Amroth, immediately revised to Cerin Amroth (TI/234).
dol amroth
place name. *Hill of Amroth
Capital of the province of Belfalas in Gondor (LotR/750), a combination of dol(l) “head, hill” and the name Amroth, hence: “✱Hill of Amroth”.
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was briefly changed to N. Barad Amroth “Castle Amroth” (WR/423), but mostly appeared as N. Dol Amroth (WR/395, TI/310).
Cerin Amroth
Amroth's Mound
Cerin Amroth
Cerin Amroth
Cerin Amroth is a Sindarin name meaning "Amroth's Mound", consisting of cerin + Amroth.
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Ancient telerin
ambarātho
masculine name. up-climber, high climber
A transient name for Dol Amroth appearing in the Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/423), a combination of barad “tower” and the name Amroth.