aratan

masculine name. *Noble Man

Second son of Isildur (S/295), his name seems to be a compound of ar(a)- “noble” and Atan “man”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
ar(a)-	“noble, high”
Atan	“Man, (lit.) the Second (People)”

brandir

masculine name. *Noble Man

6th and last chief of the House of Haleth, who became the rival of Túrin (S/216). His name is a combination of brand “lofty, noble” and dîr “man”, hence: “✱Noble Man”.

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, his name was given as G. Tamar (LT2/101). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s his name changed to N. Brandir and remained so thereafter (SM/129). In The Etymologies, this name was given as a compound of N. brann “lofty, noble” and N. dîr “man”, which is the source of the derivation given above (Ety/BARÁD, DER).

Element in

• S. Ephel Brandir “Encircling Fence of Brandir”

Elements

Word	Gloss
brand	“towering; tall and massive, towering, tall and massive, [N.] high; lofty, noble, fine”
dîr	“man, man, [N.] adult male; agental suffix”

tol brandir

place name. Tindrock, (lit.) Isle of the Great Steeples

An island in S. Nen Hithoel translated “Tindrock” (LotR/373), but more literally meaning “Isle of the Great Steeples” (PE17/22, PE17/61). The first element of this name is tol(l) “island”, but the origin of the second element is unclear. In one place, Tolkien indicated it was an elaboration of brand “steeple” (PE17/22, PE17/61), in another that it was a corruption of baradnir “tower-steep” (RC/333).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien considered many different names for this island: first N. Toll-ondren “Carrock” with many minor variations (TI/268, 285) and then N. Tolharn or Tollernen “Stoneait” (TI/324), revised to N. Eregon “Stone Pinnacle” (TI/345), briefly N. Emris before reverting back to Eregon (TI/367) and then finally N. Tol Brandor >> Tol Brandir (TI/359, 367).

Elements

Word	Gloss
tol(l)	“island, (high steep-sided) isle”
brand	“steeple”
?

Variations

• Brandir ✧ RC/333

aradan

masculine name. *Noble-man

The Sindarin name of Malach (S/143), a combination of the prefix ar(a)- “noble” and the noun Adan “Man” (SA/ar(a), adan).

Elements

Word	Gloss
ar(a)-	“noble, royal, high”
Adan	“Man (as a species)”

brandir

masculine name. *Noble-man

tol brandor

place name. Tindrock

Changes

• Tol Brandor → Tol Brandir ✧ TI/359

Variations

• Tol Brandir ✧ TI/359; TII/Tol Brandir
• Tolbrandir ✧ TI/367