bril (Ilk. “glass, crystal”) + thôr (“swooping, leaping down”)
Sindarin
brilthor
place name. Glittering Torrent
Elements
Word Gloss bril “glass, crystal” thórod “torrent”
Brilthor
noun. glittering torrent
brilthor
place name. Glittering Torrent
Elements
Word Gloss bril “glass, crystal” thórod “torrent”
Brilthor
noun. glittering torrent
bril (Ilk. “glass, crystal”) + thôr (“swooping, leaping down”)
A tributary of the river Gelion in Beleriand (S/123), translated “Glittering Torrent” (SI/Brilthor, Ety/MBIRIL). It is a combination of bril “glass, crystal” and a form of [N.] thórod “torrent” (Ety/MBIRIL, THOR). Given the river’s location in Ossiriand, this name might be Nandorin instead.
Conceptual Development: This name appeared in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/135 note #4, LR/263). In The Etymologies, the name Brilthor was designated Ilkorin, with the translation and (essentially) the same derivation as above (Ety/MBIRIL, THOR). Like many of the river names in Ossiriand, Tolkien did not give a new etymology of the name after he abandoned the Ilkorin language.