estel

masculine name. Hope

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).

Element in

• S. ónen i-Estel Edain “I gave Hope to the Dúnedain” ✧ LotR/1061; PE17/117

Elements

Word	Gloss
estel	“hope, trust, hope, trust, *faith [in]”

estel

noun. hope

n. hope. ónen i·Estel Edain 'I gave the "Hope" (to) Men'.

estel

noun. hope, trust, hope, trust, *faith [in]

Cognates

• Q. estel “hope, trust, *faith” ✧ WJ/318

Element in

• S. Estel “Hope” ✧ PE17/117
• S. Gil-Estel “Star of (High) Hope”
• ᴺS. penestel “hopelessness, despair, desperation; hopeless, despairing, desperate”
• S. Rochon Methestel “Rider of the Last Hope” ✧ UT/313
• S. ú-chebin estel anim “I have kept no hope for myself” ✧ LotR/1061; PE17/117

Variations

• Estel ✧ MR/320

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

trust

(noun) estel (hope, steady purpose), pl. estil

estel

faith

: The noun estel "hope, trust, steady purpose" seems to approach the meaning of "faith" (in the religious sense) (MR:320)

estel

purpose

(noun, ”steady purpose”) estel (hope, trust), pl. estil

estel

steady purpose

(noun) estel (hope, trust), pl. estil

estel

trust

(hope, steady purpose), pl. estil

estel

hope

(trust, steady purpose), pl. estil

estel

faith

"hope, trust, steady purpose" seems to approach the meaning of "faith" (in the religious sense) (MR:320)

estel

steady purpose

(hope, trust), pl. estil

estel

purpose

(hope, trust), pl. estil

amin

masculine name. Hope

A rejected name for Aragorn, changed to Estel (PM/269). It is probably a variant of amdir (MR/320).

Changes

• Amin → Estel ✧ PM/269
• Amin → Estel “Hope” ✧ PMI/Estel

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

noun. hope based on reason

astor

noun. faith

_n. _faith, loyalty (not belief). Q. astar.

hartha-

verb. to hope

harthad

gerund noun. hope

inn

noun. purpose, intention

amdir

hope

(no distinct pl. form). Literally an "up-looking".

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)

thala

steady

thala (stalwart, firm), pl. ?theili;

thala

steady

(stalwart, firm), pl. ?theili;

thel

purpose

(verb) ?thel- (intend, mean, resolve, will);

thel

purpose

(intend, mean, resolve, will);

thelion

one who purposes

(pl. thelyn, coll. pl. thelionnath)