fang (“beard”) + orn (“tree”)
Sindarin
Fangorn
noun. Beard of Tree
Fangorn
noun. treebeard
fangorn
masculine name. Treebeard
Sindarin name of Treebeard (LotR/464), more literally translated “beard-(of)-tree” (LotR/1131, PE17/84). His name is a combination of fang “beard” and orn “tree” (SA/orn, PE17/84).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, his name also appeared as N. Fangorn “Treebeard” (TI/412).
Elements
Word Gloss fang “beard, beard, [G.] long beard” orn “(tall straight) tree” Variations
- fang-orn ✧ PE17/084
_ prop. n. _Beard of Tree. >> orn