laurefindele
masculine name. Golden Haired
Cognates
- S. Glorfindel “Golden-hair” ✧ PE17/017; PE17/119; PE17/119
Elements
Word Gloss laurë “gold (light or colour)” findelë “tress, lock [of hair]” Variations
- Laurefindil ✧ PE17/017
- Laurefin(de) ✧ PE17/119
- Findelaure ✧ PE17/119
Finglor
noun. 'hair-golden'
Findelor
noun. 'hair-golden'
glorfindel
masculine name. Golden-hair
A Noldorin hero of the First and Third Age (S/194, LotR/209), possibly the same individual (PM/377-384). His name is translated “Golden-hair”, a combination of glaur “gold” and †findel “head of hair” (PE17/17, 34), ultimately derived from his Quenya name Laurefindele (PE17/119). The ancient nature of this name is indicated by the fact that the medial nd had not yet become nn as was usual in Sindarin (LotR/1115).
Conceptual Development: The name G. Glorfindel appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, translated “Goldtress” (LT2/216). Several variant forms appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon: Glorfinnl amd Glorfingl, translated “Goldlocks” (GL/40). The name remained N. Glorfindel in Silmarillion drafts (SM/37, LR/142) as well as The Etymologies from the 1930s, with essentially the same derivation as the one given above (Ety/LÁWAR, SPIN). In some Notes on Names (NN) from the 1957, Tolkien experimented with inverting the name to Finglor (PE17/119).
Cognates
- Q. Laurefindele “Golden Haired” ✧ PE17/017; PE17/119; PE17/119
Elements
Word Gloss glaur “gold [light or colour]” finnel “head of hair, fax, mass of long hair; having fine or beautiful hair, head of hair, fax, mass of long hair; having fine or beautiful hair; [N.] (braided) hair; [G.] tress” Variations
- Finglor ✧ PE17/119
The Quenya name of Glorfindel from which his Sindarin name is derived (PE17/17, 119). It is a compound of laurë “gold” and findelë “lock, head of hair”.
Conceptual Development: In an early name list, ᴱQ. Laurifindl or ᴱQ. Kulufindl was given as the Quenya equivalent of G. Glorfindel (PE13/104). In later writings, the name appeared variously as Laurefindil, Laurefin(de) and Laurefindele, and in one place was inverted to Findelaure (PE17/17, 119).