For the etymology of Hador, see the article Hador (word). Hador's epithet, Lórindol, is Sindarin for "Goldenhead" (from glor- = "golden light" and dôl = "head"), a reference to his golden hair. It was a trait shared by many other members of his House.
Sindarin
hador
masculine name. Warrior
Element in
- S. Narn e·mbar Hador “*Tale of the House of Hador” ✧ MR/373
hador
noun. thrower (of spears and darts)
hador
Hador
hadron
warrior
(i chadron, o chadron), pl. hedryn (i chedryn), coll. pl. hadronnath.
hadron
thrower
(hurler of spears or darts; warrior) hadron (i chadron, o chadron), pl. hedryn (i chedryn), coll. pl. hadronnath
hadron
thrower
(i chadron, o chadron), pl. hedryn (i chedryn), coll. pl. hadronnath
cirion
masculine name. Cirion
The 12th ruling steward of Gondor (LotR/1039). The meaning of this name is unclear. David Salo suggested it means “✱Shipman”, an ancient combination of cair “ship” and the agental suffix -(r)on, from (unattested) primitive ✶kiriondo (GS/245, 346).
Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, this name first appeared as Hador (PM/219).
Changes
Hador→ Cirion ✧ PMI/CirionVariations
- Hador ✧ PMI/Cirion (
Hador)
daug
warrior
(i naug, o ndaug) (soldier), pl. doeg (i ndoeg), coll. pl. dogath. Compounded as -dog in the name Boldog (= baul-daug, ✱”torment-warrior”)
maethor
warrior
1) maethor (i vaethor), analogical pl. maethyr (i maethyr), 2) (”thrower” or ”hurler”, i.e. of spears or darts) hadron (i chadron, o chadron), pl. hedryn (i chedryn), coll. pl. hadronnath. 3) (primarily Orkish warrior) daug (i naug, o ndaug) (soldier), pl. doeg (i ndoeg), coll. pl. dogath. Compounded as -dog in the name Boldog (= baul-daug, *”torment-warrior”)
maethor
warrior
(i vaethor), analogical pl. maethyr (i maethyr)
Leader of the House of Hador, one of the three tribes of the Edain (S/147). In a geneology from 1959, the name seems to be translated “Warrior” in Hador Lorindol “the Warrior Goldenhead”, appearing beneath S. Magor “the Sword” and S. Hathol “the Axe” (WJ/234).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name appeared as N. Hádor and Hador with both long and short a (LR/146). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. hador was translated as “thrower” (Ety/KHAT).