haleth

feminine name. Haleth

Daughter of Haldad and leader of the Haladin (S/146). Her name seems to be derived from the prefix hal- “chief, head” like all the other early leaders of the Haladin (WJ/238), though it might also be derived from hal(a) “watch, guard” (WJ/270).

Conceptual Development: In the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was applied to various male characters described as “hunters” (SM/108 note #11, LR/130), and in The Etymologies was tentatively given as a Noldorin name derived from the roots ᴹ√SKAL “skin, fur” or ᴹ√KHAL “uplift” (Ety/KHAL), but both these derivations were rejected. The leader of the Haladin was stil described as male in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/157). The male Haleth the Hunter still appeared in the Grey Annals from the early 1950s (WJ/48), but in later Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, the leader of the Haladin was described as female (WJ/221). She appeared in a genealogy chart from this period (WJ/237), where a note indicates the derivation given above.

nothlir haletha

proper name. Folk of Haleth

haladin

proper name. People of Haleth, (lit.) Wardens

haleth

masculine name. Haleth

haleth

masculine name. Haleth

halethrim

proper name. People of Haleth

Sindarin name for the People of Haleth (UT/140), a combination of the name of their founder and the Sindarin class-plural suffix -rim.

bar haleth

place name. Bar Haleth

A transient replacement for Ephel Brandir (WJ/157), a combination of S. bâr “house, home” and the Edain name Haleth.

Haleth

Haleth

The name Haleth has no known meaning. In the language of the Haladin, hal means "chief" or "guard". Sindarin also has the feminine ending -eth.

Haleth (son of Helm)

Haleth (son of Helm)

Haleth in Old English means "warrior". Not to be confused with Mannish Haleth.