mordo

warrior, hero

mordo (2) noun "warrior, hero" (LT1:268 - probably obsoleted by # 1 above)

ohtacáro

warrior

[ohtacáro] ("k")noun "warrior" (KAR). In the Etymologies as printed in LR, the accent of the word ohtacáro was omitted (VT45:19).

callo

noble man, hero

callo ("k")noun "noble man, hero" (KAL)

mahtar

warrior

mahtar noun "warrior" (MAK; original gloss "swordsman", VT45:32)

mehtar

noun. warrior

Element in

• Q. Calimehtar “*Bright Warrior”
• Q. Telumehtar “Orion, (lit.) Warrior of the Sky” ✧ WJ/411

ohtar

masculine name. Warrior

The squire of Isildur (LotR/243, UT/272). This name is simply the word ohtar “warrior” used as a name. Since it is a name out of legend, this name might have originally been the man’s title instead of his name, with his true name now lost (UT/282, note #17).

Elements

Word	Gloss
ohtar	“warrior”

ohtar

noun. warrior

Element in

• Q. Minohtar “*First Warrior”
• Q. Ohtar “Warrior”
• ᴺQ. ohtarië “martial ardour”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ohta	“war”
-r(o)	“agental suffix”

Variations

• Ohtar ✧ UT/282

ohtar

warrior, soldier

ohtar noun "warrior, soldier" (UT:282)

salyon(do)

noun. hero, dauntless man

Derivations

• ᴹ√STALAG “*stalwart, steady, firm”

hador

masculine name. Warrior

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).

Element in

• S. Narn e·mbar Hador “*Tale of the House of Hador” ✧ MR/373

thalion

noun. hero, dauntless man (especially as surname of Húrin Thalion)

callon

hero

1) callon (i gallon, o challon), pl. cellyn (i chellyn), coll. pl. callonnath; 2) thalion (dauntless man), pl. thelyn. Also used as an adj. ”dauntless, steadfast, strong”.

callon

hero

(i gallon, o challon), pl. cellyn (i chellyn), coll. pl. callonnath

thalion

hero

(dauntless man), pl. thelyn. Also used as an adj. ”dauntless, steadfast, strong”.   

hadron

warrior

(i chadron, o chadron), pl. hedryn (i chedryn), coll. pl. hadronnath.

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)

callon

noun. hero

callon

noun. hero

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kallo “noble man, hero” ✧ Ety/KAL

Derivations

• ᴹ✶kalrondō “hero” ✧ Ety/KAL

Elements

Word	Gloss
-(r)on	“agental suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶kalrondō > callon	[kalrondō] > [kallondō] > [kallondo] > [kallond] > [kallonn] > [kallon]	✧ Ety/KAL

maethor

noun. warrior

maethor

noun. warrior

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mahtar “warrior, warrior, [ᴱQ.] soldier” ✧ Ety/MAK

thalion

noun. hero, dauntless man (especially as surname of Húrin Thalion)

thalion

masculine name. hero, dauntless man

thalion

noun. hero, dauntless man

Derivations

• ᴹ✶stalgondō “hero, dauntless man” ✧ Ety/STÁLAG
  • ᴹ√STALAG “*stalwart, steady, firm” ✧ Ety/STÁLAG

Element in

• ᴺS. thalieth “heroine, dauntless woman”
• N. Thalion “hero, dauntless man” ✧ Ety/STÁLAG

Elements

Word	Gloss
-on	“masculine suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶stalgondō > thalion	[stalgondō] > [stalgondo] > [sθalgondo] > [θalgondo] > [θalɣondo] > [θalɣond] > [θaliond] > [θalionn] > [θalion]	✧ Ety/STÁLAG
ᴹ✶stalgondō > thelyn	[stalgondī] > [stalgondi] > [sθalgondi] > [θalgondi] > [θalɣondi] > [θalɣundi] > [θelɣyndi] > [θelyndi] > [θelynd] > [θelynn] > [θelyn]	✧ Ety/STÁLAG

daug

noun. warrior, soldier (chiefly used of Orcs)