inglor

masculine name. *Heart of Gold

In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name appeared as the true Elvish name of Felagund “Lord of Caves”, which was his title as the lord of Nargothrond (LR/116). In The Etymologies, Inglor was given as a derivative of ᴹ✶Indo-ʒlaurē, in effect a compound of N. ind “heart” and N. glaur “gold”, so “✱Heart of Gold”.

Conceptual Development: See S. Felagund for a discussion of the conceptual development of this and related names, and see S. Inglor for the later developments of this name.

Changes

• Inglor → Finrod ✧ LT1I/Inglor
• Inglor → Finrod ✧ WJI/Inglor

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Indo-ʒlaurē “*Heart of Gold” ✧ Ety/ID

Element in

• N. Inglorion
• N. Inglormindon

Elements

Word	Gloss
ind	“inner thought, meaning, heart”
glaur	“gold”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶Indo-ʒlaurē > Indlour > Inglor	[indoglaurē] > [indoglǭre] > [indoglǭre] > [indoɣlǭre] > [indoɣlaure] > [indoɣlaur] > [indolaur] > [indlaur] > [indlor] > [iŋglor]	✧ Ety/ID