macalaurë

masculine name. Forging Gold

The mother-name of S. Maglor, from which his Sindarin name is derived (PM/353). This name is a compound of the root √MAK “forge metal” and laurë “gold” (VT41/10).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, ᴹQ. Makalaure “Gold-cleaver” appeared as the Quenya form of N. Maglor (Ety/MAK), though in this period, Maglor would have been his birth name since the native language of the Noldor was Noldorin.

Cognates

• S. Maglor “*Forging Gold” ✧ PM/352; PMI/Maglor

Derivatives

• S. Maglor “*Forging Gold” ✧ VT41/10

Elements

Word	Gloss
MAK	“cut, hew with a sharp edge; kill, slay; forge metal, cut, hew with a sharp edge, [ᴹ√] cleave; sword, fight (with a sword); ️[√] forge metal; kill, slay”
laurë	“gold (light or colour)”

Variations

• Makalaure ✧ PM/353; VT41/10
• Makalaurë ✧ PMI/Maglor