númeheru

proper name. Lords-of-West, Powers of the West

A term for the Valar as Lords of the West from various stories about Númenor from the 1940s (SD/246, 290, 311). This name is a compound of númen “west” and heru “lord”.

Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. Númekundo was an earlier variant of this name using kundu “prince” instead of heru “lord” (SD/311).

Element in

• ᴹQ. Herunúmen arda sakkante lenéme Ilúvatáren “the Lord of the West [Manwe] broke the world by leave of Ilúvatar” ✧ SD/246
• ᴹQ. Sorni Númenvalion anner “the Eagles of the Powers of the West are at hand” ✧ SD/290
• ᴹQ. Soroni númenheruen ettuler “*the Eagles of the Western Lords are coming forth” ✧ SD/290

Elements

Word	Gloss
númen	“west”
heru	“lord, master”