orodreth

masculine name. Mountaineer

Second son of Finarfin (S/61) translated “Mountaineer” (PE17/182). This name was derived from his Quenya name Artaresto, adapted into Sindarin as Rodreth, then further modified to Orodreth due to his love of mountians (PM/350). His Sindarin name could be interpreted as a combination of orod “mountain” (Ety/ÓROT) and reth “✱climber” (PE17/182).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this character was named G. Orodreth (LT2/82) and retained that name through most of Tolkien’s writings. In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the initial element of N. Orodreth was given as orod “mountain” (Ety/ÓROT). In some late writings from 1965 Tolkien considered changing his name to Arothir (PM/350), but that name was not used in the published version of The Silmarillion.

Cognates

• Q. Artaresto ✧ PM/350

Elements

Word	Gloss
orod	“mountain”
reth	“*climber”

Variations

• Rodreth ✧ PM/350

Orodreth

noun. 'mountainer'

prop. n. 'mountainer'. >> -reth

Orodreth

Orodreth

The name Orodreth is glossed as "mountaineer".

Orodreth

mountaineer

The name Orodreth is glossed as "mountaineer".

orodben

mountaineer

(one living in the mountains) orodben, pl. erydbin or orodbin (WJ:376). Archaic pl. ”oerydbin” = örydbin.

orodben

noun. mountaineer, one living in the mountains

orodben

mountaineer

pl. erydbin or orodbin (WJ:376). Archaic pl. ”oerydbin” = örydbin.