Archaic form of the name Rohirrim, a combination of roch “horse”, hîr “lord” and the class-plural suffix -rim “land” (Let/178, UT/318).
Sindarin
rohirrim
collective name. Horse-lords
rochirrim
collective name. Horse-lords
Rohirrim
Rohirrim
Rohirrim is a Sindarin name meaning "the host of the Horse-lords", consisting of the element roch + hîr ("lord, master") + rĩm ("host").
Rohirrim
people of rohan
Rohirrim (Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see RIDER);
rohirrim
people of rohan
(Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see
gwaith
people
gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith**).
herth
troop
1) _(troop under a hîr = ”lord”)_ herth (i cherth, o cherth) (household), pl. hirth (i chirth). 2)
denwaith
people of denwe
(WJ:385);
galadhrim
people of the trees
(Elves of Lórien)
gwaith
troop of able-bodied men
(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, host, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith)
gwaith
people
(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).
gwathuirim
people of dunland
(”shadowy people”) (PM:330);
haradrim
people of the south
(southerners, southrons);
herth
troop
(i cherth, o cherth) (household), pl. hirth (i chirth).
iathrim
people of doriath
(”Fence-people”) (WJ:378);
ilphen
noun. everyone
il- (every/all) + pen (someone/somebody).
The riders of Rohan, translated “Horse-lords” (LotR/262), a combination of roch “horse”, hîr “lord” and the class-plural suffix -rim (Let/382), with the [[s|[x] (“ch”) softening to [h] in Gondorian pronunciation]] (LotR/1113).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien first considered using N. Rohiroth (RS/440) and N. Rohirwaith (WR/22) using different suffixes for the class-plural.