Russandol

copper-top

Russandol masc. name "Copper-top", a nickname (epessë) of Maitimo/Nelyafinwë (= Maedhros) (PM:354)

russandol

masculine name. Copper-top

A nickname of Maedhros, translated “Copper-top”, from which his Sindarin name was partially derived (PM/353). The initial element of this name is russa “red-haired” (PM/366) and the second element is probably some derivative of the root ᴹ√NDOL “✱head”.

Maed(h)ros

noun. Sindarized combination of Q Maitimo “well-shaped” and Russandol “copper-top”

maed (“shaply”) + ross (“copper-coloured”); [Etym. MAD-, RUS-] gives translation “pale glitter”; maedh (“pale, fellow, fawn”) + ross (“flash, glitter of metal”)