Tarannon

high-gift

Tarannon masc. name; ?"High-gift"? Or, if -annon is a Sindarin-influenced form of andon "great gate" rather than a masculinized form of anna "gift", "Lord of the Gate"??? (Appendix A)

tarannon

masculine name. Tarannon

12th king of Gondor (LotR/1038), his name seems to be a combination Q. tar- “king and queen (in compounds)” and S. annon “gate”, apparently a mixed-language name.

Elements

Word	Gloss
tar-	“high, high; [ᴹQ.] king or queen (in compounds)”
annon	“(great) gate, door”