tauron

noun. forester

A neologism for “forester” created by Boris Shapiro in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s, equivalent to S. Tauron. I think it is preferable to use the now-attested word Q. ornendur, published in 2021.

Cognates

• S. Tauron “Lord of Forests, (lit.) Forester”

Derivations

• √TAW “wood”

tauron

noun. forester

tauron

noun. forester

A word for “forester”, based on the name Tauron of the same meaning (PM/358). It is simply taur “forest” with the agental suffix S. -on.

Element in

• S. Tauron “Lord of Forests, (lit.) Forester” ✧ PM/358

Elements

Word	Gloss
taur	“forest, wood, forest, wood, [N.] great wood, [G.] dense wood”
-on	“masculine suffix”

Variations

• Tauron ✧ PM/358

tauron

masculine name. Lord of Forests, (lit.) Forester

A Sindarin name of Oromë translated “Lord of Forests” (S/29) or more literally “Forester” (PM/358), sometimes expanded to Aran Tauron “King Forester” (PM/358). This name is a compound of taur “forest” (SA/taur) and the masculine suffix -on.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, this name was G. Tavros glossed “the Blue Spirit of the Woods” (GL/69). In a late change to the Lays of Beleriand the name was changed to N. Tauros (LB/195) which was the form used in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/206). In The Etymologies, this name was derived from a combination of taur “forest” and the lenited form of gost “terror” (Ety/GOS, TÁWAR). The name was revised to Tauron in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/202).

Cognates

• ᴺQ. tauron “forester”
• Q. Taurosso “Forest-warden”
• Q. Aldaron “Lord of Forests, (lit.) Of Trees” ✧ S/029

Elements

Word	Gloss
tauron	“forester”

Variations

• (Aran) Tauron ✧ PM/358

tauron

forester

tauron (i dauron, o thauron), pl. tauryn (i thauryn)

tauron

forester

(i dauron, o thauron), pl. tauryn (i thauryn)