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.
Sindarin
tauron
masculine name. Lord of Forests, (lit.) Forester
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss tauron “forester” Variations
- (Aran) Tauron ✧ PM/358
tauron
noun. forester
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
noun. forester
tauron
forester
tauron (i dauron, o thauron), pl. tauryn (i thauryn)
tauron
forester
(i dauron, o thauron), pl. tauryn (i thauryn)
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).