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Telcontar

strider

Telcontar masc. name "Strider" (MR:216). This word may suggest a verb *telconta- "to stride".

telcontar

masculine name. Strider

The name of Aragorn’s lineage after he became king of Gondor, a Quenya translation of “Strider” (LotR/863). As suggested by Hammond and Scull, this name appears to contain telco “leg” (RC/580). If its translation is accurate, it is probably a compound of an otherwise unattested verb ✱telconta- “to stride” (“leg it”) and the archaic agental suffix -r(o).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts, Tolkien first gave this name as ᴹQ. Tarakil “Trotter” >> Tarakon >> Tarantar, before settling on the final form Telkontar >> Telcontar (WR/390, 395).

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
telconta-“to stride, *(lit.) to leg it”
-r(o)“agental suffix”

Variations

  • Telkontar ✧ WRI/Tarakil
Quenya [LotR/0863; LotRI/Aragorn II; LotRI/Telcontar; MR/216; MRI/Telcontar; SDI1/Telcontar; WR/395; WRI/Tarakil] Group: Eldamo. Published by