Early Quenya
tiri(o)stirion
place name. Tiri(o)stirion
Cognates
- G. Gwarestrin “Tower of Guard, Watchtower” ✧ PE13/102
Elements
Word Gloss tiri- “to watch; to keep, guard, preserve; to look at, gaze at, observe” tirion “(great or mighty) tower; city on a hill”
Archaic Qenya cognate of G. Gwarestrin “Tower of Guard” in an early name list (PE13/102), perhaps a combination of some form of the verb tiri- “to guard” and tirion “tower”.