Vorondil

faithful friend

Vorondil masc.name, *"Faithful friend" (Appendix A)

vorondil

masculine name. *Ever-friend

Second of the house of Stewards in Gondor (LotR/755, 1039). His name seems to be a compound of [ᴹQ.] voro “ever” and the suffix -(n)dil “friend”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, his name was first given as N. Faragon (WR/281), changed to ᴹQ. Orondil and then Vorondil (WR/288).

Elements

Word	Gloss
voro	“ever, continually, ever, continually, [ᴱQ.] always”
-(n)dil	“-friend, -lover; devotion, disinterested love”