Tyelcormo
hasty-riser
tyelcormo
masculine name. Hasty-riser
The mother-name of Celegorm, from which his Sindarin name is partially derived (PM/353). It is a compound of tyelca “hasty” and ormo “riser”.
Conceptual Development: In earlier notes, Tolkien gave his Quenya name as Celec-ormë (PE17/112).
Cognates
- north S. Celegorm “Hasty-riser” ✧ PM/352; PMI/Celegorm
Elements
Word Gloss tyelca “hasty, hasty; [ᴹQ.] agile, swift” ormo “riser” Variations
- Tyelkormo ✧ PM/353; PMI/Celegorm
celegorm
masculine name. Celegorm
Celegorm
Celegorm (name)
Celegorm's father-name was Turcafinwë, which in The Shibboleth of Feanor is translated as "Strong, powerful(in body) Finwë". His mother-name was Tyelkormo, meaning "Hasty-riser" a reference to his quick temper. Tyelka, in Quenya, is an adjective which means "swift, agile or hasty". The name Celegorm is the Sindarin version of his mother-name. The Noldorin celeg has the same meaning as tyelka, as they are both derived from the root kyelek.
Celegorm
Celegorm
Celegorm's father-name was Turcafinwë, which in The Shibboleth of Feanor is translated as "Strong, powerful(in body) Finwë". His mother-name was Tyelkormo, meaning "Hasty-riser" a reference to his quick temper. Tyelka, in Quenya, is an adjective which means "swift, agile or hasty". The name Celegorm is the Sindarin version of his mother-name. The Sindarin celeg has the same meaning as tyelka, as they are both derived from the root kyelek.
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celegorm
masculine name. Hasty-riser
Third son of Fëanor (S/60), his name was adapted from his mother-name Q. Tyelcormo “Hasty-riser” (PM/353). His name was in the North Sindarin dialect, since the final [m] was preserved (VT41/10). It is a compound of S. celeg “hasty” and an adaptation of Q. ormo “riser”.
Conceptual Development: In earliest Lost Tales, his name was G. Celegorm (LT2/241). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name was changed to N. Celegorn (LR/226 note §41), in keeping with the revised phonology of Noldorin for which [[n|final [m] usually became [v]]]. In The Etymologies, the name was given as a combination of N. celeg “swift” and the lenited form of N. gorn “impetuous” (Ety/KYELEK, GOR).
In his Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien considered connecting the -gorn in Celegorn with the final element of Aragorn, but was generally dissatisfied with the meaning of the name (PE17/112-3). The form Celegorm was restored in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/177) and Tolkien devised the “North Sindarin” explanation of his name in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968, as noted above (PM/353).
Cognates
Derivations
- Q. Celecormë ✧ PE17/112
Elements
Word Gloss celeg “*hasty, hasty; [N.] agile, swift” ormo “riser” Variations
- Celegorn ✧ PE17/112; PE17/113; WJI/Celegorm
- Celegorn/Celegorm ✧ PE17/113
- celeg-orm ✧ VT41/10
celegorm
masculine name. Celegorm
Changes
- Celegorm → Celegorn ✧ WJ/130
celegorm
masculine name. Celegorm
Changes
- Celegorm → Celegorn ✧ LR/119
- Celegorm → Celegorn ✧ LR/145
- Celegorm → Celegorn ✧ LR/289
- Celegorm → Celegorn ✧ LRI/Celegorm
Celegorm→ Celegorn ✧ SM/120
Tyelcormo ("k") masc. name "hasty-riser", the amilessë or mother-name (never used in narrative) of Turcafinwë = Celegorm (PM:353)