Quenya 

ranyar

noun. wanderer

Derivations

  • RAN “wander, stray, meander, go on an uncertain course, go aside from a course (commanded or self-chosen); err”
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Sindarin 

Lúthien

noun. 'Daughter of Flowers'

prop. n. 'Daughter of Flowers'. Melian was esp. associated with the flowers in Lórien. >> lúth

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:15:161] < LOT, LOTH flower + ?. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

lúthien

feminine name. Daughter of Flowers

Daughter of Thingol and beloved of Beren, also known as Tinúviel (S/165). Her name was translated as “Daughter of Flowers”, a compound of lûth “inflorescence” and the feminine suffix -ien (PE17/15). This name was given to her because her mother, the Maia Melian, was especially associated with flowers when she dwelled in Lórien (PE17/161).

Conceptual Development: In very early writings, Tolkien used the name G. Lúthien for a male character, the Gnomish name of Ælfwine, translated as either “Wanderer” or “Friend” (LT2/301-4). In one place he used it as an Elvish name of England (see G. Luthany). These early names were abandoned, however.

When the character of Lúthien first appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, her given name was G. Tynwfiel, later changed to Tinúviel “Nightingale” (LT2/41, 51). In The Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s, however, Tolkien decided the name Tinúviel was given to her by Beren (LB/179-180) and that her given name as actually ᴱN. Lúthien (untranslated). This new name remained her birthname throughout all of Tolkien’s later writings, but he rarely gave the name a translation.

In The Etymologies, a rejected note translated Dor. Lúthien as “Enchantress”, a combination of luth “spell, charm” with the feminine suffix -ien (Ety/LUK). This Doriathrin translation was deleted, but the Noldorin form of her name, N. Lhúthien “Enchantress”, was not. The translation “Enchantress” is given by Hammond and Scull in the Reader’s Companion (RC/172).

The translation “Daughter of Flowers” given above appeared a list of flower roots written around 1959-60 (PE17/15), which was published after RC.

Elements

WordGloss
lûth“blossom, inflorescence, blossom, inflorescence [on a single plant]”
-ien“feminine ending”
Sindarin [LotRI/Lúthien; LT1I/Lúthien; MRI/Lúthien; PE17/015; PE17/161; PMI/Lúthien; SI/Lúthien; UTI/Lúthien; WJI/Lúthien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

randír

noun. wanderer, pilgrim

Sindarin [Ety/383, VT/42:13, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Lúthien

Daughter of Flowers

Lúthien is a Sindarin name meaning "Daughter of Flowers". The first element in the name is lúth. The second element is perhaps the feminine ending -ien.

In early writings, Doriathrin Luthien and Noldorin Lhūthien meant "enchantress", deriving from Primitive Quendian luktiēnē ("enchantress"; from root LUK "magic, enhantement").

Tinúviel (from Primitive Quendian tindômiselde) means "Nightingale", or, more literally, "Daughter of Twilight".

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway "Lúthien"] Published by

luithien

enchantress

luithien (Doriathrin lúthien, whence the name Lúthien), pl. luithin

luithien

enchantress

(Doriathrin lúthien, whence the name Lúthien), pl. luithin

randir

wanderer

randir (pilgrim), no distinct pl. form except with article: idh randir. ”” as name of the Moon, see MOON.

randir

wanderer

(pilgrim), no distinct pl. form except with article: idh randir. ”

Noldorin 

lhúthien

feminine name. Enchantress

A Noldorized name of Lúthien in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/LUK), a combination of lhûth “spell, charm” and the feminine ending -ien.

Cognates

  • Ilk. Lúthien “Enchantress” ✧ Ety/LUK; Ety/LUK

Elements

WordGloss
lhûth“spell, charm”
-ien“feminine ending”

Variations

  • Lhūthien ✧ Ety/LUK

rhandir

noun. wanderer, pilgrim

Noldorin [Ety/383, VT/42:13, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Doriathrin

lúthien

feminine name. Enchantress

Changes

  • LuithienLuthien “enchantress” ✧ Ety/LUK

Cognates

  • N. Lhúthien “Enchantress” ✧ Ety/LUK; Ety/LUK

Derivations

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
luth“*spell, charm”
-ien“element in female names”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶luktı̯ēnē > Luthien[luktiēnē] > [luktiēne] > [luxθiēne] > [luθiēne] > [luθiēn] > [luθien]✧ Ety/LUK

Variations

  • Luithien ✧ Ety/LUK (Dor. Luithien); PE21/60
  • Luthien ✧ Ety/LUK (Dor. Luthien)
Doriathrin [Ety/LUK; LRI/Lúthien; PE21/60; RSI/Lúthien; SDI1/Lúthien; SDI2/Lúthien; SMI/Lúthien; TII/Lúthien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

luktiēnē

feminine name. enchantress

Derivatives

  • Ilk. Lúthien “Enchantress” ✧ Ety/LUK

Variations

  • luktı̯ēnē ✧ Ety/LUK
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LUK; EtyAC/LUK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

lúthien

masculine name. Wanderer; Friend

Variations

  • Lúsion ✧ LT2I/Lúsion
Gnomish [LT2/301; LT2/302; LT2/304; LT2I/Lúsion; LT2I/Lúthien; PE15/17; PE15/18] Group: Eldamo. Published by

luthany

place name. England, (lit.) Friendship

Changes

  • LuthanyLúthien ✧ LT2/334

Variations

  • Leithien ✧ LBI/Leithien; LRI/Leithien; LT2I/Leithian; SMI/Leithien (N. Leithien)
  • Lúthien ✧ LT2/313; LT2/330; LT2/334; SMI/Leithien
  • Leithian ✧ LT2/330; LT2I/Leithian; SMI/Leithien
Gnomish [LBI/Leithien; LBI/Luthany; LRI/Leithien; LT2/301; LT2/304; LT2/313; LT2/330; LT2/334; LT2I/Leithian; LT2I/Luthany; SMI/Leithien; SMI/Luthany] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

lúthien

feminine name. Lúthien

Changes

  • LúthienMelilot ✧ LB/159

Element in

Variations

  • Melilot ✧ LB/159; LBI/Melilot
  • Luithien ✧ MC/217
Early Noldorin [LB/104; LB/159; LBI/Lúthien; LBI/Melilot; MC/217] Group: Eldamo. Published by