Sindarin 

amdir

noun. hope based on reason

Sindarin [MR/320] am+tîr "looking up". Group: SINDICT. Published by

amdir

noun. hope [based on reason], (lit.) looking up, hope [based on reason], *expectation, (lit.) looking up

Cognates

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
am“up, up, [G.] upwards, towards head of, above”
tir-“to look (towards), watch (over), guard, to look (towards), watch (over), guard; [G.] to look (out) for, watch for, await, expect”

Variations

  • Amdir ✧ MR/320
Sindarin [MR/320; MR/470] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amin

masculine name. Hope

A rejected name for Aragorn, changed to Estel (PM/269). It is probably a variant of amdir (MR/320).

Changes

  • AminEstel ✧ PM/269
  • AminEstel “Hope” ✧ PMI/Estel
Sindarin [PM/269; PMI/Estel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hartha-

verb. to hope

Sindarin [Harthad SD/62] Group: SINDICT. Published by

harthad

gerund noun. hope

Sindarin [SD/62] Group: SINDICT. Published by

estel

noun. hope, trust, a temper of mind, steady fixed in purpose, and difficult to dissuade and unlikely to fall into despair or abandon its purpose

Sindarin [WJ/318-319, LotR/A(v), MR/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

estel

noun. hope

n. hope. ónen i·Estel Edain 'I gave the "Hope" (to) Men'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:117] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

estel

masculine name. Hope

A name for Aragorn (LotR/1061), it is simply the noun estel “hope” used as a name (PE17/117).

Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, this name first appeared as S. Amin (PM/269).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
estel“hope, trust, hope, trust, *faith [in]”
Sindarin [LotR/1061; LotRI/Aragorn II; PE17/117; PM/269; PMI/Estel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

estel

hope

(trust, steady purpose), pl. estil

amdir

hope

1) (based on reason) amdir (no distinct pl. form). Literally an "up-looking". 2) (closer in meaning to ”faith”) estel (trust, steady purpose), pl. estil, 3) (noun) harthad (i charthad, o charthad), pl. herthaid (i cherthaid)

amdir

hope

(no distinct pl. form). Literally an "up-looking".

amdir

Amdír

The word Amdir, without the long í, is recorded as a word for "Hope", or "looking up", in Sindarin. The King of Lórien is called Malgalad in one text, detailing the fate of the Sindarin kings in the Battle of Dagorlad. Christopher Tolkien argues that, since they are contemporaries and both described as Kings that died in the Battle of Dagorlad, they are likely the same. It is unclear however which form was abandoned. Malgalad likely means "Gold-shine", from malt, "gold (the metal)" and galad, "light, radiance, glittering, reflection (from jewels, glass or polished metal, or water)" or "Golden-tree", from the outdated spelling of galadh.

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

amdir

up-looking

amdir

up-looking

(a term for hope based on reason) amdir

am

up, upward

(adv.) am (also used as prep. "upon"). GOING UP (or uprising) am- (adjectival prefix), as in:

am

up, upward

(also used as prep. "upon").

ambenn

uphill

(sloping upward), pl. embinn

hartha

hope

(verb) #hartha- (i chartha, i charthar). Verbal stem isolated from the apparent gerund harthad, ”hope” as noun.

hartha

hope

(i chartha, i charthar). Verbal stem isolated from the apparent gerund harthad, ”hope” as noun.

harthad

hope

(i charthad, o charthad), pl. herthaid (i cherthaid)