angaráto

masculine name. *Iron Champion

The father-name of S. Angrod, from which his Sindarin name was derived (PM/346). It seems to be a compound of anga “iron” and aráto “champion” (SA/ar(a)), though the second element may actually be a masculinized form of the adjective arata “noble”. Like his brother Findaráto, his name is “Telerin in form” to honour their mother, with the adjectival element arata second. A more natural Quenya form of the name would be Artanga (PM/346).

Cognates

• S. Angrod “*Iron Champion” ✧ PM/346; PMI/Angrod; SA/ar(a)

Elements

Word	Gloss
anga	“iron”
aráto	“champion, eminent man, noble, lord, king”

Angrod

noun. Angrod

iron-eminent one; ang (“iron”) + arod (from Tel. aráto “noble” < aráta “noble” + masculine ending o [HKF]) In Etym. RAUTĀ-, the second element is given as rod (from raud “metal”, earlier changed in from “copper”); S equivalent of Tel. Angaráto.

angrod

masculine name. *Iron Champion

Sindarin name of the second youngest son of Finarfin (S/61), an adaption of his Quenya father-name Q. Angaráto “✱Iron Champion” (PM/346-7). His name is a combination of ang “iron” (SA/anga) and the suffixal form -rod of raud “lofty, noble” seen in many names (PE17/49).

Conceptual Development: In the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s, his name was first given as ᴱN. Angrod (LB/80, 213), though in the very earliest Silmarillion drafts his name appeared as G. Anrod (SM/15). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name N. Angrod was derived from a combination of ang “iron” and rhaud “metal” (Ety/RAUTĀ). The derivation from his Quenya name did not emerge until after Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (PM/346).

Cognates

• Q. Angaráto “*Iron Champion” ✧ PM/346; PMI/Angrod; SA/ar(a)

Elements

Word	Gloss
ang	“iron”
raud	“noble, eminent; lofty, high, tall; excellent”

angrod

masculine name. Angrod

Elements

Word	Gloss
ang	“iron”
rhaud	“metal”