artafindë

masculine name. *Noble [Golden] Hair

A “Quenyarized” form of Findrod’s father-name: Findaráto, with the adjectival element arta- first (PM/346).

Cognates

• S. Finrod ✧ PM/360

Elements

Word	Gloss
arata	“high, noble, exalted, lofty”
findë	“hair (especially of the head), tress or plait of hair, hair (especially of the head); tress or plait of hair, [ᴹQ.] braid of hair”