metal hammer; (n-)dam (“hammer, beat”) + raud (“metal”) S form of Q Nambarauto; the second element was changed from earlier “copper”[Etym. RAUTĀ-]
Sindarin
damrod
masculine name. Damrod
Damrod
noun. Damrod
Noldorin
damrod
masculine name. Damrod
damrod
masculine name. hammerer of copper
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Gnomish
damrod
masculine name. Damrod
Early Noldorin
damrod
masculine name. Damrod
damrod dir hanach dalath benn
Damrod (a hunter) through the vale down the mountain slopes
Qenya
nambarauto
masculine name. Hammerer of Copper
A soldier of Gondor (LotR/659).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien said this name was “take[n] from tales of the old days” (WR/160), referring to N. Damrod, name of a son of Fëanor from this period of Tolkien’s writing. This other Damrod was called S. Amrod in Tolkien’s later writing, but the Gondorian Damrod survived into the published version of The Lord of the Rings. It is possible the surviving Damrod had the same meaning as the original, “hammerer of copper” (Ety/NDAM).