vórima

adjective. faithful, faithful, *(lit.) able to endure; [ᴹQ.] continuous, enduring, repeated; [ᴱQ.] everlasting

Elements

Word	Gloss
-ima	“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”

voronwë

masculine name. Steadfast, Faithful

An Elf of Gondolin who guided Tuor to that secret realm (S/239). This name was also the sobriquet of Mardil, the first ruling steward of Gondor, where it was translated “The Steadfast” (LotR/1039). This name could simply be the noun voronwë “steadfastness” used as a name (PE17/189), but it is likelier that its final element is the suffix -wë common in ancient names (PM/340), in which case its initial element is probably some form of the root ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” (Ety/BORÓN).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Voronwe dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, where it was translated “Faithful” (LT2/156) and derived from the root ᴱ√VORO (QL/102). The name ᴹQ. Voronwe appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of the roots ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” and ᴹ√WEG (Ety/BORÓN). In the unfinished “Notion Club Papers” story from the 1940s, it was used as the name of a companion of Elendil, where it was translated “Steadfast, Faithful” (SD/290).

Cognates

• S. Bronwe “*Endurance” ✧ PE17/189; PE17/189; WJI/Bronwë; WJI/Voronwë

Elements

Word	Gloss
BOR(ON)	“endure”
-wë	“ancient name suffix (usually but not always masculine)”

Variations

• Voronwe ✧ PE17/189 (Voronwe); PE17/189; PE17/189

tulca

firm, strong, immovable, steadfast

tulca (1) ("k") adj. "firm, strong, immovable, steadfast" (TULUK)

sorna

steadfast

sorna (þ) adj. "steadfast" (PE17:113)

sorna

adjective. steadfast

Cognates

• S. thorn “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113

Derivations

• √STOR “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√THOR > thorna > sorna	[tʰorna] > [θorna] > [sorna]	✧ PE17/113

tanca

firm, fixed, sure

tanca ("k")adj. "firm, fixed, sure" (TAK)

sarta

steadfast, trusty, loyal

sarta adj. "steadfast, trusty, loyal" (PE17:183)

sanda

firm, true, abiding

sanda (þ) (1) adj. "firm, true, abiding" (STAN)

voronda

steadfast in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise, faithful

voronda adj. "steadfast in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise, faithful", used as a title of Elendil Voronda "Elendil the Faithful"; genitive Vorondo in CO. Only glossed "faithful" in LT1:250.

vórima

steadfast in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise, faithful

vórima (more or less identical to vorima above?) adj. "steadfast in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise, faithful"; genitive vórimo in a variant of CO; see UT:317. In VT45:7, vórima is glossed "continuous, enduring, repeated".

voronda

adjective. faithful, steadfast (in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise)

Cognates

• ᴺS. brond “firm, [G.] steadfast, *faithful, constant”

Derivations

• ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure”

Element in

• Q. ar Elendil Vorondo voronwë “and of the faith of Elendil the Faithful” ✧ UT/305

bór

masculine name. *Faithful

Leader of a tribe of Easterlings in Beleriand who were faithful to the Elves and Edain (S/157). His name is simply [N.] bôr “trusty man” used as a name (Ety/BOR). As this name was Sindarin, it was probably not his true name.

Conceptual Development: The name N. Bór first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, first written as Bor (LR/147, 291). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, it appeared as a derivative of the root ᴹ√BOR alongside N. bôr “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” (Ety/BOR), which is the source of the derivation given above.

Elements

Word	Gloss
bôr	“steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal”

sador

noun. faithful one

Sador was Túrin's faithful servant. The meaning of this noun is deduced from sadron , assuming that these words are in the same kind of relation as hador and hadron

sadron

noun. faithful one

thorn

adjective. steadfast

adj. steadfast. Q. thorna, sorna. >> Arathorn

thorn

adjective. steadfast

Cognates

• Q. sorna “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113

Derivations

• √STOR “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113

Element in

• S. Arathorn “Steadfast King” ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113
• ᴺS. thornang “steel”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√THOR > thorn	[tʰorna] > [θorna] > [θorn]	✧ PE17/113
√STOR > thorn	[storna] > [sθorna] > [θorna] > [θorn]	✧ PE17/113

Variations

• thorn ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113

taug

adjective. firm

adj. firm, strong, ?withstand. Q. tauka stiff, wooden.

thala

firm

1) thala (steady, stalwart), pl. ?theili, 2) thand (true, abiding), pl. thaind (VT46:16; notice that the forms “thenid” and “thenin” in LR:388 s.v. STAN represent misreadings of Tolkiens manuscript).

thala

firm

(steady, stalwart), pl. ?theili

thalion

steadfast

thalion (dauntless, strong), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.

thalion

steadfast

(dauntless, strong), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.

brond

adjective. firm, [G.] steadfast, *faithful, constant

Cognates

• Q. voronda “faithful, steadfast (in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise)”

Derivations

• ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure”

Element in

• ᴺS. bronnas “steadfastness, constancy”

him

steadfast

1) him (abiding), lenited chim, no distinct pl. form. Note that homophones include both the adjective ”cool” and the adverb ”continually”.

him

steadfast

(abiding), lenited chim, no distinct pl. form. Note that homophones include both the adjective ”cool” and the adverb ”continually”.

tanc

firm

(adj.) tanc (lenited danc; pl. tainc)

tanc

firm

(lenited danc; pl. tainc)

thand

firm

(true, abiding), pl. thaind (VT46:16; notice that the forms “thenid” and “thenin” in LR:388 s.v. STAN represent misreadings of Tolkien’s manuscript).

him

abiding

(adj.) him (steadfast), lenited chim, no distinct pl. form. Note that homophones include both the adjective ”cool” and the adverb ”continually”.

him

abiding

(steadfast), lenited chim, no distinct pl. form. Note that homophones include both the adjective ”cool” and the adverb ”continually”.

tangada

make firm

(confirm, establish) (i dangada, i thangadar)

abrazân

masculine name. *Steadfast, Faithful

The Adûnaic name that Lowdham used to address Jeremy in Tolkien’s unfinished story: “The Notion Club Papers” (SD/252). In an earlier version of the story, Jeremy was called ᴹQ. Voronwe (SD/290) and Abrazân may be the Adûnaic equivalent of that name, meaning “Steadfast, Faithful”. If so, its first element is probably related to Ad. abâr “strength, endurance, fidelity”. Andreas Moehn suggested (EotAL/BAR) that the entire name may be the agental-formation of an unattested verb ✱abrazâ- “to stand fast”.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Voronwe “Steadfast, Faithful” ✧ SD/290

Elements

Word	Gloss
-ân	“agental suffix”

Variations

• Abrazān ✧ SD/252; SD/290

stor

root. steadfast

A root appearing Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 serving as an explanation for the element S. thorn “steadfast” in the name S. Arathorn, first appearing in a rejected page with variants √STOR and √THOR (PE17/113-114) and then later as only √THOR (PE17/113). This root may be connected to Q. torna “hard” in notes on Quenya intensive forms written between the first and second edition of The Lord of the Rings, where it was an element in Q. tornanga “hard iron”, with intensive forms aristorna, anastorna that imply derivation from √STOR (PE17/56).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would assume this root is √STOR to avoid conflict with ᴹ√THOR(ON), the basis for “eagle” words.

Derivatives

• Q. sorna “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113
• Q. torna “hard”
• S. thorn “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113

Element in

• Q. Hyarastorni “?South Fastness”

Variations

• THOR ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113; PE17/186; PE17/187

thor

root. steadfast

sat(ar)

root. faithful, trust, loyal, rely, steadfast

Derivatives

• ✶as’tāră “faith, loyalty” ✧ PE17/183
  • Q. astar “faith, loyalty” ✧ PE17/183
  • S. astor “loyalty” ✧ PE17/183
• ✶satarŏ “trusty follower, loyal companion” ✧ PE17/183
  • Q. satar “trusty follower, loyal companion” ✧ PE17/183; PE17/183
  • S. sadron “trusty follower, loyal companion” ✧ PE17/183; PE17/183
• ✶satrā “steadfast, trusty, loyal” ✧ PE17/183
  • Q. sarta “steadfast, trusty, loyal” ✧ PE17/183
  • S. sador “steadfast, trusty, loyal” ✧ PE17/183
• ᴺQ. satarya- “to trust, rely on (a person)”

Variations

• SAT ✧ PE17/145; PE17/183
• SATAR ✧ PE17/145; PE17/183

bór

masculine name. Faithful

Changes

• Bor → Bór ✧ LR/147
• Bor → Bór ✧ LR/291
• Bor → Bór “Faithful” ✧ LRI/Bor

Variations

• Bor ✧ LR/147; LR/291; LRI/Bor; RSI/Bor; SMI/Bor

tanc

adjective. firm

tanc

adjective. firm, firm; [ᴱN.] steady, steadfast; [G.] settled

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tanka “firm, fixed, sure, firm, fixed, sure, [ᴱQ.] fast; steady, (stead)fast” ✧ Ety/TAK

Derivations

• ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast, make” ✧ Ety/TAK

Element in

• N. Marthanc “Hamfast”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TAK > tanc	[taŋka] > [taŋkʰa] > [taŋxa] > [taŋx] > [taŋk]	✧ Ety/TAK

him

adjective. continually

thand

adjective. firm, true, abiding

Misreading thenid, thenin rectified according to VT/46:16

thann

adjective. firm, true, abiding

Misreading thenid, thenin rectified according to VT/46:16

him

adjective. steadfast, abiding

tangada-

verb. to make firm, confirm, establish