glorfinniel

feminine name. Goldilocks

Sindarin translation of the name of Sam’s son Goldilocks, appearing in Tolkien’s unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Rings and in the King’s Letter (SD/126, 129). Her name appears to be a combination of glaur “gold”, find “lock of hair” and the feminine suffix -iel.

Element in

• S. ar Meril bess dîn, ar Elanor, Meril, Glorfinniel, ar Eirien sellath dîn “and Rose his wife; and Elanor, Rose, Goldilocks and Daisy his daughters” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129

Elements

Word	Gloss
glaur	“gold [light or colour]”
find	“tress; single hair, tress, [ON.] lock of hair; [ᴱN.] hair (in general); [S.] single hair”
-iel	“daughter; feminine suffix”