hand (“intelligent”) + dîr (“man, adult male”)
Edain
handir
masculine name. Handir
Noldorin
handir
masculine name. Handir
Sindarin
Handir
noun. intelligent one
handir
masculine name. Handir
handir
masculine name. Handir
Handir
noun. intelligent one
hand (“intelligent”) + dîr (“man, adult male”)
The 5th chieftain of the Haladin (S/195).
Conceptual Development: This name appeared as Handir in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/129, LR/139), and in The Etymologies of the 1930s Handir was a Noldorin name, a combination of hand “intelligent” and dîr “man” (Ety/KHAN).