faron

noun. hunter

A word for “hunter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as an element in the name N. Elfaron “Sky-hunter”, an agental form of the verb N. fara- “to hunt” (Ety/SPAR).

feredir

noun. hunter

A word for “hunter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of the verb N. fara- “to hunt” with the agental suffix N. -dir (Ety/SPAR). It had a (class) plural form faradrim; perhaps in this case the class plural was also used as the ordinary plural. This word shows i-affection from its suffix -dir, causing the a’s in the word to become e’s. This is unusual, especially in later Sindarin, where in “recognized compounds” the initial element of the compound did not normally undergo i-affection: compare S. randir “wanderer” with initial element from ran-.

faron

noun. hunter

feredir

noun. hunter

elfaron

proper name. Sky-hunter

A Noldorin name the Moon glossed “Sky-hunter” appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of ell “sky” and faron “hunter” (Ety/SPAR, EtyAC/SPAR).

haldir

noun. fur-hunter

faradrim

noun. hunters

fara-

verb. to hunt

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to hunt” derived from primitive ᴹ✶sparā- under the root ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” (Ety/SPAR). The root form was initially given as ᴹ√PHAR (EtyAC/PHAR²).

rembë

noun. mesh; net (for catching), hunter’s or fisher’s net

A word appearing in a footnote in The Lord of the Rings appendices as a cognate to S. rem “mesh” (LotR/1115). In notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from 1967-69 Tolkien translated this word as “net (for catching)” (VT42/12) or “a hunter’s or fisher’s net” (VT42/29), derived from the root √REB or √REM “entangle, snare, trap” (VT42/12). As such, I think “net (for catching)” is its original Quenya sense, and it would be used for “mesh” only metaphorically. The word rembe also appeared in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 in the untranslated phrase raita rembë, probably meaning “✱knit a net” (PE22/159).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. maksella “mesh”, a diminutive form of ᴱQ. makse “net” (QL/58).

fara-

verb. to hunt

A verb for “to hunt” based on the root √SPAR. In the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, Tolkien gave it as an example of an a-verb with an inherently continuative sense (PE22/113).

rembë

mesh

rembë noun "mesh" (Appendix E, in a footnote), "hunter's or fisher's net" (VT42:29)

Elfaron

noun. star-hunter (Moon)

êl (“star”) + faron (“hunter”)

Taur-en-Faroth

noun. forest of a hunter, hunters

taur (“great wood, forest”) + en (pl. gen. article) + faroth (hunter, hunters ? [His.]) #The last element in Faroth could be suffix (-h)oth also found in Lossoth, Esgaroth and Lammoth.

faroth

noun. (?) hunter, (?) group of hunters

rem

noun. mesh, net (esp. for catching, hunter's or fisher's net)

faron

hunter

(pl. feryn, coll. pl. faronnath, but the following attested form may be used instead):

feredir

hunter

1. feredir, (coll.) pl. faradrim; 2) faron (pl. feryn, coll. pl. faronnath, but the following attested form may be used instead):

feredir

hunter

(coll.) pl. faradrim

feredis

noun. hunter (f.)

A neologism for “huntress” coined by Fiona Jallings, modeled after N. feredir “hunter” but with a feminine agental suffix -dis.

faroth

hunters

(pl. feryth) possibly refers to a group of hunters.

Haldir

noun. Haldir

prop. n.

Haldir

noun. hidden hero

hal (from haltha- “screen”) + dîr (“man, adult male”)

haldir

masculine name. Haldir

Silvan Elf of Lórien (LotR/343). The meaning of this name is unclear, but it might be a combination of [N.] hall “hidden” and dîr “man”.

Conceptual Development: This name is also shared by a man of the Edain from the First Age, Ed. Haldir, as well as a (rejected) son of Orodreth N. Haldir; the derivation above comes for that of the son of Orodreth (Ety/DER, SKAL¹). As applied to this Silvan Elf, this name first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as N. Hathaldir, revised to Halldir and finally Haldir (TI/262).

Haldir

Haldir

Tolkien explained the name Haldir as Sindarin for "Hidden Hero", though this Haldir refers to the (later omitted) son of Orodreth.

rem

mesh

rem (net), pl. rim (idh rim), coll. pl. remmath

rem

mesh

(net), pl. rim (idh rim), coll. pl. remmath