calardan

noun. lampwright

A word for a “lampwright” (PE17/96; RC/523), appearing in its plural form in the name Rath Celerdain “Lampwrights’ Street” (LotR/768).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s it appeared in the mutated plural forms chalardain and chelerdain (WR/287, 388)

calardan

lampwright

pl1. celerdain n. lampwright. Q. calmatan. >> calar

calardan

noun. lampwright

calardan

lampwright

calardan (i galardan, o chalardan), pl. celerdain (i chelerdain)

calardan

lampwright

(i galardan, o chalardan), pl. celerdain (i chelerdain)****

maenor

noun. craftsman

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of [N.] maen “skilled” and the agental suffix -or. It is for someone of physical skills, as opposed to curunír for one of mental prowess.

calmatan

noun. lampwright

A word for “lampwright”, a combination of calma “lamp” and tamo (-tan) “builder”, equivalent to S. calardan (PE17/96).

calmatan

lampwright

calmatan noun "lampwright" (PE17:96)

tano

craftsman, smith

tano noun "craftsman, smith" (TAN), cf. final element -tan in calmatan "lampwright" (PE17:123), Ciryatan *"ship-builder" (Appendix A).

calardan

noun. lampwright