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menelvagor

masculine name. Orion, (lit.) Swordsman of the Sky

A name for Orion (LotR/1113), translated “Swordsman of the Sky” (LotR/1113), a combination of menel “the heavens” and the lenited form of magor “swordsman”.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the name of Orion was given as G. Daimord “Shepherd of the Sky” (GL/29, 58).

Sindarin [LotR/0081; LotR/1113; LotRI/Menelvagor; MRI/Menelvagor; RSI/Menelvagor] Group: Eldamo. Published by