orodben

noun. mountaineer, one living in the mountains

orodben

noun. mountaineer, one living in the mountains

A word for “a mountaineer, one living in the mountains”, a compound of S. orod “mountain” and S. pen “person” (WJ/376).

Elements

Word	Gloss
orod	“mountain”
pen	“one, somebody, anybody, one, somebody, anybody; [N.] Elf”

orodben

mountaineer

(one living in the mountains) orodben, pl. erydbin or orodbin (WJ:376). Archaic pl. ”oerydbin” = örydbin.

orodben

mountaineer

pl. erydbin or orodbin (WJ:376). Archaic pl. ”oerydbin” = örydbin.

orodreth

masculine name. Mountaineer

Second son of Finarfin (S/61) translated “Mountaineer” (PE17/182). This name was derived from his Quenya name Artaresto, adapted into Sindarin as Rodreth, then further modified to Orodreth due to his love of mountians (PM/350). His Sindarin name could be interpreted as a combination of orod “mountain” (Ety/ÓROT) and reth “✱climber” (PE17/182).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this character was named G. Orodreth (LT2/82) and retained that name through most of Tolkien’s writings. In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the initial element of N. Orodreth was given as orod “mountain” (Ety/ÓROT). In some late writings from 1965 Tolkien considered changing his name to Arothir (PM/350), but that name was not used in the published version of The Silmarillion.

Cognates

• Q. Artaresto ✧ PM/350

Elements

Word	Gloss
orod	“mountain”
reth	“*climber”

Variations

• Rodreth ✧ PM/350