rochben

noun. rider

There was a word rochben “rider” (of any gender) in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60, a combination of roch “horse” with the suffix -ben “person” (WJ/376). Tolkien used it as an example of how Sindarin plurals applied only to the second element of recognized compounds: pl. rochbin “riders” rather than ✱✱rechbin; compare more ancient roechbin [rœchbin] where the plural mutation applied to the entire word, and modern erphin “nobles” plural of arphen [< ✱ar-pen], which is no longer recognized as a compound.

In notes on The Ride of Eorl, Tolkien instead had rochon “rider” in the song-name Rochon Methestel “Rider of the Last Hope” (UT/313). Since this used the masculine suffix -on, this was presumably a specifically male rider, as opposed to a female rider which might be ✱rochil.

rochon

noun. rider

rochon methestel

proper name. Rider of the Last Hope

A song about the ride of Borondir Udalraph translated “Rider of the Last Hope” (UT/313), a combination of rochon “rider”, meth “end; last” and estel “hope”.

rochon

noun. (horse) rider

rochben

rider

rochben (pl. rochbin or rechbin, with article idh rochbin/rechbin), coll. pl. rochbiniath (WJ:376; the pl. rechbin is there cited in archaic form ”roechbin” = röchbin).

rochben

rider

(pl. rochbin or rechbin, with article idh rochbin/rechbin), coll. pl. rochbiniath *(WJ:376; the pl. rechbin is there cited in archaic form ”roechbin” = röchbin).*

rochir

rider

(knight, horse-lord), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rochir), coll. pl. *rochirrim** (UT:318, Letters:178, 282)*

rochon

rider

1) rochon, pl. rechyn (idh rechyn), coll. pl. rochonnath (UT:313), 2) rochir (knight, horse-lord), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rochir), coll. pl. rochirrim (UT:318, Letters:178, 282)

rochon

rider

pl. rechyn (idh rechyn), coll. pl. rochonnath (UT:313)

rohirrim

collective name. Horse-lords

The riders of Rohan, translated “Horse-lords” (LotR/262), a combination of roch “horse”, hîr “lord” and the class-plural suffix -rim (Let/382), with the [[s|[x] (“ch”) softening to [h] in Gondorian pronunciation]] (LotR/1113).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien first considered using N. Rohiroth (RS/440) and N. Rohirwaith (WR/22) using different suffixes for the class-plural.

rochir

knight

rochir (rider, horse-lord), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rochir), coll. pl. rochirrim (UT:318, Letters:178, 282)

rochir

knight

(rider, horse-lord), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rochir), coll. pl. *rochirrim** (UT:318, Letters:178, 282)*

arben

noun. knight

_ n. _knight. Q. arquen. i·arben na megil and 'The Knight of the Long Sword'.

arben

noun. knight

rochirrim

collective name. Horse-lords

Archaic form of the name Rohirrim, a combination of roch “horse”, hîr “lord” and the class-plural suffix -rim “land” (Let/178, UT/318).

rohir

noun. knight

roquen

noun. horseman, rider; knight

A word for a “horseman, rider” in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60, a reduction of ancient ✶roko-kwēn “✱horse-person” (WJ/372, 407). In notes on the Disaster of Gladden Fields, Tolkien translated roquen as “knight” for a rank higher than a mere ohtar “warrior” (UT/282 note #17), though apparently all ranks rode horses. It may be that the sense “knight” applies only in a [Gondorian?] military context, while in ordinary use roquen can apply to anyone capable of riding a horse. A more general term for a “knight” as a noble person would be arquen.

roquen

horseman [but the quenya word does not show gender], rider, knight

roquen noun "horseman [but the Quenya word does not show gender], rider, knight" (WJ:372, UT:282)

rokokwēn

noun. horseman, rider