rohan
place name. Riddermark, (lit.) Horse-country
rochand
place name. Rohan, Horse-country
Archaic form of the name Rohan (LotR/1115), a combination of roch “horse” and the archaic suffix †-ian(d) “land” (Let/382).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the form (ON.?) Rochan(dor) implies a different history for this name (RS/435).
Rohan (AS Rochand)
noun. horse country
roh (from roch “horse”) + and (commonly used suffix in the names of regions and countries)
rohald
proper name. Rohald
The (untranslated) name of Gandalf’s horse in unpublished 1960 revisions to The Hobbit; John Rateliff suggested it might be a Sindarin name with the first element meaning “horse”, as in S. Rohan; the meaning of the second element is unclear (HH/876 note #2). As a Sindarin name, Rohald presents some difficulties, as -ld cannot occur finally in Sindarin, but the name is clearly not Quenya either and there is no other good explanation for the name.
rochirrim
noun. horse-lords, the people of Rohan
Rohirrim
people of rohan
Rohirrim (Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see RIDER);
rohirrim
people of rohan
(Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see
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.
ilphen
noun. everyone
il- (every/all) + pen (someone/somebody).
Lossoth
noun. the Snowmen
anfangrim
noun. the Longbeards (a tribe of Dwarves)
anglennatha
verb. (he) will approach
avo
verb. don't!
Used as a negative adverb before an imperative: avo garo "don't do it!". Sometimes used as prefix: avgaro
avon
verb. I won't
cuio
verb. live!
dagorath
noun. all the battles
drúwaith
noun. the wilderness of the Drû-men (q.v.)
falathrim
noun. people of the Falas
galadhad
noun. the Two Trees of Valinor
lammas
noun. account of tongues
lâf
verb. (he) licks
lôd
verb. (he) floats
noro
verb. run! ride!
Untranslated in LotR, but written nora-lim and rendered as "ride on" in RS/196 (not a literal translation) and later translated as "run swift" in RC/195. A verb nor- is attested in the old Gnomish lexicon, PE/11:61, with the meaning "to run, roll"
pêd
verb. (he) says
rammas
noun. (great) wall
rochirrim
collective name. Horse-lords
tôl
verb. (he) comes
According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien
ónen
noun. I gave
Written onen in some editions of LotR. In the Qenyaqetsa, Qenya anta- is marked as having an irregular past tense áne. Assuming the same sound-shifts as observed in other words, this would indeed lead to onen in Sindarin, see PE/12:31 and TT/14:48-49
denwaith
people of denwe
(WJ:385);
galadhrim
people of the trees
(Elves of Lórien)
gwaith
people
gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith**).
gwaith
people
(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).
gwathuirim
people of dunland
(”shadowy people”) (PM:330);
haradrim
people of the south
(southerners, southrons);
iathrim
people of doriath
(”Fence-people”) (WJ:378);
rohan
place name. Horse-land
blâb
verb. (he) flaps, beats
The Etymologies seem to list this word as a noun, but it is clearly the third person singular of the verb
lhammas
noun. account of tongues
lhâf
verb. (he) licks
lhôd
verb. (he) floats
orthor
verb. (he) masters, conquers
osgar
verb. (he) cuts, amputates
síla
verb. (he) shines white
sôg
verb. (he) drinks
thia
verb. it appears
tôg
verb. (he) leads, brings
tôl
verb. (he) comes
According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien
lie
noun. people
lië
people
lië noun "people" (LI, Narqelion, VT39:6), in Eldalië, losselië, Ornelië (q.v.); possessive #liéva in Mindon Eldaliéva (q.v.); maybe also compounded in #rohtalië, #ruhtalië (q.v.)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Fastred (rider of Rohan)
Fastred (rider of Rohan)
Fastred in Old English means "fast-rede, firm-counsel".
Harding (rider of Rohan)
Harding (rider of Rohan)
Old English hearding means "hard one, strong one".
riddena-mearc
place name. Riddermark
gwaith
noun. people
gweith
noun. people
nas
noun. people
The home of the Rohirrim, translated “Riddermark” (LotR/262) or more literally “Horse-country” (RC/241). It is a combination of roch “horse” and -(i)an “-land”, with the [[s|[x] (“ch”) softening to [h] in Gondorian pronunciation]] (LotR/1113).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this land was first named N. Thanador of unclear meaning, which underwent several revisions (Ulthanador, Borthendor, Orothan[ador]) before Tolkien settled on N. Rohan (RS/434). At this earlier stage, Tolkien posited that this name developed from (ON.?) Rochan(dor); Tolkien coined the archaic form †Rochand later, while working on the drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/53).