Archaic form of the name Rohirrim, a combination of roch “horse”, hîr “lord” and the class-plural suffix -rim “land” (Let/178, UT/318).
Sindarin
rohirrim
collective name. Horse-lords
Derivations
- S. Rochirrim “Horse-lords” ✧ Let/178; UT/318
Elements
Word Gloss roch “horse” hîr “lord, master” -rim “collective or group plural” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources S. Rochir-rim > Rohirrim [roxīrrim] > [roxirrim] ✧ Let/178 S. Rochír-rim > Rohirrim [roxīrrim] > [roxirrim] ✧ UT/318
rochirrim
collective name. Horse-lords
Derivatives
- S. Rohirrim “Horse-lords” ✧ Let/178; UT/318
Elements
Word Gloss roch “horse” hîr “lord, master” -rim “collective or group plural” Variations
- Rochir-rim ✧ Let/178
- Rochír-rim ✧ UT/318
Rohirrim
people of rohan
Rohirrim (Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see RIDER);
Rohirrim
Rohirrim
Rohirrim is a Sindarin name meaning "the host of the Horse-lords", consisting of the element roch + hîr ("lord, master") + rĩm ("host").
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.