In LotR/IV:IV, Frodo is called Daur, which might be the mutated form of this word
Noldorin
taur
adjective. vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful, huge; high, sublime
taur
noun. king (of a whole tribe)
taur
noun. forest, great wood
taur
noun. king (only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes)
taur
adjective. mighty, vast, overwhelming, huge, awful, high, sublime
taur
noun. great wood, forest
taur-na-danion
place name. Forest of Pines
Earliest name of Dorthonion in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, first appearing as Taur Danin (SM/197) and later expanded to Taur-na-Danion (LR/127) with variants -Thanion, -Donion, -Thonion before ultimately being replaced by the Ilkorin name Dorthonion (LR/145). It is a combination of taur “forest”, na “of” and early variants of thaun “pine”, possibly as an earlier Gnomish-style genitive plural.
taur-na-fuin
place name. Forest of Night
Earlier name of S. Taur-nu-Fuin, this form of the name first appeared in The Lays of Beleriand (LB/34). Early in this period, Tolkien often translated this name as “Deadly Nightshade” (LB/34, SM/103, SM/299), but he eventually decided that this translation was actually a second name for the forest, whose Elvish form was N. Deldúwath.
In The Etymologies, Tolkien also posited that this name was a punning alteration of N. Dor-na-Thuin, the proper Noldorin form of Ilk. Dorthonion, the name of the region before it was corrupted by Morgoth (Ety/THŌN). When the Noldorin language became Sindarin, this development no longer made sense.
taur-rimmon
place name. Forest of Rimmon
taurost
place name. High City
taur-na-delduath
place name. *Forest of Deadly Nightshade
A variant name of Taur-na-Fuin appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/ÑGOROTH), simply an expanded form of its other variant Deldúwath “Deadly Nightshade” with the addition of taur “forest” and na “of”.
taur egledhrim
proper name. King of the Exiles
taur-nan-erig
place name. Forest of Region
taur-na-faroth
place name. *Forest of Hunting
tauros
masculine name. Lord of Forests; (lit.) Forest-Dread
duil rewinion
place name. Hills of the Hunters
Earliest name of Taur-en-Faroth in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/225). Its seems to be a combination of the plural of dôl “hill” and the form rewinion “of the hunters”, apparently a genitive plural formation, possibly related to N. rhui(w) “hunt” from the root ᴹ√ROY “chase” or perhap G. raust “hunt” from the root ᴱ√RAVA.
deldúwath
place name. Deadly Nightshade
tawaren
adjective. wooden
aran
noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)
athrada-
verb. to cross, traverse
brand
adjective. lofty, noble, fine
brand
adjective. high (in size)
brann
adjective. lofty, noble, fine
brann
adjective. high (in size)
dofn
adjective. gloomy
dofn
adjective. gloomy
A word given as N. dofn “gloomy” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with variant dufui, both derivatives from the root ᴹ√DUB “loom, hang over oppressively (of clouds)” (Ety/DUB; EtyAC/DUB). The form dofn is the cognate of ᴹQ. lumna “lying heavy, oppressive” and shows a-affection, whereas dufui seems to be a Noldorin invention using the adjective suffix -ui, and thus preserves its primitive stem-vowel u.
Neo-Sindarin: For Neo-Sindarin, I’d write both forms as ᴺS. dovn and duvui to better reflect their pronunciation.
dufui
adjective. gloomy
gwathfuin-daidelos
place name. Deadly Nightshade
math-fuin-delos
place name. Deadly Nightshade
tathor
noun. willow-tree
tathren
adjective. of willow, having willows
tawaren
adjective. wooden
tindu
noun. dusk, twilight, early night (without Moon)
tindu
noun. starry twilight
tinnu
noun. dusk, twilight, early night (without Moon)
tinnu
noun. starry twilight
âr
noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)
âr
noun. king
An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mighty, vast, overwhelming, huge, awful” derived from primitive ᴹ✶taurā “masterful, mighty” based the root ᴹ√TUR “power, control, mastery, victory” (Ety/TÁWAR, TUR). It was also influenced by ᴹ✶tārā “lofty” and as such had the alternate meaning “high, sublime”. Thus its gloss “awful” has the sense “causing awe” rather than its modern English meaning “terrible”, and its general meaning seems to something that is mighty (in strength or size) and also induces awe, either inspiring or terrifying. Its Quenya equivalent Q. taura continued to appear in later writings (PE17/115, VT39/10), indicating that this Noldorin word probably remained valid in Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had the adjective G. taura “powerful” and the (archaic) noun G. †taur “ability, power” (GL/69), both based on the early root ᴱ√TURU “am strong” (GL/72; QL/95).