A title of ᴱQ. Tevildo in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/15), a combination of vardo “prince” and some form of meoi “cat”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2A/Tevildo). The element meoita may be a genitive or partitive form.
Early Quenya
tevildo
masculine name. Prince of Cats
vardo meoita
masculine name. Prince of Cats
First precursor to Sauron in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/47; LT2/15), this name was derived from the root ᴱ√TEFE having to do with hatred (QL/90).