tirith aear

place name. Sea-ward Tower

A tower in Dol Amroth mentioned in the preface to the Adventures of Tom Bombadil (TR/192), glossed “Sea-ward Tower”. It is a combination of tirith “watch” and the (lenited) form of gaear “sea”, so perhaps a more literal translation would be “Sea Watch”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
tirith	“watching, guarding, watch, ward, guard”
gaear	“sea”