Túrin

victory-mood

Túrin masc. name, apparently meaning "victory-mood" (LR:395, s.v. TUR). The Etymologies gives Turindo as the Quenya form of this name; Túrin seems to be properly the Sindarin form, though it fits Quenya style well enough and Nienor used it in a Quenya sentence (near the end of ch. 21 of the Silmarillion). The name appears as Turin (with a short u) in the phrase nahtana ló Turin, "slain by Túrin" (VT49:24)

turindië

kingdom

#turindië, #túrindië noun "kingdom" (turindielya, túrindielya "thy kingdom", VT43:15). These words for "kingdom" Tolkien perhaps abandoned in favour of #aranië, q.v.

turinasta

kingdom

#turinasta, #túrinasta noun "kingdom" (turinastalya, túrinastalya "thy kingdom", VT43:15). These words for "kingdom" Tolkien perhaps abandoned in favour of #aranië, q.v.

tur-

wield, control, govern

tur- vb. "wield, control, govern" (1st pers. aorist turin "I wield" etc.), pa.t. turnë (TUR). The verb is elsewhere defined "master, conquer, win" (PE17:115), virtually the same meanings are elsewhere assigned to turu- #1, q.v.

aranië

kingdom

#aranië noun "kingdom" (aranielya "thy kingdom") (VT43:15). Cf. #aranyë in Ardaranyë "the Kingdom of Arda" (PE17:105)

aranië

noun. kingdom

Element in

• Q. aranielya na tuluva “thy kingdom come” ✧ VT43/15
• Q. Ardaranyë “Kingdom of Arda” ✧ PE17/105

Elements

Word	Gloss
aran	“king”
-ië	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• aranye ✧ PE17/105 (aranye)

aranyë

kingdom

#aranyë noun "kingdom", isolated from Ardaranyë "the Kingdom of Arda" (PE17:105)

túrin

masculine name. Túrin

The great tragic hero of the First Age (S/198), his name is a combination of tûr “victory” (SA/tur) and ind “heart”.

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this character’s name was already G. Túrin (LT2/70), and so remained in all of Tolkien’s writing. It was translated “Lord” in some early notes (PE15/61), but it seems unlikely this translation remained valid. In The Etymologies from the 1930s, N. Túrin was derived from a combination of N. tûr and ind, which is the source of the derivation given above (Ety/ID, TUR).

Element in

• Q. a Túrin Turambar turún’ ambartanen “[O] master of doom by doom mastered” ✧ S/223; UT/138
• Q. nahtana ló Turin “*slain by Túrin” ✧ VT49/24
• S. Túrin ion Húrin Túramarth “*Túrin son of Húrin, Túramarth” ✧ VT50/18
• S. Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga “Túrin Turambar, Glaurung’s Bane” ✧ S/226

Elements

Word	Gloss
tûr	“master, [N.] mastery, victory, [ᴱN.] power [over others]; [S.] master”
ind	“some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart, some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart [metaphorical], [N.] inner thought, meaning”

Variations

• TÚRIN ✧ S/226
• Turin ✧ VT49/24

arnad

noun. kingdom

aranarth

noun. kingdom, "king-holding"

In Tolkien's manuscript, this form was rejected in favor of arnad

arnad

kingdom

arnad (pl. ernaid) (VT44:23)

arnad

kingdom

(pl. ernaid) (VT44:23)

tortha

wield

(i** dortha, i** thorthar) (control)

maetha

wield

(i** vaetha, i** maethar) (handle, manage, deal with). In Tolkien’s earlier material, the verb maetha- meant ”fight”.

matha

wield

1) matha- (i vatha, i mathar) (stroke, feel, handle), 2) maetha- (i vaetha, i maethar) (handle, manage, deal with). In Tolkiens earlier material, the verb maetha- meant ”fight”. 3) tortha- (i dortha, i thorthar) (control)

matha

wield

(i** vatha, i** mathar) (stroke, feel, handle)

túrin

masculine name. Túrin

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Turindo ✧ Ety/TUR

Derivations

• ᴹ√TUR “power, control, mastery, victory” ✧ Ety/ID

Elements

Word	Gloss
tûr	“mastery, victory”
ind	“inner thought, meaning, heart”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TUR > Túrin(n)	[tūrindo] > [tūrind] > [tūrinn] > [tūrin]	✧ Ety/ID

Variations

• Túrin(n) ✧ Ety/ID

tortha-

verb. to wield, control