Quenya
ingoldo
masculine name. The Noldo
Cognates
Derivations
Derivatives
Element in
- Q. Ingoldo “The Noldo” ✧ MR/230
- Q. Noldo-quentasta Ingoldova “Ingoldo’s History of the Noldor” ✧ VT39/16
Elements
Word Gloss i “the” Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” Variations
- Ingoldo-finwë ✧ MR/230
- Fingoldo ✧ PE17/039
- Vinya Finwe ✧ PE17/118
- Ingoldofinwe ✧ PE17/118
- iñgoldo ✧ PE19/076 (Aq. iñgoldo)
The mother-name of Finarfin (PM/360), and also the mother name of his son Finrod (PM/346). It is an archaic combination of the definite article i “the” and ✶Ñgoldō > Noldo, with the ñg- preserved because it was not at the beginning of the word (PE19/76). It would have been Sindarized as S. Angolodh, but this name was not used because Finarfin did not go to Middle-earth with his brothers (PM/360). A similar name was common in Númenor and Gondor, where it was reduced to Ingold (PM/360, LotR/749).
Conceptual Development: In earlier writing, the mother-name of Finarfin was Ingalaurë, while Ingoldo was the mother-name of Fingolfin (MR/230, PE17/118). At this stage, Tolkien said that it was a combination of the names of the peoples of Fingolfin’s mother and father, the Ingar and Noldor (MR/230). As the mother-mame of Fingolfin, Tolkien also considered having this name develop into Fingoldo (PE17/39) or Ingoldofinwe (PE17/118, MR/230) to better match his Sindarin name.