S. Maglor m. “*Forging Gold”
Second son of Fëanor (S/60), his name is phonetic conversion of his mother-name Q. Macalaurë “Forging Gold” (PM/353), which in proper Sindarin would have been Magalor (VT41/10).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, his name was G. Maglor (LT2/241). It remained N. Maglor in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/88, LR/223). In The Etymologies, it was translated “Gold-cleaver”, a combination of the root ᴹ√MAK “cleave” and the suffixal form -lor of glaur “gold” (Ety/MAG). In “The Lay of Leithian Recommenced” from the 1950s, Tolkien revised the name to Maelor (LB/353), a form that also appears as a late change in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/182 note §41), but when Tolkien devised the derivation given above in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from the late 1960s, he reverted back to Maglor.
References ✧ LB/353; LBI/Maelor; MRI; PM/352; PMI; SI; VT41/10; WJI
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Changes
Elements
| glaur | “gold [light or colour]” | suffix | ✧ VT41/10 |
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Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶maka-glaur- > magalor- | [makaglaur] > [makaɣlaur] > [magaɣlaur] > [magalaur] > [magalor] | ✧ VT41/10 |
N. Maglor m. “Gold-cleaver”
References ✧ Ety/MAK; LRI; SMI
Glosses
Elements
| ᴹ√MAK | “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” | ✧ Ety/MAK | |
| glaur | “gold” | suffix | ✧ Ety/MAK (#-lor) |
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