Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : polodh

ᴺS. [G.] polodh n. “power, might, authority” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)

ᴺS. [G.] polodh, n. “power, might, authority” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful): ᴱN. balt¹ “might”; G. ogor “might, power, ability”

See G. polod for discussion.

Element In

ᴺS. ^polodhren “mighty, *powerful (politically)”

Derivations

< √POL “can, have physical power and ability; large, big (strong); pound up, break up small, reduce to powder”

G. polod n. “power, might, authority” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)

A noun appearing as G. polod “power, might, authority” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, clearly based on the early root ᴱ√POLO “have stength” (GL/64).

Neo-Sindarin: Since ᴹ√POL(OD) still had to do with “strength” in Tolkien’s later writings, I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. polodh “power, might, authority”, and assume some amount of semantic drift from physical strength to political authority.

References ✧ GL/64; LT1A/Poldórëa

Glosses

“power, might, authority” ✧ GL/64; LT1A/Poldórëa

Element In

G. polodrin “mighty” ✧ GL/64; LT1A/Poldórëa
G. Polodweg “Tulcus” ✧ LT1A/Poldórëa; LT1A/Poldórëa (Poldurin/Poldorin)

Cognates

ᴱQ. poldor “physical strength; might”

Derivations

< ᴱ√POLO “have stength”