N. Narothal m. “Firefoot”
Name of Gandalf’s horse appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/351), a combination of naur “fire” and a mutated form of tâl “foot”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/1.6).
References ✧ RS/351; RSI; TII
Glosses
Elements
| naur | “flame” | ||
| tâl | “foot; (lower) end” | liquid-mutation | ✧ RS/351 (#thal) |