S. Glorfindel m. “Golden-hair”
A Noldorin hero of the First and Third Age (S/194, LotR/209), possibly the same individual (PM/377-384). His name is translated “Golden-hair”, a combination of glaur “gold” and †findel “head of hair” (PE17/17, 34), ultimately derived from his Quenya name Laurefindele (PE17/119). The ancient nature of this name is indicated by the fact that the medial nd had not yet become nn as was usual in Sindarin (LotR/1115).
Conceptual Development: The name G. Glorfindel appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, translated “Goldtress” (LT2/216). Several variant forms appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon: Glorfinnl amd Glorfingl, translated “Goldlocks” (GL/40). The name remained N. Glorfindel in Silmarillion drafts (SM/37, LR/142) as well as The Etymologies from the 1930s, with essentially the same derivation as the one given above (Ety/LÁWAR, SPIN). In some Notes on Names (NN) from the 1957, Tolkien experimented with inverting the name to Finglor (PE17/119).
References ✧ LotRI; PE17/17, 119; PMI; SA/fin, laurë; SI; UTI; WJI
Glosses
Variations
Related
Elements
| glaur | “gold [light or colour]” | ✧ PE17/17; PE17/17 | |
| finnel | “head of hair, fax, mass of long hair; having fine or beautiful hair” | ✧ PE17/17 (†findel) | |
| ✶spindilā | “head of hair” | ✧ PE17/17 (phin-dela) | |
| fîn | “(single) hair, filament” | ✧ SA/fin (fin-) | |
Cognates
N. Glorfindel m.
References ✧ Ety/LÁWAR, PHIN, SPIN; EtyAC/LÁWAR; LRI; RSI; SMI; TII
Variations
Changes
Elements
| glaur | “gold” | ✧ Ety/LÁWAR (glor-) | |
| finnel | “(braided) hair” | ✧ Ety/SPIN | |
| ᴹ√SPIN | “*hair” | ✧ Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/PHIN | |
G. Glorfindel m. “Gold-tress, Goldlocks”
References ✧ GL/40; LBI; LT2/216; LT2A/Glorfindel; LT2I; PE13/104; PE15/25
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| glôr | “gold” | ✧ GL/40; LT2A/Glorfalc (Glor); PE15/25 (Glor) |
| findel | “tress” | ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel (findel) |
| finn | “lock of hair” | ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel |
| fingl | “tress” | ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel |
Cognates