S. Caranthir m. “Red-face”
Fourth son of Fëanor, called “the Dark” (S/60). His name is a combination of caran “red” and thîr “face” (VT41/10), an adaptation of his mother name Q. Carnistir “Red-face” (PM/353).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, his name was ᴱN. Cranthor (LT2/241). Tolkien change his name to Cranthir in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/80) and this was also his name in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/223). N. Cranthir appeared in The Etymologies with the translation “Ruddy-face” (Ety/KARÁN, THĒ), already with essentially the same etymology as its final version.
In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien vacillated between Cranthir and Caranthir, ultimately settling on the latter (WJ/115).
References ✧ MR/128; MRI; PM/353; PMI; SA/caran; SI; SMI/Caranthir, Cranthir; VT41/10; WJ/115; WJI
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| caran | “red” | ✧ SA/caran; VT41/10 |
| thîr | “face” | ✧ VT41/10 (þîr) |
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N. Cranthir m. “Ruddy-face”
References ✧ Ety/KARÁN, THĒ; LR/265; LRI; LT2I/Cranthor; MRI/Caranthir; RSI; SMI/Caranthir, Cranthir; WJI/Caranthir
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Inflections
| Granthir | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ LR/265 |
Elements
| crann | “ruddy (of face); face, blush, the cheeks” | ✧ Ety/KARÁN | |
| thîr | “look, face, expression, countenance” | ✧ Ety/THĒ | |
| ᴹ√THĒ | “look (see or seem)” | ✧ Ety/KARÁN | |
| ᴹ√KARAN | “red” | ✧ Ety/THĒ (KARÁN) | |
Element In
ᴱN. Cranthor m.
References ✧ LB/80; LBI/Cranthir; LT2I
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| cranthir | “perfect” |