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| "Tuor slays Othrod" by Tom Loback | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Lord of the Orcs |
| Affiliation | Melko |
| Death | Killed by Tuor during the Fall of Gondolin |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Othrod |
Othrod was a "lord of the Orcs" slain by Tuor during the Fall of Gondolin.[1]
He only appears in Tolkien's early "The Fall of Gondolin".
Etymology
Othrod is clarily Gnomish, but it is not glossed. The Qenya cognate was Osorot.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin", p. 181
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Alphabet of Rúmil & Early Noldorin Fragments", in Parma Eldalamberon XIII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 105
