daur
daur means "a stop or pause" in Sindarin.[1]
The word also referred to a Númenórean linear measure equivalent to 5000 rangar.[2] (See lár for more details.)
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[edit] Daur in the Song of Praise
The Sindarin word Daur appears in the song of praise of Frodo and Sam at the Field of Cormallen.[3][4]
It has been suggested that daur is the lenited form of taur ("lofty, noble" or "king"),[5][6], however the reliability of this speculation has been contested as the syntax of the phrase does not seem to require lenition.[7]
The exact meaning and etymology of Daur as Frodo's name can only be speculated.
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", note 9
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", "Appendix: Númenórean Linear Measures"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Field of Cormallen"
- ↑ Didier Willis, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary at Jrrvf.com (accessed 19 June 2011)
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, Sindarin, the Noble Tongue: I. Soft Mutation at Ardalambion (accessed 9 July 2011)
- ↑ Alfred W. Tueting, "Some Questions on Sindarin Lenition" (accessed 9 July 2011)