-ndur
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-ndur, -nur is a Quenya suffix added to names to indicate faithful service or servitude.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From -n(d)úro "servant", Root NDŪ.[2][3]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Arandur = "Steward" (literally "King-servant")
- Eärendur/Earnur = "Servant of the Sea, mariner"
- Elendur = "Servant of the Elves"
- Cemendur = "Servant of the Earth" (i.e. farmer?)
- Isildur = "Devoted to the Moon"
- Meneldur = "Servant of Heaven, astronomer"
- Pelendur = "Servant of the Border"
- Valandur = "Servant of the Valar"
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", -(n)dur
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 376, entry "NDŪ-"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 38
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
