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He signed as ''Arcastar [[Mondósar]]esse'' in a letter to the producer of the BBC documentary. | He signed as ''Arcastar [[Mondósar]]esse'' "Tolkien in Oxford" in a [[1968]] letter to the producer of the BBC documentary. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The first element seems to be related to the word ''[[arauca]]'' "swift, rushed" or from a related word of the same [[root]] (A-[[RAK]]). | The first element seems to be related to the word ''[[arauca]]'' "swift, rushed" or from a related word of the same [[root]] (A-[[RAK]]). | ||
Revision as of 22:49, 6 January 2010
Arcastar is the Quenya rendition of the surname Tolkien (German tollkühn "foolhardy, reckless, desperately brave, rushbold")
He signed as Arcastar Mondósaresse "Tolkien in Oxford" in a 1968 letter to the producer of the BBC documentary.
Etymology
The first element seems to be related to the word arauca "swift, rushed" or from a related word of the same root (A-RAK).
The second element must be from stem STAR "stiff, hard"
