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The meaning of the name is not known, however it includes [[Adûnaic]] ''zôr'' which means "flame" or "foam". | The meaning of the name is not known, however it includes [[Adûnaic]] ''zôr'' which means "flame" or "foam". | ||
The first element ''imra'' (perhaps from *''imar'') is not translated but it also appears in the name [[Imrahil]] and perhaps [[Imâr]]. | The first element ''imra'' (perhaps from *''imar'') is not translated but it also appears in the name of his descendant, [[Imrahil]] and perhaps [[Imâr]]. | ||
Imrazôr, who seems to has retained the usage of Adûnaic names in his House, was also known as '''The Númenórean'''. Why a Gondorian noble of the Third Age would be called "the Númenórean" is unknown.<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, ''The Line of Dol Amroth'', p. 220-222</ref> | |||
==Genealogy== | ==Genealogy== |
Revision as of 08:45, 5 December 2021
Imrazôr | |
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Gondorian | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | The Númenórean |
Titles | Prince of Belfalas[1] |
Location | Belfalas |
Birth | T.A. 1950 |
Death | T.A. 2076 (aged 126) |
Family | |
Parentage | Descendant of Adrahil I[note 1][1] |
Spouse | Mithrellas |
Children | Galador and Gilmith |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Imrazôr |
Imrazôr was a Gondorian Prince of Belfalas at the end of the second millennium of the Third Age. He was said to have wedded an Elf-maid named Mithrellas, a wandering companion of Nimrodel. His son Galador was the first Prince of Dol Amroth.[2]
Etymology
The meaning of the name is not known, however it includes Adûnaic zôr which means "flame" or "foam".
The first element imra (perhaps from *imar) is not translated but it also appears in the name of his descendant, Imrahil and perhaps Imâr.
Imrazôr, who seems to has retained the usage of Adûnaic names in his House, was also known as The Númenórean. Why a Gondorian noble of the Third Age would be called "the Númenórean" is unknown.[3]
Genealogy
Adrahil I c. 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IMRAZȎR 1950-2076 | Mithrellas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galador 2004-2129 | Gilmith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princes of Dol Amroth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium
In an early manuscript Imrazôr and not his son was numbered as the first Prince of Dol Amroth.[4]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", Amroth and Nimrodel
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", The Line of Dol Amroth, p. 220-222
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", The Line of Dol Amroth, p. 221-222