Eldamo : Sindarin : tharan

S. tharan adj. “vigorous” (Category: Well; Health)

S. tharan, adj. “vigorous” (Category: Well; Health): G. laug “(of plants) alive, having sap, green, vigorous”; G. nerthog “stout, vigorous, doughty”

An adjective for “vigorous” derived from the Sindarin-only root √THAR “vigour” in notes from 1959 (D59), coined by Tolkien to explain the name Thranduil (< th(a)randuil) “Vigorous Spring” (PE17/27, 187).

References ✧ PE17/27, 187

Glosses

“vigorous” ✧ PE17/27; PE17/187

Element In

S. Thranduil “Vigorous Spring” ✧ PE17/27 (th(a)randuil); PE17/187 (th(a)randuil)

Derivations

< √THAR² “vigour” ✧ PE17/187

Phonetic Developments

√THAR > tharan

[tʰarane] > [θarane] > [θaran]

✧ PE17/187