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NS. Celegorm m. “Hasty-riser”

Third son of Fëanor (S/60), his name was adapted from his mother-name Q. Tyelcormo “Hasty-riser” (PM/353). His name was in the North Sindarin dialect, since the final [m] was preserved (VT41/10). It is a compound of S. celeg “hasty” and an adaptation of Q. ormo “riser”.

Conceptual Development: In earliest Lost Tales, his name was G. Celegorm (LT2/241). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name was changed to N. Celegorn (LR/226 note §41), in keeping with the revised phonology of Noldorin for which final [m] usually became [v]. In the Etymologies, the name was given as a combination of N. celeg “swift” and the lenited form of N. gorn “impetuous” (Ety/KYELEK, GOR).

In his “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings”, Tolkien considered connecting the -gorn in Celegorn with the final element of Aragorn, but was generally disatisfied with the meaning of the name (PE17/112-3). The form Celegorm was restored in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/177) and Tolkien devised the “North Sindarin” explanation of his name in “The Shibboleth of Fëanor” from 1968, as noted above (PM/353).

References ✧ MRI; PE17/112-113; PM/352; PMI; SI; TII/Celegorn; UTI; VT41/10; WJ/130; WJI

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S. celeg “hasty; swift, agile” ✧ VT41/10.2603
Q. *ormo “riser”
✶ornā “uprising, tall” ✧ PE17/113.4201 (-orna)

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Derivations

N. Celegorn m. “*Swift-impetious”

See NS. Celegorm for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GOR, KYELEK; EtyAC/KYELEK; LR/119, 145, 289; LRI/Celegorm; MRI/Celegorm; PE22/34, 41; PMI/Celegorm; SM/120; SMI/Celegorm; TII; WJ/130

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celeg “swift, agile” ✧ Ety/KYELEK.007
gorn “impetuous” soft-mutation ✧ Ety/GOR.017
ᴹ√KYELEK “swift, agile” ✧ Ety/GOR.037
ᴹ√GOR “violence, impetus, haste” ✧ Ety/KYELEK.010

G. Celegorm m.

References ✧ LBI; LR/119, 145, 289; LRI; LT2I; SM/120; SMI; WJ/130

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