S. Tauron m. “Lord of Forests, (lit.) Forester”
A Sindarin name of Oromë translated “Lord of Forests” (S/29) or more literally “Forester” (PM/358), sometimes expanded to Aran Tauron “King Forester” (PM/358). This name is a compound of taur “forest” (SA/taur) and the masculine suffix -on¹.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, this name was G. Tavros glossed “the Blue Spirit of the Woods” (GL/69). In a late change to the Lays of Beleriand the name was changed to N. Tauros (LB/195) which was the form used in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/206). In The Etymologies, this name was derived from a combination of taur¹ “forest” and the lenited form of gost “terror” (Ety/GOS, TÁWAR). The name was revised to Tauron in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/202).
References ✧ LT1A/Tavari; MR/202; MRI; PM/358; PMI; S/29; SA/taur; SI
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| tauron | “forester” | ✧ PM/358 | |
| taur | “forest, wood” | ✧ SA/taur | |
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N. Tauros m. “Lord of Forests; (lit.) Forest-Dread”
References ✧ Ety/GOS, ORÓM, TÁWAR; LB/195; LBI/Tauros, Tavros; LR/206; LRI; LT1A/Tavari; MRI/Tauron; SM/79; SMI/Aldaron, Tauros
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| taur¹ | “forest, great wood” | ✧ Ety/TÁWAR | |
| gost | “dread, terror” | ✧ Ety/GOS | |
| ᴹ√TAWAR | “wood, forest” | ✧ Ety/GOS (TÁWAR) | |
| ᴹ√GOS | “dread” | ✧ Ety/TÁWAR | |
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ᴱN. Tavros m. “Lord of Forests”
References ✧ LB/195; LBI/Ormaid, Tauros, Tavros; SM/79; SMI/Tauros
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G. Tavros m. “the Blue Spirit of the Woods”
References ✧ GL/51, 69; LT1A/Tavari; LT2A/Ulmonan
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| tavros | “forest, wooded land” | ✧ GL/69; LT1A/Tavari |
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