N. Findobar m.

N. Findobar, m.
A son of Fingon in a genealogy associated with the early Annals of Beleriand (LR/403). The name also appears in The Etymologies as Findobar (Ety/MBAR) and Findabar (Ety/PHIN). The name appeared to be a compound of ON. phinde “skill” (also an element of his father’s name) and the suffixal form -bar of bár “home”.

References ✧ Ety/MBAR, PHIN; LRI

Variations

Elements

ON. phinde “skill”
bár “home; earth” ✧ Ety/MBAR (bar)
ᴹ√PHIN “nimbleness, skill” ✧ Ety/MBAR

Derivations