S. Tirith Aear loc. “Sea-ward Tower”
A tower in Dol Amroth mentioned in the preface to the Adventures of Tom Bombadil (TR/192), glossed “Sea-ward Tower”. It is a combination of tirith “watch” and either aear or gaear “sea” (lenited), so perhaps a more literal translation would be “Sea Watch”.
Reference ✧ TR/192 ✧ “Sea-ward Tower”
Elements
tirith | “watching, guarding, watch, ward, guard” | |
gaear | “sea” | soft-mutation |