Perhael was a Sindarin name, meaning "half-wise",[1] that Aragorn II used for Samwise Gamgee.[2][3] The name was a translation of the Westron name Banazîr.[source?]
Etymology
From the Sindarin root per- "half" and sael meaning "wise".[source?]
Other forms
- Berhael = lenited form in the phrase Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn! Eglerio!
Cognates
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 102
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Field of Cormallen"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, p. 129
- J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961)