Perhael

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?]

[edit] Etymology

From the Sindarin root per- "half" and sael meaning "wise".^[source?]

[edit] Other forms

• Berhael: lenited form in the phrase Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn, eglerio!^[4]

[edit] Cognates

• Westron Banazîr

[edit] See also

• Iorhael

References

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Field of Cormallen"
3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, p. 129
4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211, (dated 14 October 1958), footnote

• J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961)