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'''Arcastar''' (pron. {{IPA|[arˈkastar]}}) is the [[Quenya]] rendition of the surname [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] (German ''Tollkühn'' "foolhardy, reckless, desperately brave, rushbold").
'''''Arcastar''''' (pron. {{IPA|[arˈkastar]}}) is the [[Quenya]] rendition of the surname [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] (German ''Tollkühn'' "foolhardy, reckless, desperately brave, rushbold").


[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] signed as ''Arcastar [[Mondósar]]esse'' "Tolkien in Oxford" in a [[1968]] letter to the producer of the BBC documentary.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=72920|articlename=Valuable Print Books and Manuscripts|dated=20 November 2008|website=Tolkienbook.net|accessed=23 September 2014}}</ref>
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] signed as ''Arcastar [[Mondósar]]esse'' "Tolkien in Oxford" in a [[1968]] letter to the producer of the [[BBC]] documentary ''[[Tolkien in Oxford]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=72920|articlename=Valuable Print Books and Manuscripts|dated=20 November 2008|website=Tolkienbook.net|accessed=23 September 2014}}</ref>
 
The exact meaning of ''Arcastar'' is unknown. [[Ryszard Derdzinski]] has suggested that ''arcastar'' could possibly mean "translator" (or "one who carries across"), based on his research about the [[Tolkien Family|Tolkien family]] name.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Ryszard Derdzinski]]|articleurl=http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/2017/06/arcastar-means-translator.html|articlename=''Arcastar'' means 'Translator'?|dated=16 June 2017|website=[http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/ tolkniety.blogspot.com]|accessed=17 June 2017}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:39, 17 June 2017

Arcastar (pron. [arˈkastar]) is the Quenya rendition of the surname Tolkien (German Tollkühn "foolhardy, reckless, desperately brave, rushbold").

J.R.R. Tolkien signed as Arcastar Mondósaresse "Tolkien in Oxford" in a 1968 letter to the producer of the BBC documentary Tolkien in Oxford.[1]

The exact meaning of Arcastar is unknown. Ryszard Derdzinski has suggested that arcastar could possibly mean "translator" (or "one who carries across"), based on his research about the Tolkien family name.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Valuable Print Books and Manuscripts" dated 20 November 2008, Tolkienbook.net (accessed 23 September 2014)
  2. Ryszard Derdzinski, "Arcastar means 'Translator'?" dated 16 June 2017, tolkniety.blogspot.com (accessed 17 June 2017)