01-09-2002, 19:23
Tolkien stresses 2 times that Legolas, though his name is a dialectal form of the Woodland Elves, is a Woodland Elf, yes, but also Sindarin in origin like his father, just like Galadriel is queen of the Elves of Lothlórien, but she herself is a Noldor Elf. This is an assumption, but I think Thranduil was a Sindar Elf who became ruler of the Silvan (originally Nandorin Elves). His son was born while he was already in Mirkwood and thus received a name of the Woodland Elves. <br>Legolas is a dialectal name of the Woodland Elves. The Woodland Elves are of the Sindar stock and the pure Sindarin form of his name is Laegolas.<br>'Legolas' is composed of leg 'green', a dialectal form of Sindarin laeg; and Sindarin golas/-olas 'collection of leaves, foliage.' I guess because of the 'g' at the end of leg and the one at the beginning of golas, in Legolas' name, the form -olas is applied. The meaning is thus: 'green-leaves' (or 'green collection of leaves', or 'green foliage').<br>In golas/-olas, the Sindarin component las 'leaf', can be distinguished, itself a derivative of the High Elven lasse. The High Elven form of golas is olassië.<br>As Tolkien said himself, it is indeed a very suitable name for a Woodland Elf. <p>voila ce que j'ai trouvé orane.mais comme je suis une grosse quiche en traduction ben je te laisse faire mais d'apres ce que j'ai compris legolas est ce qu'on peut appelé un elfe de la foret mais il a des origines sindarin;voila j'espere que ca repond a ta question<br>