S. Tirith Aear loc. “Sea-ward Tower”

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