- and (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion, Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names
- oh (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - [posessive suffix] (sindarin)
dagor: ‘battle’ the root is ndak-, cf. Haudh-en-Ndengin. Another derivative is Dagnir (Dagnir Glaurunga ’Glaurung’s Bane’).
— The Silmarillion
- neck (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion, page 536
achad tarlang: (achad)
- tarlang's neck (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion
- men (quenya)
Adan: ‘The Second People’, Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (41) the meaning is ’Men (in general)’. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
— The Silmarillion - man (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The Silmarillionadan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The SilmarillionAradan: Sindarin name of Malach, son of Marach. 172, 177
— The SilmarillionAradan: Son of Marach; given the Elvish name Aradan. 171, 177
— The SilmarillionAdanedhel: ‘Elf-Man’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond. 258
— The Silmarillion - the second people (quenya)
Adan: ‘The Second People’, Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (41) the meaning is ’Men (in general)’. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
— The Silmarillion
- elf man (sindarin)
Adanedhel: ‘Elf-Man’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond. 258
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The Silmarillionadan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The Silmarillion
- reunite (sindarin)
Mereth Aderthad: ‘The ’Feast of Reuniting’ held by Fingolfin near the Pools of Ivrin. 132-3
— The Silmarillion - reuniting (sindarin)
Mereth Aderthad: The ‘Feast of Reuniting’ held by Fingolfin near the Pools of Ivrin. 132-3
— The Silmarillionmereth: ‘feast’ in Mereth Aderthad; also in Merethrond, the Hall of Feasts in Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- people (sindarin)
Haladin: The second people of Men to enter Beleriand; afterwards called the People of Haleth, dwelling in the Forest of Brethil, also the Men of Brethil. 171, 174-5, 187, 190, 194, 234,238
— The Silmarillion
- double (sindarin)
rant: ‘course’ in the river-names Adurant (with adu ‘double’) and Celebrant (’Silverlode’).
— The SilmarillionAdurant: The sixth and most southerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. The name means ‘double stream’, referring to its divided course about the island of Tol Galen. 147, 229, 290
— The Silmarillion
- west (adûnaic)
Adunakhôr: ‘Lord of the West’, name taken by the nineteenth King of Númenor, the first to do so in the Adûnaic (Númenórean) tongue; his name in Quenya was Herunúmen. 330
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- lord of the west (adûnaic)
And the nineteenth king took the sceptre of his fathers, and he ascended the throne in the name of Adûnakhôr, Lord of the West, forsaking the Elven-tongues and forbidding their use in his hearing.
— The SilmarillionAdunakhôr: ‘Lord of the West’, name taken by the nineteenth King of Númenor, the first to do so in the Adûnaic (Númenórean) tongue; his name in Quenya was Herunúmen. 330
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- double stream (sindarin)
rant: ‘course’ in the river-names Adurant (with adu ‘double’) and Celebrant (’Silverlode’).
— The SilmarillionAdurant: The sixth and most southerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. The name means ‘double stream’, referring to its divided course about the island of Tol Galen. 147, 229, 290
— The Silmarillion
adûn: (adun)
- west (adûnaic)
And the nineteenth king took the sceptre of his fathers, and he ascended the throne in the name of Adûnakhôr, Lord of the West, forsaking the Elven-tongues and forbidding their use in his hearing.
— The SilmarillionInziladûn: Elder son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbêth; afterwards named Tar-Palantir. 332
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
adûnakhôr: (adûn)
- lord of the west (adûnaic)
And the nineteenth king took the sceptre of his fathers, and he ascended the throne in the name of Adûnakhôr, Lord of the West, forsaking the Elven-tongues and forbidding their use in his hearing.
— The Silmarillion
- bird, small (sindarin)
lin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillion - sea (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
aeg: (aika)
- peak (sindarin)
Line of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366
— The SilmarillionCrissaegrim: The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor. 144, 186, 191, 221, 246, 281
— The Silmarillionlos: ‘snow’ in Oiolossë (Quenya oio ‘ever’ and losse ‘snow, snow-white’); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion - fell (adjective) (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The SilmarillionAegnor: The fourth son of Finarfin, who with his brother Angrod held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. The name means ‘Fell Fire’, 64,94, 141, 180-82
— The Silmarillion - point (sindarin)
Aeglos: ‘Snow-point’, the spear of Gil-galad. 364
— The Silmarillion - sharp (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- peaks, line of (sindarin)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - line of peaks (sindarin)
Line of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366
— The Silmarillion
- snow point (sindarin)
Aeglos: ‘Snow-point’, the spear of Gil-galad. 364
— The Silmarillion - snowpeak (sindarin)
los: ‘snow’ in Oiolossë (Quenya oio ‘ever’ and losse ‘snow, snow-white’); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
— The Silmarillion
- fell fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The SilmarillionAegnor: The fourth son of Finarfin, who with his brother Angrod held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. The name means ‘Fell Fire’, 64,94, 141, 180-82
— The Silmarillion - sharp flame (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- peaks (sindarin)
Crissaegrim: The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor. 144, 186, 191, 221, 246, 281
— The Silmarillion
- lake (sindarin)
aelin: ‘lake, pool’ in Aelin-uial; cf. lin (2).
— The Silmarillionlin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillionuial: ‘twilight’ in Aelin-uial, Nenuial.
— The Silmarillion - meres (sindarin)
Aelin-uial: ‘Meres of Twilight’, where Aros flowed into Sirion. 133,145, 203, 267, 285
— The SilmarillionSee Aelin-uial.
— The Silmarillion - pool (sindarin)
aelin: ‘lake, pool’ in Aelin-uial; cf. lin (2).
— The Silmarillion - mere of small birds (sindarin)
lin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillion
aelin-uial: (aelin, lin, uial)
- twilight mere (sindarin)
aelin: ‘lake, pool’ in Aelin-uial; cf. lin (2).
— The Silmarillionuial: ‘twilight’ in Aelin-uial, Nenuial.
— The Silmarillion - twilight meres (sindarin)
See Aelin-uial.
— The Silmarillion - meres of twilight (sindarin)
Aelin-uial: ‘Meres of Twilight’, where Aros flowed into Sirion. 133,145, 203, 267, 285
— The Silmarillion
aemarth: (amarth)
- doom [variant] (sindarin)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion
aer: (gaer)
- sea (sindarin)
Aerin: A kinswoman of Húrin in Dor-lómin; taken as wife by Brodda the Easterling; aided Morwen after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 243, 264
— The Silmarillionbeleg: ‘mighty’ in Beleg, Belegaer, Belegost, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillionëar: ‘sea’ (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
— The Silmarillionran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The SilmarillionAerandir: ‘Sea-wanderer’, one of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his voyages. 307
— The SilmarillionBelegaer: ‘The Great Sea’ of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer 32, 100, 295; but very frequently called the (Great) Sea, also the Western Sea and the Great Water.
— The Silmarillion
aerandir: (ae, aer, ran, randir)
- sea wanderer (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The SilmarillionAerandir: ‘Sea-wanderer’, one of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his voyages. 307
— The Silmarillion
- [plural] (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
- bird (sindarin)
Linaewen: ‘Lake of birds’, the great mere in Nevrast. 141
— The Silmarillion
aewen: (aiwe)
- birds, of (sindarin)
Linaewen: ‘Lake of birds’, the great mere in Nevrast. 141
— The Silmarillion - birds, small, of (sindarin)
lin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillion
- pass (sindarin)
Aglon: ‘The Narrow Pass’, between Dorthonion and the heights to the west of Himring. 147, 161, 183-4
— The Silmarillion
- blood stained (sindarin)
Agarwaen: ‘Blood-stained’, name given to himself by Túrin when he came to Nargothrond. 257
— The Silmarillion
agla: (aglar)
- brilliance (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillionrond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion - glory (sindarin)
Dagor Aglareb: ‘The Glorious Battle’, third of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 135-6, 139, 149
— The Silmarillionaglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion
- brilliance (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - glory (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion
aglareb: (agla, aglar, eb, reb)
- brilliance (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion - brilliant (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion - glorious (sindarin)
Dagor Aglareb: ‘The Glorious Battle’, third of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 135-6, 139, 149
— The Silmarillion
- glittering cavern (sindarin)
Aglarond: ‘The Glittering Cavern’ of Helm's Deep in Ered Nimrais (see The Two Towers III 8). 361
— The Silmarillionaglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillionrond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion - brilliant cavern (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillionrond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion
- the narrow pass (sindarin)
Aglon: ‘The Narrow Pass’, between Dorthonion and the heights to the west of Himring. 147, 161, 183-4
— The Silmarillion
- -ish (adûnaic)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- fell (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - sharp (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- sharp flame (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - fell fire (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- holy (quenya)
Angainor: The chain wrought by Aulë with which Melkor was twice bound. 52, 312
— The Silmarillionaina: ‘holy’ in Ainur, Ainulindalë.
— The Silmarillion - holy (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion
aina: (ain)
- holy (quenya)
aina: ‘holy’ in Ainur, Ainulindalë.
— The Silmarillion
- holy, that which is (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion
ainu: (aina)
- holy one (quenya)
Ainur: ‘The Holy Ones’ (singular Ainu)‘, the first beings created by Ilúvatar, the ’order’ of the Valar and Maiar, made before E‰. 3-9, 18, 21, 41, 44, 58, 121, 251, 288
— The SilmarillionAinulindalë: ‘The Music of the Ainur’, also called The (Great) Music, The (Great) Song. 3-9, 18, 21, 37-8, 43-4, 50, 74, 121, 251. Also the name of the account of Creation said to have been composed by Rúmil of Tirion in the Elder Days. 82
— The Silmarillionaina: ‘holy’ in Ainur, Ainulindalë.
— The Silmarillion - holly one (quenya)
lin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The Silmarillion
ainulindalë: (ain, ainu, dalë, lin)
- the music of the ainur (quenya)
Ainulindalë: ‘The Music of the Ainur’, also called The (Great) Music, The (Great) Song. 3-9, 18, 21, 37-8, 43-4, 50, 74, 121, 251. Also the name of the account of Creation said to have been composed by Rúmil of Tirion in the Elder Days. 82
— The Silmarillion
- holy ones (quenya)
Ainur: ‘The Holy Ones’ (singular Ainu)‘, the first beings created by Ilúvatar, the ’order’ of the Valar and Maiar, made before E‰. 3-9, 18, 21, 41, 44, 58, 121, 251, 288
— The Silmarillion
- bird, small (quenya)
lin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillion
- the downfallen (adûnaic)
Akallabéth : ‘The Downfallen’, Adûnaic (Númenórean) word equivalent in meaning to Quenya Atalantë. 347 Also the title of the account of the Downfall of Númenor. 359,360
— The Silmarillion
alag: (alak)
- rushing (sindarin)
alqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillionanca: ‘jaws’ in Ancalagon (for the second element in this name see alqua).
— The Silmarillion
alagon: (alag)
- of rushing (sindarin)
alqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillionanca: ‘jaws’ in Ancalagon (for the second element in this name see alqua).
— The Silmarillion
- rushing (root)
alqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillion
- radiance (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- maiden crowned with a radiant garland (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
alcar: (alkar)
- glory (quenya)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The SilmarillionAlcarondas: The great ship of Ar-Pharazôn in which he sailed to Aman. 343
— The SilmarillionAlcarinquë: ‘The Glorious’, name of a star. 48
— The Silmarillion
alcarinquë: (alcar, alkarinquë)
- the glorious (quenya)
Alcarinquë: ‘The Glorious’, name of a star. 48
— The Silmarillion
ald: (alda)
- tree (sindarin)
Hathaldir: Called the Young; one of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
— The Silmarillion
- tree (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The Silmarillionmal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion - tree (sindarin)
Malinalda: ‘Tree of Gold’, a name of Laurelin. 33
— The Silmarillion
aldar: (alda)
- trees (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The SilmarillionAldaron: ‘Lord of Trees’, a Quenya name of the Vala Oromë; cf. Tauron. 22
— The Silmarillion
- lord of trees (quenya)
Aldaron: ‘Lord of Trees’, a Quenya name of the Vala Oromë; cf. Tauron. 22
— The Silmarillion - trees, of (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The Silmarillion
- trees, of (sindarin)
Hathaldir: Called the Young; one of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
— The Silmarillion
- tree (sindarin)
Astaldo: ‘The Valiant’, name of the Vala Tulkas. 22
— The Silmarillion
aldu: (alda)
- two trees (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The SilmarillionAldudénië: ‘Lament for the Two Trees’, made by a Vanyarin Elf named Elemmírë. 84
— The Silmarillion
- lament of the two trees (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The SilmarillionAldudénië: ‘Lament for the Two Trees’, made by a Vanyarin Elf named Elemmírë. 84
— The Silmarillion
alka: (alkar)
- glory (quenya)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion
- brilliance (quenya)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion - glory (quenya)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion
- swan (sindarin)
alqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillion
- swan (quenya)
Swanhaven: See Alqualondë.
— The Silmarillionalqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The SilmarillionAlqualondë: ‘Haven of the Swans’, the chief city and haven of the Teleri on the shores of Aman. 63-5, 79, 97, 100, 120, 130, 154, 188, 309, 311
— The Silmarillion - swann (quenya)
londë: ‘land-locked haven’ in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
— The Silmarillion
- haven of the swans (quenya)
Alqualondë: ‘Haven of the Swans’, the chief city and haven of the Teleri on the shores of Aman. 63-5, 79, 97, 100, 120, 130, 154, 188, 309, 311
— The Silmarillion - swanhaven (quenya)
Swanhaven: See Alqualondë.
— The Silmarillionalqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillionlondë: ‘land-locked haven’ in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
— The Silmarillion
altá: (alata)
- radiance (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- maiden crowned with a radiant garland (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
aman: (man)
- blessed realm (quenya)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion - blessed (sindarin)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The SilmarillionAman: ‘Blessed, free from evil’, the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm. Passim; see especially 32, 66, 326
— The SilmarillionAraman: Barren wasteland on the coast of Aman, between the Pelóri and the Sea, extending northward to the Helcaraxë. 79, 88, 97,101, 116-7,123, 129, 297
— The Silmarillionar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion - blessed (quenya)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion - blessed, free from evil (sindarin)
Aman: ‘Blessed, free from evil’, the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm. Passim; see especially 32, 66, 326
— The Silmarillion
amandil: (aman, dil, man, ndil)
- devotee of aman (sindarin)
Aman: ‘Blessed, free from evil’, the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm. Passim; see especially 32, 66, 326
— The Silmarillion - lover of aman (sindarin)
Aman: ‘Blessed, free from evil’, the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm. Passim; see especially 32, 66, 326
— The Silmarillion
amarth: (marth)
- doom, of (sindarin)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion - doom (sindarin)
Amon Amarth: ‘Mount Doom’, the name given to Orodruin when its fires awoke again after Sauron’s return from Númenor. 363, 377
— The Silmarillionamarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion
- doom (quenya)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion - ambar (quenya)
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - doom (sindarin)
Turambar: ‘Master of Doom’, the last name taken by Túrin, during his days in the Forest of Brethil. 266, 270-80, 284
— The Silmarillion
- hill (sindarin)
Amon Lanc, Naked Hill, was the highest point in the highland at the south-west corner of the Greenwood, and was so called because no trees grew on its summit. In later days it was Dol Guldur, the first stronghold of Sauron after his awakening. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales, The Disaster of Gladden Fields
The name Halifirien meant in the language of the Rohirrim holy mountain. Before their coming it was known in Sindarin as Amon Anwar, Hill of Awe; for what reason was not known in Gondor, except only (as later appeared) to the ruling King or Steward.
— Unfinished Talesdîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The SilmarillionAmon Gwareth: The hill upon which Gondolin was built, in the midst of the plain of Tumladen. 151, 163, 296, 299
— The Silmarillion`Behold Tol Brandir! ‘ said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. ’Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen the Hills of Hearing and of Sight.
— The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring
Amon Uilos: Sindarin name of Oiolossë. 32
— The SilmarillionAmon Obel: A hill in the midst of the Forest of Brethil, on which was built Ephel Brandir. 249, 266, 270
— The SilmarillionAmon Rûdh: ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil; abode of Mîm, and lair of Túrin’s outlaw band. 246-52, 284
— The SilmarillionHe was sitting upon the Seat of Seeing, on Amon Hen, the Hill of the Eye of the Men of Númenor.
— The Lord of the Ringsamon: ‘hill’, a Sindarin word occurring as the first element of many names; plural emyn in Emyn Beraid. 445
— The SilmarillionAmon Ethir: ‘The Hill of Spies’, raised by Finrod Felagund to the east of the doors of Nargothrond. 267-8
— The Silmarillioner: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The Silmarillionsûl: ‘wind’ in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The SilmarillionAmon Amarth: ‘Mount Doom’, the name given to Orodruin when its fires awoke again after Sauron’s return from Númenor. 363, 377
— The SilmarillionAmon Ereb: ‘The Lonely Hill’ (also simply Ereb), between Ramdal and the river Gelion in East Beleriand. 110, 146, 184
— The Silmarillionamarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion
- mount doom (sindarin)
Amon Amarth: ‘Mount Doom’, the name given to Orodruin when its fires awoke again after Sauron’s return from Númenor. 363, 377
— The Silmarillion
- hill of awe (sindarin)
The name Halifirien meant in the language of the Rohirrim holy mountain. Before their coming it was known in Sindarin as Amon Anwar, Hill of Awe; for what reason was not known in Gondor, except only (as later appeared) to the ruling King or Steward.
— Unfinished Tales
- silent hill (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- lonely hill (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The SilmarillionAmon Ereb: ‘The Lonely Hill’ (also simply Ereb), between Ramdal and the river Gelion in East Beleriand. 110, 146, 184
— The Silmarillion - lone hill (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The Silmarillion
- hill of spies (sindarin)
Amon Ethir: ‘The Hill of Spies’, raised by Finrod Felagund to the east of the doors of Nargothrond. 267-8
— The Silmarillion
- hill of sight (sindarin)
`Behold Tol Brandir! ‘ said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. ’Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen the Hills of Hearing and of Sight.
— The Lord of the Rings - hill of the eye (sindarin)
He was sitting upon the Seat of Seeing, on Amon Hen, the Hill of the Eye of the Men of Númenor.
— The Lord of the Rings
- naked hill (sindarin)
Amon Lanc, Naked Hill, was the highest point in the highland at the south-west corner of the Greenwood, and was so called because no trees grew on its summit. In later days it was Dol Guldur, the first stronghold of Sauron after his awakening. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- hill of hearing (sindarin)
`Behold Tol Brandir! ‘ said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. ’Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen the Hills of Hearing and of Sight.
— The Lord of the Rings
- bald hill (sindarin)
Amon Rûdh: ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil; abode of Mîm, and lair of Túrin’s outlaw band. 246-52, 284
— The Silmarillion
- hill of wind (sindarin)
sûl: ‘wind’ in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- one who is (sindarin)
Neithan: Name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws, translated as ‘The Wronged’ (literally ‘one who is deprived’). 245
— The Silmarillion - gift (sindarin)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The SilmarillionAndor: ‘The Land of Gift’: Númenor. 321, 345, 347
— The Silmarillion - gift (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillionmel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The SilmarillionAndunië: City and haven on the west coast of Númenor. 322, 331-2, 335. For the Lords of Andúnië see 331
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion - long (sindarin)
duin: ‘(long) river’ in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
— The Silmarillionlith: ‘ash’ in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad ‘Plain of Ashes’ at the feet of Ered Lithui.
— The Silmarillionfaug-: ‘gape’ in Anfauglir, Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith.
— The Silmarillionan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillionkir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillionfalas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - gift (adûnaic)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
ana: (anna)
- gift (sindarin)
ruth: ‘anger’ in Aranrúth.
— The Silmarillion - gift (adûnaic)
Anadúnë: ‘Westernesse’: name of Númenor in the Ad˚naic (Númenórean) tongue (see Númenor). 322
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- gift of the west (adûnaic)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion - westernesse (adûnaic)
Anadúnë: ‘Westernesse’: name of Númenor in the Ad˚naic (Númenórean) tongue (see Númenor). 322
— The Silmarillion
anar: (anár)
- sun [proper name] (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The SilmarillionAnarríma: Name of a constellation. 48
— The SilmarillionAnar: Quenya name of the Sun. 114-6
— The Silmarillion
- gift of anger (sindarin)
ruth: ‘anger’ in Aranrúth.
— The Silmarillion
anca: (alak)
- jaws (sindarin)
alqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillionanca: ‘jaws’ in Ancalagon (for the second element in this name see alqua).
— The Silmarillion
ancalagon: (alag, alagon, anca, on)
- rushing jaws (sindarin)
alqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillionanca: ‘jaws’ in Ancalagon (for the second element in this name see alqua).
— The Silmarillion
- land (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - long (sindarin)
(Sîr) Angren was the Elvish name of the river Isen. Ras Morthil, a name not otherwise found, must be the great headland at the end of the northern arm of the Bay of Belfalas, which was also called Andrast (Long Cape).
— Unfinished TalesAnduin: ‘The Long River’, east of the Misty Mountains; referred to also as the Great River and the River. 55,107, 329, 360-1, 364, 366, 369, 374-5
— The Silmarillionnd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Ringsan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillionros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The SilmarillionAndram: ‘The Long Wall’, name of the dividing fall running across Beleriand. 109, 146
— The SilmarillionAndroth: Caves in the bills of Mithrim where Tuor was fostered by the Grey-elves. 294
— The Silmarillionram: ‘wall’ (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- long well (sindarin)
- land of gift (sindarin)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The SilmarillionAndor: ‘The Land of Gift’: Númenor. 321, 345, 347
— The Silmarillion
- long wall (sindarin)
an(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The SilmarillionAndram: ‘The Long Wall’, name of the dividing fall running across Beleriand. 109, 146
— The Silmarillionram: ‘wall’ (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- long cape (geography) (sindarin)
(Sîr) Angren was the Elvish name of the river Isen. Ras Morthil, a name not otherwise found, must be the great headland at the end of the northern arm of the Bay of Belfalas, which was also called Andrast (Long Cape).
— Unfinished Tales
- long-foam (sindarin)
nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Rings
- long caves (sindarin)
Androth: Caves in the bills of Mithrim where Tuor was fostered by the Grey-elves. 294
— The Silmarillion
andu: (and)
- west (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales - long (sindarin)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion
- long river (sindarin)
duin: ‘(long) river’ in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
— The Silmarillionan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The SilmarillionAnduin: ‘The Long River’, east of the Misty Mountains; referred to also as the Great River and the River. 55,107, 329, 360-1, 364, 366, 369, 374-5
— The Silmarillion - long (sindarin)
an(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillion
- westlands (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
- sunset (quenya)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion - west (quenya)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- long shore (sindarin)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillionan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillion
- jaws of thirst (quenya)
Anfauglir: A name of the wolf Carcharoth, translated in the text as ‘Jaws of Thirst’. 218
— The Silmarillion
- the gasping dust (quenya)
Anfauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion - the gasping dust (sindarin)
Anfauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion
- knife, of iron (sindarin)
Angrist: ‘Iron-cleaver’, the knife made by Telchar of Nogrod, taken from Curufin by Beren and used by him to cut the Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown. 215, 219
— The Silmarillion - iron (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionAngainor: The chain wrought by Aulë with which Melkor was twice bound. 52, 312
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillionband: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion - sword, of iron (sindarin)
Anguirel: Eöl's sword, made of the same metal as Anglachel. 247
— The Silmarillion - sword, by extension of iron (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion - sword (of meteoric iron) (sindarin)
Anglachel: The sword made from meteoric iron that Thingol received from Eöl and which he gave to Beleg; after its reforging for Túrin named Gurthang. 247, 253-57
— The Silmarillion - iron (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionAnghabar: ‘Iron-delvings’, a mine in the Encircling Mountains about the plain of Gondolin. 166
— The Silmarillionband: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The SilmarillionAngband: ‘Iron Prison, Hell of Iron’, the great dungeon-fortress of Morgoth in the Northwest of Middle-earth. Passim; see especially 47, 90, 109, 139, 217. The Siege of Angband 36, 139-40, 144, 148, 158, 182, 192, 202
— The SilmarillionAngrod: The third son of Finarfin, who with his brother Aegnor held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. 64, 94, 130-1, 141, 154, 180-2, 260
— The Silmarilliongurth: ‘death’ in Gurthang (see also Melkor in the Index).
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion - iron
Angrim: Father of Gorlim the Unhappy. 195
— The Silmarillion
anga: (ang)
- iron (quenya)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillionband: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion
- iron prison (quenya)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion
- iron prison / hell of iron (sindarin)
Angband: ‘Iron Prison, Hell of Iron’, the great dungeon-fortress of Morgoth in the Northwest of Middle-earth. Passim; see especially 47, 90, 109, 139, 217. The Siege of Angband 36, 139-40, 144, 148, 158, 182, 192, 202
— The Silmarillion - iron prison (sindarin)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion - iron dwelling (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion
angerthas: (an, ertha, erthas, ger, gerth, thas)
- long rune-rows (sindarin)
an(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillion
- iron delving (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion - iron delvings (sindarin)
Anghabar: ‘Iron-delvings’, a mine in the Encircling Mountains about the plain of Gondolin. 166
— The Silmarillion
anglachel: (ang, el, lach, lachel)
- sword of leaping flame (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion - sword of star-flame (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion
- iron dwelling (sindarin)
- of iron (sindarin)
Angrenost: Angrenost ‘Iron Fortress’, Númenórean fortress on the west borders of Gondor, afterwards inhabited by the wizard Curunír (Saruman); see Isengard. 361
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion - iron, of (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion - iron (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
angrenost: (ang, angren, ost, ren)
- iron fortress (sindarin)
Angrenost: Angrenost ‘Iron Fortress’, Númenórean fortress on the west borders of Gondor, afterwards inhabited by the wizard Curunír (Saruman); see Isengard. 361
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion
- iron cleaver (sindarin)
Angrist: ‘Iron-cleaver’, the knife made by Telchar of Nogrod, taken from Curufin by Beren and used by him to cut the Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown. 215, 219
— The Silmarillion
- eminent man (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- eminent man (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
ann: (anna)
- gifts (sindarin)
Annatar: ‘Lord of Gifts’, name given to himself by Sauron in the Second Age, in that time when he appeared in a fair form among the Eldar who remained in Middle-earth. 355
— The Silmarillion - gift (quenya)
yave: ‘fruit’ (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie ‘autumn’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - gift (sindarin)
Annael: Grey-elf of Mithrim, fosterfather of Tuor. 294
— The Silmarillion
- gift (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillionyave: ‘fruit’ (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie ‘autumn’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - giver (sindarin)
Yavanna: ‘Giver of fruits’; one of the Valier, numbered among the Aratar; the spouse of Aulë; called also Kementári See especially 20-1. 18, 20-3, 29-30, 33-5, 43-7, 57, 62, 82, 86-8, 90, 103, 113-4, 120, 321, 324, 362
— The Silmarillion
- door, great (sindarin)
annon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - gate (sindarin)
Annon-In-Gelydh: ‘Gate of the Noldor’, entrance to a subterranean watercourse in the western hills of Dor-lómin, leading to Cirith Ninniach. 294
— The Silmarilliongolodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillionannon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
annon-in-gelydh: (annon, gelydh, in)
- gate of the noldor (sindarin)
golodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The Silmarillionannon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
annun: (nun)
- west (sindarin)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion - sunset (sindarin)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- west (sindarin)
Annúminas : ‘Tower of the West’ (i.e. of Westernesse, Númenor); city of the Kings of Arnor beside Lake Nenuial. 360, 362, 367
— The Silmarillionminas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- Tower of the West (sindarin)
Annúminas : ‘Tower of the West’ (i.e. of Westernesse, Númenor); city of the Kings of Arnor beside Lake Nenuial. 360, 362, 367
— The Silmarillionminas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion - west tower (sindarin)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion
anor: (anór)
- sun (sindarin)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The SilmarillionMinas Anor: ‘Tower of the Sun’ (also simply Anor), afterwards called Minas Tirith; the city of Anárion, at the feet of Mount Mindolluin. 361-2, 365-8, 377
— The Silmarillion - sun [proper name] (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- sunland (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- awe (sindarin)
The name Halifirien meant in the language of the Rohirrim holy mountain. Before their coming it was known in Sindarin as Amon Anwar, Hill of Awe; for what reason was not known in Gondor, except only (as later appeared) to the ruling King or Steward.
— Unfinished Tales
anár: (anar)
- sun [proper name] (quenya)
Anárion: Younger son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Isildur escaped from the Drowning of Númenor and founded in Middle-earth the Númenórean realms in exile; lord of Minas Anor; slain in the siege of Barad-dûr. 336, 346, 360-8
— The Silmarillion - sun [proper name] (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- after (quenya)
Apanónar: ‘The Afterborn’, an Elvish name for Men. 119
— The Silmarillion
- high (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionSee Gelmir (2).
— The SilmarillionArmenelos: City of the Kings in Númenor. 322, 324, 333-7, 361
— The SilmarillionAraman: Barren wasteland on the coast of Aman, between the Pelóri and the Sea, extending northward to the Helcaraxë. 79, 88, 97,101, 116-7,123, 129, 297
— The SilmarillionAros: The southern river of Doriath. 109, 131, 145, 147-8, 157, 158, 176, 287-9
— The Silmarillionman-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillionnen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The SilmarillionArossiach: The Fords of Aros, near the north-eastern edge of Doriath. 145, 158, 162
— The Silmarillion - outside (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion - and (quenya)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion - outside
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion - sunlight
arien: (the Maia of the Sun) is derived from a root as- seen also in Quenya árë ‘sunlight’.
— The Silmarillion - king (adûnaic)
Ar-Gimilzôr: Twenty-second King of Númenor, persecutor of the Elendili. 331-2
— The SilmarillionAr-Sakalthôr: Father of Ar-Gimilzôr. 331
— The SilmarillionAr-Pharazôn: ‘The Golden’, twenty-fourth and last King of Númenor; named in Quenya Tar-Calion; captor of Sauron, by whom he was seduced; commander of the great fleet that went against Aman. 333-47
— The SilmarillionSee Míriel (2).
— The Silmarillion - royal (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarilliongond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionPelargir: ‘Garth of Royal Ships,’ the Númenórean haven above the delta of Anduin. 329
— The Silmarillionpel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - noble (quenya)
Aranwë: Elf of Gondolin, father of Voronwë. 295
— The SilmarillionAratan: Second son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366
— The Silmarillion - and (sindarin)
thôl: ‘helm’ in Dor Cúarthol, Gorthol.
— The Silmarillioncú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The SilmarillionDor Cúarthol: ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh. 252
— The Silmarillion - beside
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion - noble (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionGildor: One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
— The SilmarillionAradan: Son of Marach; given the Elvish name Aradan. 171, 177
— The Silmarillionadan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The SilmarillionAragorn: The thirty-ninth Heir of Isildur in the direct line; King of the reunited realms of Arnor and Gondor after the War of the Ring; wedded Arwen, daughter of Elrond. 377. Called the Heir of Isildur 377
— The Silmarillionhaudh: ‘mound’ in Haudh-en-Arwen, Haudh-en-Elleth, etc.
— The SilmarillionAradan: Sindarin name of Malach, son of Marach. 172, 177
— The SilmarillionArien: A Maia, chosen by the Valar to guide the vessel of the Sun. 114-7
— The SilmarillionHaudh-en-Arwen: ‘The Ladybarrow’, the burial-mound of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. 176
— The SilmarillionArathorn: Father of Aragorn. 377
— The SilmarillionAredhel: ‘Noble Elf’, the sister of Turgon of Gondolin, who was ensnared by Eöl in Nan Elmoth and bore to him Maeglin; called also Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin. 64, 156-65, 247
— The SilmarillionAranel: Name of Dior Thingol's Heir. 229
— The SilmarillionSee Aredhel.
— The Silmarillion - without (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion - exalted (sindarin)
Aratar: ‘The Exalted’, the eight Valar of greatest power. 23
— The Silmarillion - king (sindarin)
Argonath: ‘King-stones’, the Pillars of the Kings, great carvings of Isildur and Anárion on the Anduin at the entrance to the northern bounds of Gondor (see The Fellowship of the Ring II 9). 361, 369
— The SilmarillionArnor: ‘Land of the King’, the northern realm of the Númenóreans in Middle-earth, established by Elendil after his escape from the Drowning of Númenor. 361-2, 377
— The Silmarillion
ara: (ar)
- high (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion - noble (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion - royal (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- noble man (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- outside aman (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
aran: (arato)
- king (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionAranrúth: ‘King’s Ire’, the name of Thingol’s sword. Aranrúth survived the ruin of Doriath and was possessed by the Kings of Númenor. 247
— The Silmarillion
- king (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- eminent (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- exalted (sindarin)
Aratar: ‘The Exalted’, the eight Valar of greatest power. 23
— The Silmarillion - eminent men (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- eminent man (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
ard: (ardhon)
- region (sindarin)
Ard Galen: The great grassy plain north of Dorthonion, called after its desolation Anfauglith and Dor-nu-Fauglith. The name means ‘the Green Region’; cf. Calenardhon (Rohan). 124, 135-6, 144, 181
— The Silmarillioncalen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- green region (sindarin)
Ard Galen: The great grassy plain north of Dorthonion, called after its desolation Anfauglith and Dor-nu-Fauglith. The name means ‘the Green Region’; cf. Calenardhon (Rohan). 124, 135-6, 144, 181
— The Silmarillioncalen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
arda: (ardhon)
- the realm (sindarin)
Arda: ‘The Realm’, name of the Earth as the Kingdom of Manwë. Passim; see especially 8, 12
— The Silmarillion - Earth [proper name] (sindarin)
Arda: ‘The Realm’, name of the Earth as the Kingdom of Manwë. Passim; see especially 8, 12
— The Silmarillion
- province (sindarin)
Calenardhon: ‘The Green Province’, name of Rohan when it was the northern part of Gondor; cf. Ard-galen. 369
— The Silmarillion - realm (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- noble elf (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The SilmarillionAredhel: ‘Noble Elf’, the sister of Turgon of Gondolin, who was ensnared by Eöl in Nan Elmoth and bore to him Maeglin; called also Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin. 64, 156-65, 247
— The Silmarillion
argonath: (ar, ath, gon, gonath, nath)
- king stones (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarilliongond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionArgonath: ‘King-stones’, the Pillars of the Kings, great carvings of Isildur and Anárion on the Anduin at the entrance to the northern bounds of Gondor (see The Fellowship of the Ring II 9). 361, 369
— The Silmarillion
- unnumbered (sindarin)
Nirnaeth Arnoediad: ‘Tears Unnumbered’ (also simply the Nirnaeth), the name given to the ruinous fifth battle in the Wars of Beleriand. 166, 234-8, 242, 254, 257, 294, 297-8
— The Silmarillion
- high land (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- fort (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion - red (sindarin)
Carcharoth: The great wolf of Angband that bit off the hand of Beren bearing the Silmaril; slain by Huan in Doriath. The name is translated in the text as ‘the Red Maw’. Called also Anfauglir. 218-20, 223-6
— The Silmarillion - thirst (sindarin)
Carcharoth: A name of the wolf Carcharoth, translated in the text as ‘Jaws of Thirst’. 218
— The Silmarillion
arth: (ardhon)
- realm (sindarin)
- realm of men (sindarin)
- lady (sindarin)
Haudh-en-Arwen: ‘The Ladybarrow’, the burial-mound of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. 176
— The Silmarillionhaudh: ‘mound’ in Haudh-en-Arwen, Haudh-en-Elleth, etc.
— The Silmarillion
aráto: (arato)
- eminent man (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- [month] (quenya)
ring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- sunlight (root)
arien: (the Maia of the Sun) is derived from a root as- seen also in Quenya árë ‘sunlight’.
— The Silmarillion
- rushing (sindarin)
Ascar: The most northerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand (afterwards called Rathlóriel). The name means ‘rushing, impetuous’. 104, 146-8, 167, 174, 291
— The Silmarillion - impetuous (sindarin)
Ascar: The most northerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand (afterwards called Rathlóriel). The name means ‘rushing, impetuous’. 104, 146-8, 167, 174, 291
— The Silmarillion
asten: (stama)
- barrier (quenya)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
atalantë: (alantë, ata, lantë)
- the downfallen (quenya)
Atalantë: ‘The Downfallen’. Quenya word equivalent in meaning to Akallabéth, 347
— The Silmarillion - the downfallen (sindarin)
Atalantë: ‘The Downfallen’. Quenya word equivalent in meaning to Akallabêth, 347
— The Silmarillion
- men (adûnaic)
Tar-Atanamir: Thirteenth King of Númenor, to whom the Messengers of the Valar came. 327-8
— The Silmarillion - man (adûnaic)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion - man (quenya)
adan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The Silmarillion - men, of (quenya)
Atanatári: ‘Fathers of Men’; see Atani. 120, 232
— The Silmarillion - men (quenya)
atar: ‘father’ in Atanatári (see Atani in Index), Ilúvatar.
— The SilmarillionAratan: Second son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366
— The SilmarillionAtani: ‘The Second People’, Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (41) the meaning is ’Men (in general)’. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
— The Silmarillion - men (sindarin)
See Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
atana: (atan)
- man (adûnaic)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
atani: (atan)
- men (quenya)
Atani: ‘The Second People’, Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (41) the meaning is ’Men (in general)’. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
— The Silmarillionadan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The Silmarillion
- fathers of men (quenya)
atar: ‘father’ in Atanatári (see Atani in Index), Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillion
- father (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillionatar: ‘father’ in Atanatári (see Atani in Index), Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillionilúvë: ‘the whole, the all’ in Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillion - lord (sindarin)
Annatar: ‘Lord of Gifts’, name given to himself by Sauron in the Second Age, in that time when he appeared in a fair form among the Eldar who remained in Middle-earth. 355
— The Silmarillion - father (sindarin)
Ilúvatar: ‘Father of All, Eru’. 3-11, 17-8, 23, 25, 34-42, 46-50, 58, 70, 73, 74, 86, 93, 102, 121, 227, 313, 322-3, 326-7, 336, 344-5
— The SilmarillionAratar: ‘The Exalted’, the eight Valar of greatest power. 23
— The Silmarillion
ath: (wath)
- [plural people] (sindarin)
Periannath: The Halflings (Hobbits). 316
— The Silmarillion - people (sindarin)
Eglath: ‘The Forsaken People’, name given to themselves by the Telerin Elves who remained in Beleriand seeking for Elwë (Thingol) when the main host of the Teleri departed to Aman. 60, 288
— The Silmarillion - shadow (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarilliongwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion - [plural] (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillionthoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The SilmarillionHalflings: Translation of Periannath (Hobbits). 377
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillionnár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarilliongond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionArgonath: ‘King-stones’, the Pillars of the Kings, great carvings of Isildur and Anárion on the Anduin at the entrance to the northern bounds of Gondor (see The Fellowship of the Ring II 9). 361, 369
— The SilmarillionCirith Thoronath: Eagles‘ Cleft’, a high pass in the mountains north of Gondolin, where Glorfindel fought with a Balrog and fell into the abyss. 301
— The Silmarillionduin: ‘(long) river’ in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
— The SilmarillionTaur-Im-Duinath: ‘The Forest between Rivers’, name of the wild country south of the Andram between Sirion and Gelion. 147, 184
— The Silmarillionkir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarilliontaur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion
- crossing (sindarin)
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion - ford (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The SilmarillionSarn Athrad: ‘Ford of Stones’, where the Dwarf-road from Nogrod and Belegost crossed the river Gelion. 104, 167, 287, 291
— The Silmarillion
athtan: (adan)
- smith (sindarin)
Mahtan: A great smith of the Noldor, father of Nerdanel the wife of Fëanor. 69, 75
— The Silmarillion
atári: (atar)
- fathers (quenya)
atar: ‘father’ in Atanatári (see Atani in Index), Ilúvatar.
— The SilmarillionAtanatári: ‘Fathers of Men’; see Atani. 120, 232
— The Silmarillion
- sunlight (quenya)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion
- refusers (quenya)
Avari: ‘The Unwilling, the Refusers’, the name given to all those Elves who refused to join the westward march from Cuiviénen. See Eldar and Dark Elves. 53, 107, 113,355
— The Silmarillion
- shadows (quenya)
Avathar: ‘The Shadows’, the forsaken land on the coast of Aman south of the Bay of Eldamar, between the Pelóri and the Sea, where Melkor met Ungoliant 80-1, 88,116
— The Silmarillion
- straight (sindarin)
Helcaraxë: The strait between Araman and Middle-earth; also referred to as the Grinding Ice. 51-2, 60, 88, 100-1, 126, 136, 154, 160
— The Silmarillion - grinding (quenya)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
bad: (pata)
- way (sindarin)
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion
bal: (vala)
- mighty (sindarin)
Balrog: ‘Demon of Might’, Sindarin form (Quenya Valarauko) of the name of the demons of fire that served Morgoth. 26, 46, 90, 125, 144, 182, 202, 235, 300-1
— The Silmarillion - power (sindarin)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionrauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
balan: (bal)
- power (Vala) (sindarin)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- demon power (sindarin)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionrauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- prison (sindarin)
Angband: ‘Iron Prison, Hell of Iron’, the great dungeon-fortress of Morgoth in the Northwest of Middle-earth. Passim; see especially 47, 90, 109, 139, 217. The Siege of Angband 36, 139-40, 144, 148, 158, 182, 192, 202
— The Silmarillionband: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion - hell (sindarin)
Angband: ‘Iron Prison, Hell of Iron’, the great dungeon-fortress of Morgoth in the Northwest of Middle-earth. Passim; see especially 47, 90, 109, 139, 217. The Siege of Angband 36, 139-40, 144, 148, 158, 182, 192, 202
— The Silmarillion - dwelling (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion - duress (sindarin)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion
bar: (barad)
- house (sindarin)
Bar-En-Danwedh: ‘House of Ransom’, the name that Mîm the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon Rûdh when he yielded it to Túrin. 248, 252
— The Silmarillion - home (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - dwelling (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
bara: (baran)
- brown (sindarin)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
barad: (bar)
- tower (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarillionras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The SilmarillionBarad Eithel: ‘Tower of the Well’, the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion. 233
— The Silmarilliondûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The Silmarillioneithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The Silmarillionnim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The SilmarillionBarad-Dûr: ‘The Dark Tower’ of Sauron in Mordor. 329, 334, 347, 363, 365, 375, 377
— The SilmarillionBarad Nimras: ‘White Horn Tower’, raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239
— The Silmarillion
- tower of the well (sindarin)
Barad Eithel: ‘Tower of the Well’, the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion. 233
— The Silmarillioneithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The Silmarillion
barad nimras: (barad, nim, ras)
- white horn tower (sindarin)
ras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The SilmarillionBarad Nimras: ‘White Horn Tower’, raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239
— The Silmarillion - tower of white horn (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarillionnim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillionras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The SilmarillionBarad Nimras: ‘White Horn Tower’, raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239
— The Silmarillion
- dark tower (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarilliondûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The SilmarillionBarad-Dûr: ‘The Dark Tower’ of Sauron in Mordor. 329, 334, 347, 363, 365, 375, 377
— The Silmarillion
- dun lord (sindarin)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
- brown (sindarin)
Baranduin: ‘The Brown River’ in Eriador, flowing into the Sea south of the Blue Mountains; the Brandywine of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. 360
— The Silmarillion
- brown river (sindarin)
duin: ‘(long) river’ in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
— The SilmarillionBaranduin: ‘The Brown River’ in Eriador, flowing into the Sea south of the Blue Mountains; the Brandywine of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. 360
— The Silmarillion
- bread (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- constrain (sindarin)
Melkor: The Quenya name for the great rebellious Vala, the beginning of evil, in his origin the mightiest of the Ainur; afterwards named Morgoth, Bauglir, the Dark Lord, the Enemy, etc. The meaning of Melkor was ‘He who arises in Might’ the Sindarin form was Belegur, but it was never used, save in a deliberately altered form Belegurth ’Great Death’. Passim (after the rape of the Silmarils usually called Morgoth); see especially 4-5, 8, 25, 50, 51, 70-1, 90-2, 117, 251, 320
— The SilmarillionBauglir: A name of Morgoth: ‘the Constrainer’. 120, 243, 259, 286, 315
— The Silmarillion
bel: (beleg)
- power [plural] (sindarin)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion - great (sindarin)
Belfalas: Region on the southern coast of Gondor looking on to the great bay of the same name; Bay of Belfalas 361
— The SilmarillionBelthronding: The bow of Beleg Cúthalion, which was buried with him. 256
— The Silmarillion - field (sindarin)
- divine (sindarin)
Belthil: ‘Divine radiance’, the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151
— The Silmarillion
belain: (bel)
- powers (Valar) (sindarin)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
beleg: (bel)
- great (sindarin)
ëar: ‘sea’ (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
— The Silmarilliongaer: ‘sea’ in Belegaer (and in Gaerys, Sindarin name of Ossë). Said to derive from the stem gaya ‘awe, dread’, and to have been the name made for the vast and terrifying Great Sea when the Eldar first came to its shores.
— The SilmarillionBelegost: ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The SilmarillionLaer Cú Beleg: ‘The Song of the Great Bow’, made by Túrin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cúthalion. 256
— The SilmarillionMelkor: The Quenya name for the great rebellious Vala, the beginning of evil, in his origin the mightiest of the Ainur; afterwards named Morgoth, Bauglir, the Dark Lord, the Enemy, etc. The meaning of Melkor was ‘He who arises in Might’ the Sindarin form was Belegur, but it was never used, save in a deliberately altered form Belegurth ’Great Death’. Passim (after the rape of the Silmarils usually called Morgoth); see especially 4-5, 8, 25, 50, 51, 70-1, 90-2, 117, 251, 320
— The SilmarillionBelegund: Father of Rían the wife of Huor; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242
— The SilmarillionBelegaer: ‘The Great Sea’ of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer 32, 100, 295; but very frequently called the (Great) Sea, also the Western Sea and the Great Water.
— The SilmarillionBeleg: A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’; friend and companion of Túrin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278
— The Silmarillion - mighty (sindarin)
cú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillionbeleg: ‘mighty’ in Beleg, Belegaer, Belegost, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillion - might (sindarin)
Melkor: The Quenya name for the great rebellious Vala, the beginning of evil, in his origin the mightiest of the Ainur; afterwards named Morgoth, Bauglir, the Dark Lord, the Enemy, etc. The meaning of Melkor was ‘He who arises in Might’ the Sindarin form was Belegur, but it was never used, save in a deliberately altered form Belegurth ’Great Death’. Passim (after the rape of the Silmarils usually called Morgoth); see especially 4-5, 8, 25, 50, 51, 70-1, 90-2, 117, 251, 320
— The Silmarillion
- mighty sea (sindarin)
beleg: ‘mighty’ in Beleg, Belegaer, Belegost, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillion - great sea (sindarin)
gaer: ‘sea’ in Belegaer (and in Gaerys, Sindarin name of Ossë). Said to derive from the stem gaya ‘awe, dread’, and to have been the name made for the vast and terrifying Great Sea when the Eldar first came to its shores.
— The Silmarillionëar: ‘sea’ (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
— The SilmarillionBelegaer: ‘The Great Sea’ of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer 32, 100, 295; but very frequently called the (Great) Sea, also the Western Sea and the Great Water.
— The Silmarillion
- great fortress (sindarin)
os(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion - mighty fortress (sindarin)
beleg: ‘mighty’ in Beleg, Belegaer, Belegost, Laer Cú Beleg.
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- great shore (sindarin)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The SilmarillionBelfalas: Region on the southern coast of Gondor looking on to the great bay of the same name; Bay of Belfalas 361
— The Silmarillion
- divine radiance (sindarin)
Belthil: ‘Divine radiance’, the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151
— The Silmarillionsil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
- trumpet
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion
beraid: (barad)
- towers (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarillion - tower (sindarin)
Emyn Beraid: ‘The Tower Hills’ in the west of Eriador; see Elostirion. 360-2
— The Silmarillionamon: ‘hill’, a Sindarin word occurring as the first element of many names; plural emyn in Emyn Beraid. 445
— The Silmarillion
- queen (quenya)
Elbereth: The usual name of Varda in Sindarin, ‘Star-Queen’; cf. Elentári. 19, 36
— The Silmarillion
- word (sindarin)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
bor: (paur)
- fist (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- sudden (sindarin)
brago: ‘sudden’ in Dagor Bragollach.
— The SilmarillionSee Dagor Bragollach.
— The Silmarillionlhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The SilmarillionDagor Bragollach: ‘The Battle of Sudden Flame’ (also simply the Bragollach), fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 181, 187, 190, 193, 230, 233, 239, 260
— The Silmarillion
- birch (sindarin)
brethil: probably means ‘silver birch’; cf. Nimbrethil the birchwoods in Arvernien, and Fimbrethil, one of the Entwives.
— The Silmarillion
- birch, silver (sindarin)
brethil: probably means ‘silver birch’; cf. Nimbrethil the birchwoods in Arvernien, and Fimbrethil, one of the Entwives.
— The Silmarillion - silver birch (sindarin)
brethil: probably means ‘silver birch’; cf. Nimbrethil the birchwoods in Arvernien, and Fimbrethil, one of the Entwives.
— The Silmarillion
- Brethil (sindarin)
Brithon: The river that flowed into the Great Sea at Brithombar. 239
— The SilmarillionBrithiach: The ford over Sirion north of the Forest of Brethil. 157, 163, 176, 190, 253, 281, 282
— The SilmarillionBrithombar: The northern of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of Beleriand. 60, 125, 142, 239, 304
— The Silmarillion - gravel (sindarin)
brith: ‘gravel’ in Brithiach, Brithombar, Brithon.
— The Silmarillion
brithombar: (bar, brith, ombar)
- home (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
- of gravel (sindarin)
brith: ‘gravel’ in Brithiach, Brithombar, Brithon.
— The Silmarillion
- loud (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The SilmarillionThe words Bruinen and Loudwater are adjacent and attribute the same river.
— The Lord of the Rings
- loud water (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion - loudwater (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The SilmarillionThe words Bruinen and Loudwater are adjacent and attribute the same river.
— The Lord of the Rings
- trumpet (anglo saxon)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion
- little (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion
- leap (sindarin)
Cabed-En-Aras: Deep gorge in the river Teiglin, where Túrin slew Glaurung, and where Nienor leapt to her death; see Cabed Naeramarth. 272, 275, 278
— The SilmarillionCabed Naeramarth: ‘Leap of Dreadful Doom’, name given to Cabed-en-Aras after Nienor leapt from its cliffs. 276, 282
— The Silmarillion
- hedge (sindarin)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
cail: (kegle)
- palisade (sindarin)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales - fence (sindarin)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
cair: (cîr)
- ship (sindarin)
ros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillionan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillion
- ship of long foam (sindarin)
ros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillionan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillion
cal: (calen)
- shine (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - green (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- shine
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - shine (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - light (quenya)
Calaquendi: ‘Elves of the Light’, those Elves who lived or had lived in Aman (the High Elves). See Moriquendi and Dark Elves, 54, 58, 121, 125
— The SilmarillionCalacirya: ‘Cleft of Light’, the pass made in the mountains of the Pelóri, in which was raised the green hill of Túna. 62, 65, 79, 101, 117-8, 307
— The Silmarillion
- shining ship
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
calaquendi: (cala, quen, quendi)
- light elves (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- green (sindarin)
They passed Tarlang's Neck and came into Lamedon; and the Shadow Host pressed behind and fear went on before them, until they came to Calembel upon Ciril, and the sun went down like blood behind Pinnath Gelin away in the West behind them.
— The Lord of the RingsMarch 9, 3019: Gandalf reaches Minas Tirith. Faramir leaves Henneth Ann˚n. Aragorn sets out from Erech and comes to Calembel. At dusk Frodo reaches the Morgul-road. ThÈoden comes to Dunharrow. Darkness begins to flow out of Mordor.
— The Lord of the Rings
- green field (sindarin)
They passed Tarlang's Neck and came into Lamedon; and the Shadow Host pressed behind and fear went on before them, until they came to Calembel upon Ciril, and the sun went down like blood behind Pinnath Gelin away in the West behind them.
— The Lord of the RingsMarch 9, 3019: Gandalf reaches Minas Tirith. Faramir leaves Henneth Ann˚n. Aragorn sets out from Erech and comes to Calembel. At dusk Frodo reaches the Morgul-road. ThÈoden comes to Dunharrow. Darkness begins to flow out of Mordor.
— The Lord of the Rings
- green (sindarin)
Calenardhon: ‘The Green Province’, name of Rohan when it was the northern part of Gondor; cf. Ard-galen. 369
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillioncalen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- green province (sindarin)
Calenardhon: ‘The Green Province’, name of Rohan when it was the northern part of Gondor; cf. Ard-galen. 369
— The Silmarillioncalen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- hand, cupped to receive (sindarin)
cam: (from kamba) ‘hand’, but specifically of the hand held cupped in the attitude of receiving or holding, in Camlost, Erchamion.
— The Silmarillion - handed (sindarin)
Camlost: ‘Empty-handed’, name taken by Beren after his return to King Thingol without the Silmaril. 221, 226
— The Silmarillion
- empty-handed (sindarin)
Camlost: ‘Empty-handed’, name taken by Beren after his return to King Thingol without the Silmaril. 221, 226
— The Silmarillioncam: (from kamba) ‘hand’, but specifically of the hand held cupped in the attitude of receiving or holding, in Camlost, Erchamion.
— The Silmarillion
car: (caran)
- red (quenya)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion - red (sindarin)
Cardolan: Region in the south of Eriador, a part of the Kingdom of Arnor. 360
— The SilmarillionCarnil: Name of a (red) star. 48
— The Silmarillioncaran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The SilmarillionThus the Northmen who lived between Celduin (River Running) and Carnen (Redwater) became strong and drove back all enemies from the East.
— The Lord of the RingsCarcharoth: The great wolf of Angband that bit off the hand of Beren bearing the Silmaril; slain by Huan in Doriath. The name is translated in the text as ‘the Red Maw’. Called also Anfauglir. 218-20, 223-6
— The Silmarillion
- jaws (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
carach angren: (angren, carach)
- iron jaws (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
caradh: (caran)
- red (sindarin)
ras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillioncaran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
- redhorn (sindarin)
ras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillion - red horn (sindarin)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
- tooth (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion - rock (sindarin)
Caragdûr: The precipice on the north side of Amon Gwareth (the hill of Gondolin) from which Eöl was cast to his death. 165
— The Silmarillion
- dark tooth (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
- red (quenya)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion - red (sindarin)
Caranthir: The fourth son of Fëanor, called the Dark; ‘the harshest of the brothers and the most quick to anger’; ruled in Thargelion; slain in the assault on Doriath. 63, 93, 131-2, 148, 154, 158, 171, 184, 189, 292
— The Silmarillioncaran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The SilmarillionDor Caranthir: ‘Land of Caranthir’; see Thargelion. 148, 174, 184
— The Silmarillion
- red horn (sindarin)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
carani: (caran)
- red (quenya)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
caranimire: (caran, carani, mire)
- red jeweled (quenya)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
- city (ñoldorin)
caras galadhon: (caras, galad, galadhon, of)
- city of wood (sindarin)
- city of wood (ñoldorin)
- jaws (quenya)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
- fang (quenya)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
- maw (sindarin)
Carcharoth: The great wolf of Angband that bit off the hand of Beren bearing the Silmaril; slain by Huan in Doriath. The name is translated in the text as ‘the Red Maw’. Called also Anfauglir. 218-20, 223-6
— The Silmarillion - jaws (sindarin)
Carcharoth: A name of the wolf Carcharoth, translated in the text as ‘Jaws of Thirst’. 218
— The Silmarillion - fang (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
carcharoth: (aroth, car, carch, charoth)
- red maw (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillioncaran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion - jaws of thirst (sindarin)
Carcharoth: A name of the wolf Carcharoth, translated in the text as ‘Jaws of Thirst’. 218
— The Silmarillion
- fang fort (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
carn: (caran)
- red (sindarin)
Carnil: Name of a (red) star. 48
— The Silmarillioncaran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
- redwater (sindarin)
Thus the Northmen who lived between Celduin (River Running) and Carnen (Redwater) became strong and drove back all enemies from the East.
— The Lord of the Rings
carni: (caran)
- red (sindarin)
Orocarni: ‘The Mountains of the East of Middle-earth (the name means the Red Mountains’). 49
— The Silmarillioncaran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
carnë: (car)
- red (quenya)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
- spikes (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
cebir: (ceber)
- stakes (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- flow away (water) (root)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion - running (sindarin)
Celon: River flowing southwest from the Hill of Himring, a tributary of Aros. The name means ‘stream flowing down from heights’. 109, 148, 158, 161, 170, 176, 188
— The SilmarillionThus the Northmen who lived between Celduin (River Running) and Carnen (Redwater) became strong and drove back all enemies from the East.
— The Lord of the Rings - run (sindarin)
- river running (sindarin)
Thus the Northmen who lived between Celduin (River Running) and Carnen (Redwater) became strong and drove back all enemies from the East.
— The Lord of the Rings
- silver (sindarin)
Celeborn (1): ‘Tree of Silver’, name of the Tree of Tol Eressëa, a scion of Galathilion. 62, 324
— The Silmarilliontil: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarilliontal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The SilmarillionCelebros: ‘Silver Foam’ or ‘Silver Rain’, a stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings. 270
— The SilmarillionCelebrant: ‘Silver Lode’, river running from Mirrormere through Lothlórien to join the Anduin. 370
— The Silmarillionorn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillionrant: ‘course’ in the river-names Adurant (with adu ‘double’) and Celebrant (’Silverlode’).
— The Silmarillionros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The SilmarillionCelebrimbor: ‘Hand of Silver’, son of Curufin, who remained in Nargothrond when his father was expelled. In the Second Age greatest of the smiths of Eregion; maker of the Three Rings of the Elves; slain by Sauron. 214, 355, 357
— The SilmarillionIt is only of course in the late version that Celeborn appears with a High-elven, rather than Sindarin, name: Teleporno. This is stated to be actually Telerin in form; the ancient stem of the Elvish word for “silver” was kyelep-, becoming celeb in Sindarin, telep-, telpe in Telerin, and tyelep-, tyelpe in Quenya. But in Quenya the form telpe became usual, through the influence of Telerin; for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor. Thus Telperion was more commonly used than Tyelperion as the name of the White Tree of Valinor. (Alatáriel was also Telerin; its Quenya form was Altáriel.)
— Unfinished TalesThe name Celeborn when first devised was intended to mean “Silver Tree”; it was the name of the Tree of Tol Eressëa (The Silmarillion p.59).
— Unfinished Talesceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - celeb (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- silver peak (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- silver tree (sindarin)
orn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- silver course (sindarin)
rant: ‘course’ in the river-names Adurant (with adu ‘double’) and Celebrant (’Silverlode’).
— The SilmarillionCelebrant: ‘Silver Lode’, river running from Mirrormere through Lothlórien to join the Anduin. 370
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- silver-like (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
celebrimbor: (bor, celeb, celebrim, rim, rimbor)
- silver fist (sindarin)
Celebrimbor: ‘Hand of Silver’, son of Curufin, who remained in Nargothrond when his father was expelled. In the Second Age greatest of the smiths of Eregion; maker of the Three Rings of the Elves; slain by Sauron. 214, 355, 357
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- silver (sindarin)
Celebrindal: ‘Silverfoot’; see Idril.
— The Silmarillion - silver-like (sindarin)
tal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
celebrindal: (celeb, celebrin, dal, rin, rindal)
- silverfoot (sindarin)
Celebrindal: ‘Silverfoot’; see Idril.
— The Silmarilliontal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - silver-like foot (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- silver foam (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- lamp / lamps (sindarin)
- celerdain (sindarin)
- runner (sindarin)
Celon: River flowing southwest from the Hill of Himring, a tributary of Aros. The name means ‘stream flowing down from heights’. 109, 148, 158, 161, 170, 176, 188
— The Silmarillion - stream flowing down from heights (sindarin)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The SilmarillionCelon: River flowing southwest from the Hill of Himring, a tributary of Aros. The name means ‘stream flowing down from heights’. 109, 148, 158, 161, 170, 176, 188
— The Silmarillion
- mound, great (sindarin)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
- mound of amroth (sindarin)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
- shapes (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
- hand, cupped to receive (sindarin)
cam: (from kamba) ‘hand’, but specifically of the hand held cupped in the attitude of receiving or holding, in Camlost, Erchamion.
— The Silmarillion
- maw (sindarin)
Carcharoth: The great wolf of Angband that bit off the hand of Beren bearing the Silmaril; slain by Huan in Doriath. The name is translated in the text as ‘the Red Maw’. Called also Anfauglir. 218-20, 223-6
— The Silmarillion
chíl: (khil)
- follow (sindarin)
khil-: ‘follow’ in Hildor, Hildórien, Eluchíl.
— The Silmarillion - heir (sindarin)
Eluchíl: ‘Heir of Elu (Thingol)’, name of Dior, son of Beren and Lúthien. See Dior.
— The Silmarillion
- cleft (sindarin)
- cut, to pass swiftly through (sindarin)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion - cut (root)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion - cleave (root)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion
- sickle (quenya)
Valacirca: ‘The Sickle of the Valar’, name of the constellation of the Great Bear. 48, 211
— The Silmarillion
- cleft glitter (sindarin)
- pass (sindarin)
thoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The SilmarillionThis was Cirith Gorgor, the Haunted Pass, the entrance to the land of the Enemy.
— The Lord of the Ringskir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion - cleft (sindarin)
Cirith Ninniach: ‘Rainbow Cleft’, by which Tuor came to the Western Sea; see Annon-in-Gelydh. 294
— The SilmarillionCirith Thoronath: Eagles‘ Cleft’, a high pass in the mountains north of Gondolin, where Glorfindel fought with a Balrog and fell into the abyss. 301
— The Silmarillion
cirith gorgor: (cirith, gorgor)
- haunted pass (sindarin)
This was Cirith Gorgor, the Haunted Pass, the entrance to the land of the Enemy.
— The Lord of the Rings
cirith thoronath: (ath, cirith, nath, thoro, thoron)
- eagle's pass (sindarin)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion - pass of the eagles (sindarin)
thoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The Silmarillion
- pass of the spider (sindarin)
- runes (sindarin)
Cirth: The Runes, first devised by Daeron of Doriath. 108
— The Silmarillion
cirya: (círya)
- ship
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - ship (adûnaic)
Tar-Ciryatan: Twelfth King of Númenor ‘the Shipbuilder’. 327
— The Silmarillion - ship, sharp prowed (sindarin)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion - ship, sharp prowed (adûnaic)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion - cleft (quenya)
Calacirya: ‘Cleft of Light’, the pass made in the mountains of the Pelóri, in which was raised the green hill of Túna. 62, 65, 79, 101, 117-8, 307
— The Silmarillion
- shipbuilder (adûnaic)
Tar-Ciryatan: Twelfth King of Númenor ‘the Shipbuilder’. 327
— The Silmarillion
- life (quenya)
Lembas: Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass ‘journey-bread’ in Quenya coimas ’life-bread’). 247, 251, 256
— The Silmarillion - life (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- life bread (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- spring, early (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - the first beginning of Spring (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- golden-red (sindarin)
cul-: ‘golden-red’ in Culúrien.
— The Silmarillion
- cloak (quenya)
thin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion
- circle (sindarin)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
cormallen: (cor, mall, mallen)
- golden circle (sindarin)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
coro: (coron)
- mound (quenya)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
- mound (quenya)
Corollaírë: ‘The Green Mound’ of the Two Trees in Valinor; also called Ezellohar. 33
— The Silmarillion
- mound of ever-summer (quenya)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
- mound (quenya)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
coron oiolairë: (coron, lairë, oio)
- mound of ever-summer (quenya)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
criss: (kris)
- cleave (sindarin)
Crissaegrim: The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor. 144, 186, 191, 221, 246, 281
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion
crissaegrim: (aeg, aegrim, criss, rim)
- cloven peaks (sindarin)
Crissaegrim: The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor. 144, 186, 191, 221, 246, 281
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion
- awakening (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - awakening (sindarin)
Cuiviénen: ‘Water of Awakening’, the lake in Middle-earth where the first Elves awoke, and where they were found by Oromë. 48, 50-4, 57, 92, 114, 288
— The Silmarillionnen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion
- water of awakening (sindarin)
Cuiviénen: ‘Water of Awakening’, the lake in Middle-earth where the first Elves awoke, and where they were found by Oromë. 48, 50-4, 57, 92, 114, 288
— The Silmarillionnen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion - water of awakening (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- awakening (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- golden-red (sindarin)
cul-: ‘golden-red’ in Culúrien.
— The Silmarillion
culum: (cul)
- golden-red (quenya)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
- golden-red tree (quenya)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
- skill (quenya)
curu: ‘skill’ in Curufin(we), Curunír.
— The Silmarillion - cunning (sindarin)
Curunír: ‘The one of cunning devices’. Elvish name of Saruman, one of the Istari (Wizards). 372-7
— The Silmarillion - skill (sindarin)
Eldest son of Finwë (the only child of Finwë and Míriel), half-brother of Fingolfin and Finarfin; greatest of the Noldor, and leader in their rebellion; deviser of the Fëanorian script; maker of the Silmarils; slain in Mithrim in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. His name was Curufinwë (curu ‘skill’), and he gave this name to his fifth son, Curufin; but he was himself known always by his mother’s name for him, Fëanáro ’Spirit of Fire’, which was given the Sindarin form Fëanor Chapters V-IX and XIII passim; see especially 63, 67-9, 71, 112. Elsewhere his name occurs chiefly in the sons of Fëanor.
— The SilmarillionCurufinwë: See Fëanor. 67, 75
— The Silmarillioncuru: ‘skill’ in Curufin(we), Curunír.
— The SilmarillionThey had passed into Nan Curunír, the Wizard's Vale.
— The Lord of the Rings
- wizard (sindarin)
They had passed into Nan Curunír, the Wizard's Vale.
— The Lord of the Rings
cír: (círya)
- ship, sharp prowed
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion - ship (sindarin)
Círdan: ‘The Shipwright’; Telerin Elf, lord of the Falas (coasts of West Beleriand); at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad escaped with Gil-galad to the Isle of Balar; during the Second and Third Ages keeper of the Grey Havens in the Gulf of Lhûn; at the coming of Mithrandir entrusted to him Narya, the Ring of Fire. 60, 103-4, 110, 124, 133, 142, 153, 194, 239-40, 260, 302, 304-5, 315, 366, 370-3, 378
— The Silmarillion
- shipwright
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion
- ship, sharp prowed (quenya)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion
- bow (sindarin)
Strongbow'; see Beleg.
— The Silmarillionthôl: ‘helm’ in Dor Cúarthol, Gorthol.
— The SilmarillionLaer Cú Beleg: ‘The Song of the Great Bow’, made by Túrin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cúthalion. 256
— The SilmarillionDor Cúarthol: ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh. 252
— The SilmarillionStrongbow: Translation of Cúthalion, name of Beleg.
— The Silmarillioncú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillionthalion: ‘strong, dauntless’ in Cúthalion, Thalion.
— The SilmarillionBeleg: A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’; friend and companion of Túrin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278
— The Silmarillion
cúthalion: (cú, ion, thal, thalion)
- strongbow (sindarin)
cú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The SilmarillionBeleg: A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’; friend and companion of Túrin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278
— The Silmarillion
- load (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion
- little load (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion
- big load (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion
- shadow (sindarin)
Dor Daedeloth: ‘Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The Silmarilliondae: ‘shadow’ in Dor Daedeloth, and perhaps in Daeron.
— The Silmarilliondel: horror* in Deldúwath; deloth ‘abhorrence’ in Dor Daedeloth.
— The Silmarillion
- great (sindarin)
The statement in the discussion of Glanduin above that the port was called Lond Daer Enedh the Great Middle Haven, as being between the havens of Lindon in the North and Pelargir on the Anduin, must refer to a time long after the Númenórean intervention in the war against Sauron in Eriador; for according to the Tale of Years Pelargir was not built until the year 2350 of the Second Age, and became the chief haven of the Faithful Númenóreans.
— Unfinished TalesDaeron: Minstrel and chief loremaster of King Thingol; deviser of the Cirth (Runes); enamoured of Lúthien and twice betrayed her. 108, 133, 200, 208, 222, 314
— The Silmarillion
- battle (sindarin)
dagor: ‘battle’ the root is ndak-, cf. Haudh-en-Ndengin. Another derivative is Dagnir (Dagnir Glaurunga ’Glaurung’s Bane’).
— The Silmarillion
- bane (sindarin)
Gildor: One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
— The Silmarilliondagor: ‘battle’ the root is ndak-, cf. Haudh-en-Ndengin. Another derivative is Dagnir (Dagnir Glaurunga ’Glaurung’s Bane’).
— The Silmarillion
dagnir glaurunga: (a, dag, dagnir, glau, glaur, glaurung, glaurunga, nir, rung, ung, unga)
- glaurung's bane (sindarin)
dagor: ‘battle’ the root is ndak-, cf. Haudh-en-Ndengin. Another derivative is Dagnir (Dagnir Glaurunga ’Glaurung’s Bane’).
— The SilmarillionDagnir Glaurunga: ‘Glaurung’s Bane’, Túrin. 177, 278
— The Silmarillion
- battle (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillionaglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarilliondagor: ‘battle’ the root is ndak-, cf. Haudh-en-Ndengin. Another derivative is Dagnir (Dagnir Glaurunga ’Glaurung’s Bane’).
— The SilmarillionDagorlad: ‘Battle Plain’, the place of the great battle north of Mordor between Sauron and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age. 364, 367
— The Silmarillionlhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarilliongil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The SilmarillionDagor Aglareb: ‘The Glorious Battle’, third of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 135-6, 139, 149
— The SilmarillionDagor Bragollach: ‘The Battle of Sudden Flame’ (also simply the Bragollach), fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 181, 187, 190, 193, 230, 233, 239, 260
— The SilmarillionDagor-Nuin-Giliath: ‘The Battle-under-Stars’, the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, fought in Mithrim after the coming of Fëanor to Middle-earth. 124
— The Silmarillionbrago: ‘sudden’ in Dagor Bragollach.
— The Silmarillion
dagor aglareb: (agla, aglareb, dagor, reb)
- battle of brilliance (sindarin)
Dagor Aglareb: ‘The Glorious Battle’, third of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 135-6, 139, 149
— The Silmarillionaglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion
dagor bragolach: (brago, dagor, lach)
- battle of sudden flame (sindarin)
brago: ‘sudden’ in Dagor Bragollach.
— The Silmarillion
dagor bragollach: (brago, dagor, lach)
- battle of sudden flame (sindarin)
Dagor Bragollach: ‘The Battle of Sudden Flame’ (also simply the Bragollach), fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 181, 187, 190, 193, 230, 233, 239, 260
— The Silmarillionlhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion - battle of sudden leaping flame (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion
dagor-nuin-giliath: (dagor, gil, iath, nuin)
- battle under stars (sindarin)
Dagor-Nuin-Giliath: ‘The Battle-under-Stars’, the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, fought in Mithrim after the coming of Fëanor to Middle-earth. 124
— The Silmarilliongil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillion
- battle plain (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillion
dain: (dan)
- people (sindarin)
Gwaith-I-Mírdain: ‘People of the Jewel-smiths’, name of the fellowship of craftsmen in Eregion, greatest of whom was Celebrimbor son of Curufin. 354-5
— The Silmarillion - men (sindarin)
- smiths (sindarin)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
dal: (tal)
- foot (sindarin)
Celebrindal: ‘Silverfoot’; see Idril.
— The Silmarilliontal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - end (sindarin)
tal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The SilmarillionRamdal: ‘Wall’s End’ (see Andram), where the dividing fall across Beleriand ceased' 146,184
— The Silmarillion
- wang (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion
dan: (adan)
- wright
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion - wright (sindarin)
Círdan: ‘The Shipwright’; Telerin Elf, lord of the Falas (coasts of West Beleriand); at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad escaped with Gil-galad to the Isle of Balar; during the Second and Third Ages keeper of the Grey Havens in the Gulf of Lhûn; at the coming of Mithrandir entrusted to him Narya, the Ring of Fire. 60, 103-4, 110, 124, 133, 142, 153, 194, 239-40, 260, 302, 304-5, 315, 366, 370-3, 378
— The Silmarillion
- ransom (sindarin)
Bar-En-Danwedh: ‘House of Ransom’, the name that Mîm the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon Rûdh when he yielded it to Túrin. 248, 252
— The Silmarillion
daur: (taur)
- forest (sindarin)
Rhudaur: Region in the north-east of Eriador. 360
— The Silmarillion
- [male] (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion - horror (sindarin)
Dor Daedeloth: ‘Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The Silmarilliondae: ‘shadow’ in Dor Daedeloth, and perhaps in Daeron.
— The Silmarilliondel: horror* in Deldúwath; deloth ‘abhorrence’ in Dor Daedeloth.
— The Silmarillion
- nigh (sindarin)
Deldúwath: One of the later names of Dorthonion (Taur-nu-Fuin), meaning ‘Horror of Night-shadow’. 186
— The Silmarillion
deldúwath: (del, deldú, dú, wath)
- shadow, of dim light (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
- abhorrence (sindarin)
Dor Daedeloth: ‘Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The Silmarilliondae: ‘shadow’ in Dor Daedeloth, and perhaps in Daeron.
— The Silmarilliondel: horror* in Deldúwath; deloth ‘abhorrence’ in Dor Daedeloth.
— The Silmarillion - horror (sindarin)
Dor Daedeloth: ‘Dor Daedeloth: ’Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The Silmarillion
- lament* (based on quenya dénië) (sindarin)
Denethor: Son of Lenwë; leader of the Nandorin Elves that came at last over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand; slain on Amon Ereb in the First Battle of Beleriand. 56, 108-9,146
— The Silmarillion
- head (sindarin)
dol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarillion
dil: (til)
- friend (quenya)
Elendili: ‘Elf-friends’, name given to those Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar in the days of Tar-Ancalimon and later kings; also called the Faithful. 328-32, 335-7, 340-1, 361-2
— The Silmarillion - devoted to, one who is [name] (quenya)
Valandil: Youngest son of Isildur; third King of Arnor. 367
— The Silmarillion-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion - devoted (sindarin)
Mardil: Called the Faithful; the first Ruling Steward of Gondor. 369
— The Silmarillionbar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - devoted to, one who is [name] (adûnaic)
Tar-Elendil: Fourth King of Númenor, father of Silmarien, from whom Elendil was descended. 331
— The Silmarillion - devoted to, one who is [name] (sindarin)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillionmenel: ‘the heavens’ in Meneldil, Menelmacar, Meneltarma.
— The SilmarillionMeneldil: Son of Anárion, King of Gondor. 368
— The SilmarillionTelumendil: Name of a constellation. 48
— The SilmarillionAman: ‘Blessed, free from evil’, the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm. Passim; see especially 32, 66, 326
— The Silmarillion - tine (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - peak (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - [name] (quenya)
-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion
- friends (quenya)
Elendili: ‘Elf-friends’, name given to those Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar in the days of Tar-Ancalimon and later kings; also called the Faithful. 328-32, 335-7, 340-1, 361-2
— The Silmarillion
- sad (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - gloomy (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - stair (sindarin)
Dimrost: The falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil; translated in the text as ‘the Rainy Stair’. Afterwards called Nen Girith. 270
— The Silmarillion
- gloomhome (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - home (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
dir: (tir)
- er (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion - guarded (sindarin)
Talath Dirnen: The Guarded Plain, north of Nargothrond. 176, 203, 208, 252, 258, 261
— The Silmarillion
dirnen: (tir)
- guarded (sindarin)
Talath Dirnen: The Guarded Plain, north of Nargothrond. 176, 203, 208, 252, 258, 261
— The Silmarillion
dol: (dôl)
- hill (sindarin)
Dol Guldor: ‘Hill of Sorcery’, fastness of the Necromancer (Sauron) in southern Mirkwood in the Third Age. 372-5
— The Silmarillion - mountain [by extension] (sindarin)
dol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarillion - head (sindarin)
Goldenhead'; see Hador.
— The Silmarillionminas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The SilmarillionMindolluin: ‘Towering Blue-head’, the great mountain behind Minas Anor. 361, 377
— The SilmarillionDolmed: ‘Wet Head’ a great mountain in the Ered Luin, near the Dwarf-cities of Nogrod and Belegost 104, 110, 236, 290
— The Silmarillionluin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The Silmarilliondûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The Silmarilliondol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarilliongul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The SilmarillionIt was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's CompanionHador: Called Lórindol ‘Goldenhead’, also Hador the Golden-haired; lord of Dor-lómin, vassal of Fingolfin; father of Galdor father of Húrin; slain at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach. The House of Hador was called the Third House of the Edain. 177-8, 183, 187, 190, 193. House of, People of, Hador 177, 189-90, 194, 231, 237-9, 243, 253, 265, 280, 308. Helm of Hador: see Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin.
— The Silmarillionlaure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion - tower (sindarin)
- hill [by extension] (sindarin)
dol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarillion
dol amroth: (dol)
- head of amroth (sindarin)
- brown head (sindarin)
- hill of sorcery (sindarin)
dûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The Silmarilliondol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarilliongul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The SilmarillionDol Guldor: ‘Hill of Sorcery’, fastness of the Necromancer (Sauron) in southern Mirkwood in the Third Age. 372-5
— The Silmarillion
dol tarlang: (dol)
- tarlang's head (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion
- hidden (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillion
dolin: (dolen)
- hidden (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionGondolindrim: The people of Gondolin. 166, 192, 234
— The SilmarillionGondolin: ‘The Hidden Rock’ (see Ondolindë), secret city of King Turgon surrounded by the Encircling Mountains (Echoriath). 64, 125, 150-1, 157, 186, 191-3, 221, 231-2, 234, 237, 240, 252, 281-2, 295-302, 305, 315, 322
— The Silmarillion
don: (dôr)
- land of (sindarin)
lin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The Silmarillion
- [name] (sindarin)
thoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The Silmarillion - land (quenya)
Endor: ‘Middle Land’, Middle-earth. 101
— The Silmarillion - earth (sindarin)
nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Rings - land (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillionfaug-: ‘gape’ in Anfauglir, Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith.
— The SilmarillionDor Cúarthol: ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh. 252
— The Silmarillioncú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The SilmarillionGondor: ‘Land of Stone’, name of the southern Númenórean kingdom in Middle-earth, established by Isildur and Anárion. 361-9, 376-7. City of Gondor: Minas Tirith. 377
— The SilmarillionLand of the Dead that Live: See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
— The SilmarillionDor Dínen: ‘The Silent Land’, where nothing dwelt, between the upper waters of Esgalduin and Aros. 145
— The Silmarilliondel: horror* in Deldúwath; deloth ‘abhorrence’ in Dor Daedeloth.
— The Silmarillionlóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The SilmarillionDor Daedeloth: ‘Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The SilmarillionAndor: ‘The Land of Gift’: Númenor. 321, 345, 347
— The Silmarillionthôl: ‘helm’ in Dor Cúarthol, Gorthol.
— The SilmarillionDor-Nu-Fauglith: ‘Land under Choking Ash’; see Anfauglith. 184, 221
— The SilmarillionEriador: The land between the Misty Mountains and the Blue, in which lay the Kingdom of Arnor (and also the Shire of the Hobbits). 55, 56, 104, 174, 330, 360, 366-7, 370, 376
— The Silmarillionanna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The SilmarillionDorthonion: ‘Land of Pines’, the great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards called Taur-nu-Fuin. Cf. Tree-beard’s song in The Two Towers III 4: ’To the pine-trees upon the highland of Dorthonion I climbed in the Winter...’ 52, 109, 124, 130, 135-7, 141-4, 146-8, 172, 177, 181-4, 186, 194-7, 231
— The SilmarillionEglador: The former name of Doriath, before it was encompassed by the Girdle of Melian; probably connected with the name Eglath. 111
— The Silmarillioncuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The SilmarillionMordor: ‘The Black Land’, also called the Land of Shadow; Sauron’s realm east of the mountains of the Ephel Dúath. 330, 347, 357, 360-8, 376
— The SilmarillionDoriath: ‘Land of the Pence’ (Dor Iath), referring to the Girdle of Melian, earlier called Eglador; the kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin. Also called the Hidden Kingdom. Passim; see especially 111, 144-5
— The SilmarillionRegion in the south of Hithlum, the territory of Fingon, given as a fief to the House of Hador; the home of Húrin and Morwen. 101, 140-2, 177, 187, 191-3, 232, 237, 242-4, 251, 257, 260, 263-7, 276-7, 282, 284, 286, 294. The Lady of Dor-lómin: Morwen. 242
— The Silmarillioniâth: ‘fence’ in Doriath.
— The Silmarillionmor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillionlith: ‘ash’ in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad ‘Plain of Ashes’ at the feet of Ered Lithui.
— The Silmarillionthon: ‘pine-tree’ in Dorthonion.
— The SilmarillionDor Firn-I-Guinar: ‘Land of the Dead that Live’, name of that region in Ossiriand where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 229, 291
— The SilmarillionDor Caranthir: ‘Land of Caranthir’; see Thargelion. 148, 174, 184
— The Silmarilliongond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionDor-Nu-Fauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion
dor cúarthor: (ar, cú, dor, thor)
- land of bow and helm (sindarin)
cú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillion
dor daedeloth: (dae, del, deloth, dor, oth)
- land of the shadow of horror (sindarin)
Dor Daedeloth: ‘Dor Daedeloth: ’Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The SilmarillionDor Daedeloth: ‘Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The Silmarillion
- silent land (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
dor firn-i-guinar: (dor, firn, gui, guinar, i)
- land of the dead that live (sindarin)
Dor Firn-I-Guinar: ‘Land of the Dead that Live’, name of that region in Ossiriand where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 229, 291
— The SilmarillionLand of the Dead that Live: See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
— The Silmarillioncuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- echoing land (sindarin)
lóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion
dor-nu-fauglith: (dor, faug, lith, nu)
- [land of the] gasping dust (sindarin)
Dor-Nu-Fauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion
- fenced land (sindarin)
iâth: ‘fence’ in Doriath.
— The Silmarillion
dorthonion: (dor, ion, on, thon, thonion)
- pine lands (sindarin)
thon: ‘pine-tree’ in Dorthonion.
— The Silmarillion
- land of wine (sindarin)
Luck of an unusual kind was with Bilbo then. It must be potent wine to make a wood-elf drowsy; but this wine, it would seem, was the heady vintage of the great gardens of Dorwinion, not meant for his soldiers or his servants, but for the king‘s feasts only, and for smaller bowls, not for the butler’s great flagons.
— The Hobbit, Barrels out of Bond
- shire (sindarin)
- wolf (sindarin)
draug: ‘wolf’ in Draugluin.
— The Silmarillion
- blue wolf (sindarin)
draug: ‘wolf’ in Draugluin.
— The Silmarillion
- people (sindarin)
Gondolindrim: The people of Gondolin. 166, 192, 234
— The Silmarillion
- drûg (sindarin)
- púkel (sindarin)
drúwaith iaur: (drú, iaur, waith)
- old drûg land (sindarin)
- former pûkel realm (sindarin)
This region between Isen and Lefnui was the Drúwaith Iaur, and in yet another scrap of writing on this subject it is stated that the word laur old in this name does not mean original but former.
— Unfinished Tales - old púkel land (sindarin)
The name Drúwaith Iaur (Old Púkel-land) appears on Miss Pauline Baynes' decorated map of Middle-earth (see p. 274), placed well to the north of the mountains of the promontory of Andrast. My father stated however that the name was inserted by him and was correctly placed.
— Unfinished TalesAll the more important place-names that occur in this book but not in The Lord of the Rings are included, such as Lond Daer, Drúwaith Iaur, Edhellond, the Undeeps, Greylin; and a few others that might have been, or should have been, shown on the original map, such as the rivers Harnen and Carnen, Annúminas, Eastfold, Westfold, the Mountains of Angmar.
— Unfinished Tales
du: (dú)
- dim (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- river, long (sindarin)
duin: ‘(long) river’ in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
— The Silmarillion - river (sindarin)
duin: ‘(long) river’ in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
— The SilmarillionAnduin: ‘The Long River’, east of the Misty Mountains; referred to also as the Great River and the River. 55,107, 329, 360-1, 364, 366, 369, 374-5
— The Silmarilliontaur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The SilmarillionEsgalduin: The river of Doriath, dividing the forests of Neldoreth and Region, and flowing into Sirion. The name means ‘River under Veil’. 105, 144, 157, 199, 225, 269, 289
— The SilmarillionMalduin: A tributary of the Teiglin; the name probably means ‘Yellow River’. 251
— The Silmarillionan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The SilmarillionGlanduin means border-river. It was the name first given (in the Second Age), since the river was the southern boundary of Eregion, beyond which pre-Númenórean and generally unfriendly peoples lived, such as the ancestors of the Dunlendings.
— Unfinished TalesTaur-Im-Duinath: ‘The Forest between Rivers’, name of the wild country south of the Andram between Sirion and Gelion. 147, 184
— The SilmarillionBaranduin: ‘The Brown River’ in Eriador, flowing into the Sea south of the Blue Mountains; the Brandywine of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. 360
— The Silmarillionesgal: ‘screen, hiding’ in Esgalduin.
— The Silmarillionmal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The SilmarillionThus the Northmen who lived between Celduin (River Running) and Carnen (Redwater) became strong and drove back all enemies from the East.
— The Lord of the Rings
- west (sindarin)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- dark (sindarin)
dûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The Silmarilliondol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarilliongul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The SilmarillionDol Guldor: ‘Hill of Sorcery’, fastness of the Necromancer (Sauron) in southern Mirkwood in the Third Age. 372-5
— The Silmarillion - [name] (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion - [name] (quenya)
-(n)dur: in names such as Eärendur (shortened Eärnur) is similar in meaning to -(n)dil.
— The Silmarillion
- lament (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The SilmarillionAldudénië: ‘Lament for the Two Trees’, made by a Vanyarin Elf named Elemmírë. 84
— The Silmarillion
- silent (sindarin)
Dor Dínen: ‘The Silent Land’, where nothing dwelt, between the upper waters of Esgalduin and Aros. 145
— The Silmarillion - silence (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- silence, of (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillion - of silence (sindarin)
Dor Dínen: ‘The Silent Land’, where nothing dwelt, between the upper waters of Esgalduin and Aros. 145
— The Silmarillion
- man (sindarin)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- man-spearhead (sindarin)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- silent (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- earth (quenya)
nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Rings
dôr: (ndor)
- land (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- night (qenya)
dú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarillion
dú: (lómë)
- dimness (sindarin)
dú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarillion - night (sindarin)
dú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarillion - dark (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion
- shadow (sindarin)
Ephel Dúath: ‘Fence of Shadow’, the mountain-range between Gondor and Mordor; also called the Mountains of Shadow. 361-2, 368
— The Silmarillion
- nightingale (sindarin)
dú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarillion
- of the west (sindarin)
The Edain of the West'; see Númenóreans.
— The Silmarillion - west (sindarin)
The Edain of the West'; see Númenóreans.
— The Silmarillionadan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- west men (sindarin)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- delving [plural] (sindarin)
Khazad-Dûm: The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin‘s race in the Misty Mountains (Hadhodrond, Moria). See Khazâd; dûm is probably a plural or collective, meaning ’excavations, halls, mansions’. 42, 104, 354
— The Silmarillion
dûn: (adun)
- west (adûnaic)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
dûnë: (adun)
- west (adûnaic)
Anadúnë: ‘Westernesse’: name of Númenor in the Ad˚naic (Númenórean) tongue (see Númenor). 322
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- dark (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarilliondûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The SilmarillionBarad-Dûr: ‘The Dark Tower’ of Sauron in Mordor. 329, 334, 347, 363, 365, 375, 377
— The Silmarillioncarak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion
- [adjective] (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion
- encircling mountains (sindarin)
Orfalch Echor: The great ravine through the Encircling Mountains by which Gondolin was approached. 296
— The Silmarillion - circle, outer (sindarin)
echor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion - encircling (sindarin)
echor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The SilmarillionEchoriath: ‘The Encircling Mountains’ about the plain of Gondolin. 135, 166, 191, 281, 297-8
— The Silmarillionram: ‘wall’ (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- encircling mountains (sindarin)
echor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
echui: (cuivië)
- awakening (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
echuir: (ech)
- spring, early (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - the first beginning of Spring (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
edain: (adan)
- men (quenya)
The Second People‘, Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (41) the meaning is ’Men (in general)’. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
— The Silmarillion - men (sindarin)
adan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The SilmarillionSee Atani.
— The SilmarillionNúmenóreans: The Men of Númenor, called also Dúnedain. 24, 321-35, 337-9, 342-7, 355, 359-65,367-70,372,376-7
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The SilmarillionThe Edain of the West'; see Númenóreans.
— The Silmarillion
edhel: (eledh)
- elf (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionAredhel: ‘Noble Elf’, the sister of Turgon of Gondolin, who was ensnared by Eöl in Nan Elmoth and bore to him Maeglin; called also Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin. 64, 156-65, 247
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The SilmarillionHalf-elven: Translation of Sindarin Peredhel, plural Peredhil, applied to Elrond and Elros, 304, 315, 322, 354, 357; and to Eärendil, 298
— The Silmarillionadan: (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
— The Silmarillion - stars, of the (sindarin)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The Silmarillion
- elf haven (sindarin)
edhil: (edhel)
- eldar (sindarin)
Ost-In-Edhil: ‘Fortress of the Eldar’, the city of the Elves in Eregion. 354-6
— The Silmarillion - elven (sindarin)
edhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The Silmarillion - stars, of the [plural] (sindarin)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The Silmarillion - elves (sindarin)
Half-elven: Translation of Sindarin Peredhel, plural Peredhil, applied to Elrond and Elros, 304, 315, 322, 354, 357; and to Eärendil, 298
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The SilmarillionOst-In-Edhil: ‘Fortress of the Eldar’, the city of the Elves in Eregion. 354-6
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion
- forsaken (sindarin)
Eglador: The former name of Doriath, before it was encompassed by the Girdle of Melian; probably connected with the name Eglath. 111
— The SilmarillionEglarest: The southern of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of Beleriand. 60, 109, 125, 142, 145, 239, 304
— The Silmarillion - forsken (sindarin)
Eglath: ‘The Forsaken People’, name given to themselves by the Telerin Elves who remained in Beleriand seeking for Elwë (Thingol) when the main host of the Teleri departed to Aman. 60, 288
— The Silmarillion
- the forsaken people (sindarin)
Eglath: ‘The Forsaken People’, name given to themselves by the Telerin Elves who remained in Beleriand seeking for Elwë (Thingol) when the main host of the Teleri departed to Aman. 60, 288
— The Silmarillion
- spring (quenya)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion
eilph: (alph)
- swans (sindarin)
It was my father‘s intention to enter, in a revised map of The Lord of the Rings, Glanduin as the name of the upper course of the river, and to mark the fens as such, with the name Nîn-in-Eilph (or Swanfleet). In the event his intention came to be misunderstood, for on Pauline Baynes’ map the lower course is marked as R.Swanfleet, while on the map in the book, as noted above (p.274), the names are placed against the wrong river.
— Unfinished TalesIn The Return of the King VI 6 it is called the Swanfleet river (not River), simply as being the river that went down into the Nîn-in-Eilph, the Waterlands of the Swans.
— Unfinished Tales
- well (water) (sindarin)
eithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The Silmarillion - spring (sindarin)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion - well (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The SilmarillionEithel Ivrin: ‘Ivrin’s Well’, the source of the river Narog beneath Ered Wethrin. 256, 261
— The SilmarillionBarad Eithel: ‘Tower of the Well’, the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion. 233
— The SilmarillionEithel Sirion: ‘Sirion’s Well’, in the eastern face of Ered Wethrin, where was the great fortress of Fingolfin and Fingon (see Barad Eithel). 124, 140-1, 183, 193, 232-3
— The Silmarillioneithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The Silmarillion
- spring (root)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion
- echor (quenya)
Ekkaia: Elvish name of the Outer Sea, encircling Arda; referred to also as the Outer Ocean and the Encircling Sea. 32,40, 51, 65, 115-6, 121, 227
— The Silmarillion
- of [suffix] (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion - elf (quenya)
Elendil: Called the Tall; son of Amandil, last lord of Andúnië in Númenor, descended from Eärendil and Elwing but not of the direct line of the Kings; escaped with his sons Isildur and Anárion from the Drowning of Númenor and founded the Númenórean realms in Middle-earth; slain with Gil-galad in the overthrow of Sauron at the end of the Second Age. The name may be interpreted either as ‘Elf-friend’ (cf. Elendili) or as ‘Star-lover’. 337, 340-2, 360-7, 370, 377. Heirs of Elendil 365
— The Silmarillion - star (sindarin)
Elrond: Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose to belong to the Firstborn, and remained in Middle-earth until the end of the Third Age; master of Imladris (Rivendell) and keeper of Vilya, the Ring of Air, which he had received from Gil-galad. Called Master Elrond and Elrond Half-elven. The name means ‘Star-dome’. 122, 306, 315, 322, 354-6, 366-75, 37S, Sons of Elrond 377
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The SilmarillionElwing: Daughter of Dior, who escaping from Doriath with the Silmaril wedded Eärendil at the Mouths of Sirion and went with him to Valinor; mother of Elrond and Elros. The name means ‘Star-spray’; see Lanlhir Lamath. 122, 178, 291-3, 302, 304-10, 315
— The SilmarillionElros: Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose to be numbered among Men, and became the first King of Númenor (called Tar-Minyatur), living to a very great age. The name means ‘Star-foam’. 305, 315, 322, 328-32, 336, 354, 360
— The Silmarillion - star, of (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - stars, of (sindarin)
ros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillion - lady (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion - stars, of (quenya)
wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
— The Silmarillion - star (quenya)
Elbereth: The usual name of Varda in Sindarin, ‘Star-Queen’; cf. Elentári. 19, 36
— The Silmarillion - stars, of the (sindarin)
nan(d): ‘valley’ in Nan Dungortheb, Nan Elmoth, Nan Tathren.
— The Silmarillion
- stars, of the (quenya)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The Silmarillion - elf (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The SilmarillionEldar: According to Elvish legend the name Eldar ‘People of the Stars’ was given to all the Elves by the Vala Oromë (49). It came however to be used to refer only to the Elves of the Three Kindreds (Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri) who set out on the great westward march from Cuiviénen (whether or not they remained in Middle-earth), and to exclude the Avari. The Elves of Aman, and all Elves who ever dwelt in Aman, were called the High Elves (Tareldar) and Elves of the Light (Calaquendi); see Dark Elves, Úmanyar. Passim; see entry Elves.
— The SilmarillionEldamar: ‘Elvenhome’, the region of Aman in which the Elves dwelt; also the great Bay of the same name. 61, 65, 67, 75-6, 79-80, 97, 160, 213, 306
— The SilmarillionEldalië: ‘The Elven-folk’, used as equivalent to Eldar. 12, 54, 59, 71,150, 200, 222, 227-8, 232, 247, 315
— The Silmarillion
- elvenhome (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - home (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
eldar: (elda)
- elves (quenya)
Eldar: According to Elvish legend the name Eldar ‘People of the Stars’ was given to all the Elves by the Vala Oromë (49). It came however to be used to refer only to the Elves of the Three Kindreds (Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri) who set out on the great westward march from Cuiviénen (whether or not they remained in Middle-earth), and to exclude the Avari. The Elves of Aman, and all Elves who ever dwelt in Aman, were called the High Elves (Tareldar) and Elves of the Light (Calaquendi); see Dark Elves, Úmanyar. Passim; see entry Elves.
— The Silmarillion
- behold [exclamation] (proto)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The Silmarillion
eledh: (elda)
- stars, of the (sindarin)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The Silmarillion
- lady of the stars (sindarin)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The Silmarillion
elem: (elen)
- stars, of the (quenya)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
elemmírë: (el, elem, emmíre, mírë)
- jewel of the stars (quenya)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
- star (quenya)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The SilmarillionElentári: ‘Star-Queen’, a name of Varda as maker of the Stars. She is called thus in Galadriel’s lament in Lórien, The Fellowship of the Ring II 8. Cf. Elbereth, Tintallë. 48
— The Silmarillion - stars (sindarin)
Elenrína: ‘Crowned with Stars’, a name of Taniquetil. 32
— The Silmarillion - elf (quenya)
Elendili: ‘Elf-friends’, name given to those Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar in the days of Tar-Ancalimon and later kings; also called the Faithful. 328-32, 335-7, 340-1, 361-2
— The Silmarillion - stars, of the (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion - stars, of (quenya)
-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion
- stars, of the (quenya)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The Silmarillion
- elf friends (quenya)
Elendili: ‘Elf-friends’, name given to those Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar in the days of Tar-Ancalimon and later kings; also called the Faithful. 328-32, 335-7, 340-1, 361-2
— The Silmarillion
- stewards (quenya)
Elenna: A (Quenya) name of Númenor, ‘Starwards’, from the guidance of the Edain by Eärendil on their voyage to Númenor at the beginning of the Second Age. 321, 345, 347
— The Silmarillion
- queen of the stars (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion
- star dome (sindarin)
Elrond: Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose to belong to the Firstborn, and remained in Middle-earth until the end of the Third Age; master of Imladris (Rivendell) and keeper of Vilya, the Ring of Air, which he had received from Gil-galad. Called Master Elrond and Elrond Half-elven. The name means ‘Star-dome’. 122, 306, 315, 322, 354-6, 366-75, 37S, Sons of Elrond 377
— The Silmarillionrond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion
- star foam (sindarin)
ros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillion
- star spray (quenya)
wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
— The Silmarillion
emyn: (amon)
- hills (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The SilmarillionEmyn Beraid: ‘The Tower Hills’ in the west of Eriador; see Elostirion. 360-2
— The Silmarillionnen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillionamon: ‘hill’, a Sindarin word occurring as the first element of many names; plural emyn in Emyn Beraid. 445
— The Silmarillion - mountains (sindarin)
- hills of arnen (sindarin)
- tower hills (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarillionamon: ‘hill’, a Sindarin word occurring as the first element of many names; plural emyn in Emyn Beraid. 445
— The Silmarillion
- drear hills (sindarin)
- hills of twilight (sindarin)
en: (enedh)
- -ed (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - of (sindarin)
Bar-En-Danwedh: ‘House of Ransom’, the name that Mîm the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon Rûdh when he yielded it to Túrin. 248, 252
— The SilmarillionHaudh-en-Nirnaeth: ‘The Mound of Tears’, another name of Haudh-en-Ndengin. 241
— The Silmarillion - middle (sindarin)
nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Ringsdôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - of the (sindarin)
Haudh-En-Ndengin: ‘The Mound of Slain’ in the desert of Anfauglith, where were piled the bodies of the Elves and Men that died in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 241-2
— The SilmarillionHaudh-en-Arwen: ‘The Ladybarrow’, the burial-mound of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. 176
— The Silmarillionfaroth: is derived from a root meaning ‘hunt, pursue’ in the Lay of Leithian the Taur-en-Faroth above Nargothrond are called ’the Hills of the Hunters’.
— The Silmarillionhaudh: ‘mound’ in Haudh-en-Arwen, Haudh-en-Elleth, etc.
— The Silmarillion - middle (quenya)
nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the RingsEndor: ‘Middle Land’, Middle-earth. 101
— The Silmarillion
- friend (quenya)
ëar: ‘sea’ (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
— The SilmarillionElendil: Called the Tall; son of Amandil, last lord of Andúnië in Númenor, descended from Eärendil and Elwing but not of the direct line of the Kings; escaped with his sons Isildur and Anárion from the Drowning of Númenor and founded the Númenórean realms in Middle-earth; slain with Gil-galad in the overthrow of Sauron at the end of the Second Age. The name may be interpreted either as ‘Elf-friend’ (cf. Elendili) or as ‘Star-lover’. 337, 340-2, 360-7, 370, 377. Heirs of Elendil 365
— The Silmarillion - lover (quenya)
Eärendil: Called ‘Halfelven’, ’the Blessed’, ’the Bright’, and ’the Mariner’ son of Tuor and Idril Turgon’s daughter; escaped from the sack of Gondolin and wedded Elwing daughter of Dior at the Mouths of Sirion; sailed with her to Aman and pleaded for help against Morgoth; set to sail the skies in his ship Vingilot bearing the Silmaril that Beren and Lúthien brought out of Angband. The name means ’Lover of the Sea’. 122, 177, 298-300, 302, 304-9, 312, 315, 319-22, 325, 334, 341, 345, 348, 354. Lay of Eärendil 304, 319
— The Silmarillion - [name] (quenya)
-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion
- middle-earth (quenya)
- middle-earth (quenya)
nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Rings
ened: (enedh)
- middle (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillion - middle (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- middle (sindarin)
The statement in the discussion of Glanduin above that the port was called Lond Daer Enedh the Great Middle Haven, as being between the havens of Lindon in the North and Pelargir on the Anduin, must refer to a time long after the Númenórean intervention in the war against Sauron in Eriador; for according to the Tale of Years Pelargir was not built until the year 2350 of the Second Age, and became the chief haven of the Faithful Númenóreans.
— Unfinished Tales
- middle-folk (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillion
- iron [plural] (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion
- of iron [plural] (sindarin)
Ered Engrin: ‘The Iron Mountains’ in the far north. 128, 135-6, 139, 181, 193
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion - iron, of [plural] (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The Silmarillion
- sickly (quenya)
Engwar: ‘The Sickly’, one of the Elvish names for Men, 119
— The Silmarillion
engwar: (engwa)
- sickley [plural] (quenya)
Engwar: ‘The Sickly’, one of the Elvish names for Men, 119
— The Silmarillion
- middle-earth (sindarin)
nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Ringsdôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - middle-lands (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- middle lands (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- gates (sindarin)
annon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - doors, great (sindarin)
annon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- outer fence (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - fence, outer (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - encircling fence (sindarin)
Ephel Brandir: ‘The encircling fence of Brandir’, dwellings of the Men of Brethil upon Amon Obel; also called the Ephel. 266, 270-2
— The Silmarillion - fence (sindarin)
Ephel Dúath: ‘Fence of Shadow’, the mountain-range between Gondor and Mordor; also called the Mountains of Shadow. 361-2, 368
— The Silmarillion
ephel dúath: (ath, dú, dúath, ephel)
- outer fence of dim shadows (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - fence of shadow (sindarin)
Ephel Dúath: ‘Fence of Shadow’, the mountain-range between Gondor and Mordor; also called the Mountains of Shadow. 361-2, 368
— The Silmarilliondú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarilliongwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
er: (ereb)
- alone (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The SilmarillionThe One‘, ’He that is Alone’: Ilúvatar. 3, 4, 17-9, 23, 41-4, 82, 95, 99, 102, 112-3, 322, 327-8, 332, 335, 347; also in Children of Eru.
— The Silmarillion - one (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The Silmarillion - lone (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - lonely (sindarin)
Tol Eressëa: ‘The Lonely Isle’ (also simply Eressëa), on which the Vanyar and the Noldor and afterwards the Teleri were drawn across the ocean by Ulmo, and which was at last rooted in the Bay of Eldamar near to the coasts of Aman. On Eressëa the Teleri long remained before they went to Alqualondë; and there dwelt many of the Noldor and the Sindar after the ending of the First Age. 50, 60-2, 64, 118, 306, 310, 315, 321, 324, 331, 345, 349, 355, 362
— The Silmarillion
- kings (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
ereb: (er)
- lonely (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The SilmarillionAmon Ereb: ‘The Lonely Hill’ (also simply Ereb), between Ramdal and the river Gelion in East Beleriand. 110, 146, 184
— The Silmarillion
- lonely mountain (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The Silmarillion
ered: (orod)
- mountains (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The SilmarillionEred Lindon: ‘The Mountains of Linden’, another name for Ered Luin, the Blue Mountains. 147-8, 160, 167, 174, 238, 287, 290
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillionlith: ‘ash’ in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad ‘Plain of Ashes’ at the feet of Ered Lithui.
— The Silmarilliongwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The SilmarillionEred Nimrais: The White Mountains (nimrais ‘white horns’), the great range from east to west south of the Misty Mountains. 107
— The Silmarillionluin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The SilmarillionEred Wethrin: ‘The Mountains of Shadow’, ’The Shadowy Mountains’, the great curving range bordering Dor-nu-Fauglith (Ard-galen) on the west and forming the barrier between Hithlum and West Beleriand. 123-5, 127, 133, 137, 140-1, 150, 171, 182-3, 193, 206, 212, 232, 234, 238, 249, 254, 256, 261, 278, 281, 295
— The Silmarillionnim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The SilmarillionEred Lómin: ‘The Echoing Mountains’, forming the west-fence of Hithlum. 123, 140
— The Silmarilliongor: ‘horror, dread’ in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
— The SilmarillionEred Gorgoroth: ‘The Mountains of Terror’, northward of Nan Dungortheb; also called the Gorgoroth. 90, 109, 144, 157, 176, 198, 214, 246
— The Silmarillionlin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The Silmarillionras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The SilmarillionEred Engrin: ‘The Iron Mountains’ in the far north. 128, 135-6, 139, 181, 193
— The Silmarillionlóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The SilmarillionEred Luin: ‘The Blue Mountains’, also called Ered Lindon. After the destruction at the end of the First Age Ered Luin formed the north-western coastal range of Middle-earth. 56, 103, 107, 132-5, 147, 159, 167, 288, 354, 359
— The Silmarillion
- mountains of angmar (sindarin)
ered engrin: (eng, engrin, ered)
- iron mountains (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion
ered gorgoroth: (ered, gor, gorgor, gorgoroth, goroth, oroth, oth)
- mountains of horror (sindarin)
gor: ‘horror, dread’ in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
— The Silmarillion
ered lasgalen: (ered, galen, las)
- mountains of green leaf (sindarin)
- blue mountains (sindarin)
luin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The SilmarillionEred Luin: ‘The Blue Mountains’, also called Ered Lindon. After the destruction at the end of the First Age Ered Luin formed the north-western coastal range of Middle-earth. 56, 103, 107, 132-5, 147, 159, 167, 288, 354, 359
— The Silmarillion
ered luthui: (ered, lith, lithui, ui)
- mountains of ash (sindarin)
ered lómin: (ered, lóm, lómin)
- echoing mountains (sindarin)
Ered Lómin: ‘The Echoing Mountains’, forming the west-fence of Hithlum. 123, 140
— The Silmarillionlóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion
- grey mountains (sindarin)
ered nimrais: (ered, nim, rais)
- white horn mountains (sindarin)
ras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillion - white mountains (sindarin)
Ered Nimrais: The White Mountains (nimrais ‘white horns’), the great range from east to west south of the Misty Mountains. 107
— The Silmarillion - mountains of white horns (sindarin)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
ered wethrin: (ered, rin, weth, wethrin)
- mountains of shadow (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
- thorn (sindarin)
ereg: ‘thorn, holly’ in Eregion, Region.
— The Silmarillion - holly (sindarin)
Eregion: ‘Land of Holly’ (called by Men Hollin); Noldorin realm in the Second Age at the western feet of the Misty Mountains, where the Elven Rings were made. 355-7
— The Silmarillionereg: ‘thorn, holly’ in Eregion, Region.
— The Silmarillion
- land of holly (sindarin)
Eregion: ‘Land of Holly’ (called by Men Hollin); Noldorin realm in the Second Age at the western feet of the Misty Mountains, where the Elven Rings were made. 355-7
— The Silmarillion - holly realm (sindarin)
ereg: ‘thorn, holly’ in Eregion, Region.
— The Silmarillion
erein: (aran)
- kings, of the (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion - kings (sindarin)
Ereinion: ‘Scion of Kings’, the son of Fingon, known always by his surname Gil-galad. 186, 239, 302
— The Silmarillion
- scion of the kings (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- children of eru (sindarin)
hîn: ‘children’ in Eruhini ‘Children of Eru’; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
— The Silmarillion
eria: (ereb)
- lone (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - lonely (sindarin)
- lonely lands (sindarin)
- lone land (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
eryn: (aron)
- woods (sindarin)
eryn lasgalen: (eryn, galen, las)
- woods of greenleaf (sindarin)
- black woods (sindarin)
- veiled (sindarin)
Esgalduin: The river of Doriath, dividing the forests of Neldoreth and Region, and flowing into Sirion. The name means ‘River under Veil’. 105, 144, 157, 199, 225, 269, 289
— The Silmarillion - hiding (sindarin)
esgal: ‘screen, hiding’ in Esgalduin.
— The Silmarillion - screen (sindarin)
esgal: ‘screen, hiding’ in Esgalduin.
— The Silmarillion
esgalduin: (duin, esga, esgal)
- river of hiding (sindarin)
esgal: ‘screen, hiding’ in Esgalduin.
— The Silmarillion
- hope (sindarin)
Gil-Estel: ‘Star of Hope’, Sindarin name for Eärendil bearing the Silmaril in his ship Vingilot. 310
— The Silmarillion
- camp (sindarin)
Estolad: The land south of Nan Elmoth where the Men of the followings of Bëor and Marach dwelt after they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand; translated in the text as ‘the Encampment’. 171-5
— The Silmarillion
- rest (quenya)
Estë: One of the Valier, the spouse of Irmo (Lórien); her name means ‘Rest’. 18, 21,24, 68, 114
— The Silmarillion
- out (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - outer (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion
- spring (root)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion
- [name] (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion
- delta (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - mouthes (river) (sindarin)
- spies (sindarin)
Amon Ethir: ‘The Hill of Spies’, raised by Finrod Felagund to the east of the doors of Nargothrond. 267-8
— The Silmarillion - outflow (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - mouths (sindarin)
ethir anduin: (an, and, duin, ethir, uin)
- delta of anduin (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - mouths of anduin (sindarin)
- outflow of anduin (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
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ethir-sirion: (ethir)
- mouths of sirion (sindarin)
ethr: (ethraid)
- crossings (sindarin)
- cold crossings (sindarin)
- the world (sindarin)
Eä: The World, the material Universe; Eä, meaning in Elvish ‘It is’ or ‘Let it be’, was the word of Ilúvatar when the World began its existence. 10, 17-8, 23, 30, 34, 40, 48-9, 58, 78, 82, 86, 95, 99, 112
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- sea (quenya)
Eärendil: Called ‘Halfelven’, ’the Blessed’, ’the Bright’, and ’the Mariner’ son of Tuor and Idril Turgon’s daughter; escaped from the sack of Gondolin and wedded Elwing daughter of Dior at the Mouths of Sirion; sailed with her to Aman and pleaded for help against Morgoth; set to sail the skies in his ship Vingilot bearing the Silmaril that Beren and Lúthien brought out of Angband. The name means ’Lover of the Sea’. 122, 177, 298-300, 302, 304-9, 312, 315, 319-22, 325, 334, 341, 345, 348, 354. Lay of Eärendil 304, 319
— The Silmarillionëar: ‘sea’ (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
— The Silmarillion-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion-(n)dur: in names such as Eärendur (shortened Eärnur) is similar in meaning to -(n)dil.
— The Silmarillion - sea (sindarin)
wen: ‘maiden’ is a frequent ending, as in Eärwen, Morwen.
— The Silmarillion
- sea, of the (quenya)
-(n)dur: in names such as Eärendur (shortened Eärnur) is similar in meaning to -(n)dil.
— The Silmarillion
- sea maiden (sindarin)
wen: ‘maiden’ is a frequent ending, as in Eärwen, Morwen.
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falas: (fal)
- surf, line of (sindarin)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - shore (sindarin)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillionan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
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falassë: (falasë)
- shore (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - surf, line of (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion
- shore (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - surf, line of (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
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- people of the shore (sindarin)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
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- wave, crested (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion
falmar: (falma)
- waves, crested (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - waves (sindarin)
Mar-Nu-Falmar: ‘The Land under the Waves’, name of Númenor after the Downfall. 347
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- cloud (sindarin)
dol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
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- beard (sindarin)
orn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
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- treebeard (sindarin)
orn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
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- cloudy (sindarin)
dol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
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fanuidhol: (dhol, fan, fanui, ui)
- cloudy head (sindarin)
- pursue (sindarin)
faroth: is derived from a root meaning ‘hunt, pursue’ in the Lay of Leithian the Taur-en-Faroth above Nargothrond are called ’the Hills of the Hunters’.
— The Silmarillion - hunt (sindarin)
faroth: is derived from a root meaning ‘hunt, pursue’ in the Lay of Leithian the Taur-en-Faroth above Nargothrond are called ’the Hills of the Hunters’.
— The Silmarillion
- hunters (sindarin)
faroth: is derived from a root meaning ‘hunt, pursue’ in the Lay of Leithian the Taur-en-Faroth above Nargothrond are called ’the Hills of the Hunters’.
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- gape (sindarin)
faug-: ‘gape’ in Anfauglir, Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith.
— The Silmarillion - gasping (quenya)
Anfauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion - gasping (sindarin)
Dor-Nu-Fauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion - choking (sindarin)
Dor-Nu-Fauglith: ‘Land under Choking Ash’; see Anfauglith. 184, 221
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- spirit (sindarin)
fea: ‘spirit’ in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
— The Silmarillion - spirit of (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
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- spirit of fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
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- cave (khûzdul)
The name by which King Finrod was known after the establishment of Nargothrond; it was Dwarvish in origin (felak-gundu ‘cave-hewer’, but translated in the text as ’Lord of Caves’, 61). For references see Finrod.
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- door (sindarin)
Fen Hollen it was called, for it was kept ever shut save at times of funeral, and only the Lord of the City might use that way, or those who bore the token of the tombs and tended the houses of the dead.
— The Lord of the Rings
- closed door (sindarin)
Fen Hollen it was called, for it was kept ever shut save at times of funeral, and only the Lord of the City might use that way, or those who bore the token of the tombs and tended the houses of the dead.
— The Lord of the Rings
- hair (sindarin)
fin-: ‘hair’ in Finduilas, Fingon, Finrod, Glorfindel.
— The SilmarillionGlorfindel: Elf of Gondolin, who fell to his death in Cirith Thoronath in combat with a Balrog after the escape from the sack of the city. The name means ‘Golden-haired’. 237, 301-2
— The Silmarillion - locks, of hair (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion - hair
káno: ‘commander’: this Quenya word is the origin of the second element in Fingon and Turgon.
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- eminent man (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
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- haired (sindarin)
Glorfindel: Elf of Gondolin, who fell to his death in Cirith Thoronath in combat with a Balrog after the escape from the sack of the city. The name means ‘Golden-haired’. 237, 301-2
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- eminent man (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
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- dead [plural] (sindarin)
Land of the Dead that Live: See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
— The Silmarillioncuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
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for: (formen)
- north (quenya)
formen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillionmen: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion - north (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillionhoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillionformen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
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forlindon: (for)
- north lindon (sindarin)
forlond: (for)
- north haven (sindarin)
- north (quenya)
formen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillion - north (sindarin)
Formenos: ‘Northern Fortress’, the stronghold of Fëanor and his sons in the north of Valinor, built after the banishment of Fëanor from Tirion. 79, 83, 88, 152
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion - north way (quenya)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
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- north fortress (sindarin)
os(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion - northern fortress (quenya)
formen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillion
forn: (formen)
- north (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionFornost: ‘Northern Fortress’. Númenórean city on the North Downs in Eriador. 361
— The Silmarillionformen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion
- north fortress (sindarin)
formen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion
fornost erain: (erain, for, forn, ost)
- north fortress of the kings (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
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- north (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
forod: (formen)
- north (sindarin)
formen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillion - northern (sindarin)
- northern realm (sindarin)
- northlands (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales - northlands (quenya)
- darkness (sindarin)
fuin: ‘gloom, darkness’ (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion - night (sindarin)
Later name of Dorthonion: ‘the Forest under Night’. Cf. Deldúwath. 186, 206, 212, 215-6, 221, 223, 245, 253-6
— The Silmarillion - gloom (sindarin)
fuin: ‘gloom, darkness’ (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin.
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- spirit masters (quenya)
fea: ‘spirit’ in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
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- spirit (sindarin)
Eldest son of Finwë (the only child of Finwë and Míriel), half-brother of Fingolfin and Finarfin; greatest of the Noldor, and leader in their rebellion; deviser of the Fëanorian script; maker of the Silmarils; slain in Mithrim in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. His name was Curufinwë (curu ‘skill’), and he gave this name to his fifth son, Curufin; but he was himself known always by his mother’s name for him, Fëanáro ’Spirit of Fire’, which was given the Sindarin form Fëanor Chapters V-IX and XIII passim; see especially 63, 67-9, 71, 112. Elsewhere his name occurs chiefly in the sons of Fëanor.
— The Silmarillionfea: ‘spirit’ in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
— The Silmarillion - spirit of (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - spirit (quenya)
Eldest son of Finwë (the only child of Finwë and Míriel), half-brother of Fingolfin and Finarfin; greatest of the Noldor, and leader in their rebellion; deviser of the Fëanorian script; maker of the Silmarils; slain in Mithrim in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. His name was Curufinwë (curu ‘skill’), and he gave this name to his fifth son, Curufin; but he was himself known always by his mother’s name for him, Fëanáro ’Spirit of Fire’, which was given the Sindarin form Fëanor Chapters V-IX and XIII passim; see especially 63, 67-9, 71, 112. Elsewhere his name occurs chiefly in the sons of Fëanor.
— The Silmarillion - spirit
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
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fëan: (fëa)
- spirits (sindarin)
Fëanturi: ‘Masters of Spirits’, the Valar Námo (Mandos) and Irmo (Lórien). 21
— The Silmarillion - spirit (quenya)
fea: ‘spirit’ in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
— The Silmarillion - spirit
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion
- spirit of fire (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - heart of fire (sindarin)
fea: ‘spirit’ in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
— The Silmarillion
- mortals (quenya)
Fírimar: ‘Mortals’, one of the Elvish names for Men. 119
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- great (khûzdul)
Gabilgathol: ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288
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- sea (sindarin)
gaer: ‘sea’ in Belegaer (and in Gaerys, Sindarin name of Ossë). Said to derive from the stem gaya ‘awe, dread’, and to have been the name made for the vast and terrifying Great Sea when the Eldar first came to its shores.
— The Silmarillionbeleg: ‘mighty’ in Beleg, Belegaer, Belegost, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillionëar: ‘sea’ (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
— The Silmarillion
gai: (cai)
- fence (sindarin)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
gail: (cail)
- fence (sindarin)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
- shine (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - green (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion - tree (sindarin)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The Silmarillion - shine (root)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- shining (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - wood (sindarin)
- great growth (ancient)
Ornê was originally applied to straighter and more slender trees such as birches, whereas stouter, more spreading trees such as oaks and beeches were called in the ancient language galad, “great growth”; but this distinction was not always observed in Quenya and disappeared in Sindarin, where all trees came to be called galadh, and orn fell out of common use, surviving only in verse and songs and in many names both of persons and of trees.
— Unfinished Tales - shine (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - radiance (sinarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - radiance (sindarin)
Gil-Galad: ‘Star of Radiance’, the name by which Ereinion son of Fingon was afterwards known. After the death of Turgon he became the last High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth, and remained in Lindon after the end of the First Age; leader with Elendil of the Last Alliance of Men and Elves and slain with him in combat with Sauron. 186, 239, 302, 305, 315, 330-1, 335, 359-60, 362-5, 369-70
— The Silmarillion - tree, stout (ancient)
Ornê was originally applied to straighter and more slender trees such as birches, whereas stouter, more spreading trees such as oaks and beeches were called in the ancient language galad, “great growth”; but this distinction was not always observed in Quenya and disappeared in Sindarin, where all trees came to be called galadh, and orn fell out of common use, surviving only in verse and songs and in many names both of persons and of trees.
— Unfinished Tales
- tree (sindarin)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The SilmarillionOrnê was originally applied to straighter and more slender trees such as birches, whereas stouter, more spreading trees such as oaks and beeches were called in the ancient language galad, “great growth”; but this distinction was not always observed in Quenya and disappeared in Sindarin, where all trees came to be called galadh, and orn fell out of common use, surviving only in verse and songs and in many names both of persons and of trees.
— Unfinished Taleskal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - woods (sindarin)
galadhon: (galad)
- wood, of (sindarin)
- woodland people (sindarin)
- green (sindarin)
tol: ‘isle’ (rising with sheer sides from the sea or from a river) in Tol Eressëa, Tol Galen, etc.
— The SilmarillionTol Galen: ‘The Green Isle’ in the river Adurant in Ossiriand, where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 147, 229, 290
— The Silmarillioncalen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The SilmarillionArd-Galen: The great grassy plain north of Dorthonion, called after its desolation Anfauglith and Dor-nu-Fauglith. The name means ‘the Green Region’; cf. Calenardhon (Rohan). 124, 135-6, 144, 181
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- shine (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - black shine (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- fortress (khûzdul)
Gabilgathol: ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288
— The Silmarillion
- werewolf (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The SilmarillionTol in Gaurhoth: ‘Isle of Werewolves’, name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210
— The Silmarilliongaur: werewolf (from a root ngwaw- ‘howl’) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
— The Silmarillion
- werewolves (sindarin)
Tol in Gaurhoth: ‘Isle of Werewolves’, name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210
— The Silmarillion
- dread (root)
gaer: ‘sea’ in Belegaer (and in Gaerys, Sindarin name of Ossë). Said to derive from the stem gaya ‘awe, dread’, and to have been the name made for the vast and terrifying Great Sea when the Eldar first came to its shores.
— The Silmarillion - awe (root)
gaer: ‘sea’ in Belegaer (and in Gaerys, Sindarin name of Ossë). Said to derive from the stem gaya ‘awe, dread’, and to have been the name made for the vast and terrifying Great Sea when the Eldar first came to its shores.
— The Silmarillion
gebir: (cebir)
- stakes (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
gelin: (calen)
- green (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion - green [plural] (sindarin)
gelydh: (golodh)
- dark elves (sindarin)
golodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The Silmarillion - noldor (sindarin)
Annon-In-Gelydh: ‘Gate of the Noldor’, entrance to a subterranean watercourse in the western hills of Dor-lómin, leading to Cirith Ninniach. 294
— The Silmarilliongolodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The Silmarillionannon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
ger: (cir)
- cut (sindarin)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion
- star (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The SilmarillionGil-Estel: ‘Star of Hope’, Sindarin name for Eärendil bearing the Silmaril in his ship Vingilot. 310
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The SilmarillionGil-Galad: ‘Star of Radiance’, the name by which Ereinion son of Fingon was afterwards known. After the death of Turgon he became the last High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth, and remained in Lindon after the end of the First Age; leader with Elendil of the Last Alliance of Men and Elves and slain with him in combat with Sauron. 186, 239, 302, 305, 315, 330-1, 335, 359-60, 362-5, 369-70
— The SilmarillionDagor-Nuin-Giliath: ‘The Battle-under-Stars’, the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, fought in Mithrim after the coming of Fëanor to Middle-earth. 124
— The SilmarillionOsgiliath: ‘Fortress of the Stars’, the chief city of ancient Gondor, on either side of the river Anduin. 361-4, 368
— The Silmarillionran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarilliongil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - star
gil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillion
- star shine (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- host of stars
gil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillion - stars (sindarin)
Osgiliath: ‘Fortress of the Stars’, the chief city of ancient Gondor, on either side of the river Anduin. 361-4, 368
— The Silmarillion
gir: (cir)
- ship (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - ships (sindarin)
Pelargir: ‘Garth of Royal Ships,’ the Númenórean haven above the delta of Anduin. 329
— The Silmarillion
- shuddering (sindarin)
Nen Girith: ‘Shuddering Water’, name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil. 270-4, 276
— The Silmarilliongirith: ‘shuddering’ in Nen Girith; cf. also Girithron, name of the last month of the year in Sindarin (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
glad: (galad)
- wood (sindarin)
But other guarded camps and forts were established round about: in the forest eastward, or in the highlands, or in the southward fens, from Methed-en-glad (the End of the Wood) to Bar-erib some leagues south of Amon Rûdh; and from all these places men could see the summit of Amon Rûdh, and by signals receive tidings and commands.
— Unfinished Tales
- din (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion
- din horde (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion
- border (sindarin)
Glanduin means border-river. It was the name first given (in the Second Age), since the river was the southern boundary of Eregion, beyond which pre-Númenórean and generally unfriendly peoples lived, such as the ancestors of the Dunlendings.
— Unfinished Tales
- border-river (sindarin)
Glanduin means border-river. It was the name first given (in the Second Age), since the river was the southern boundary of Eregion, beyond which pre-Númenórean and generally unfriendly peoples lived, such as the ancestors of the Dunlendings.
— Unfinished Tales
- border-river (sindarin)
- glance (sindarin)
Maeglin: ‘Sharp Glance’, son of Eöl and Aredhel Turgon’s sister, born in Nan Elmoth; became mighty in Gondolin, and betrayed it to Morgoth; slain in the sack of the city by Tuor. See Lómion. 104, 159-66, 192, 237, 247, 297-9
— The Silmarillion - gleam (particularly of eyes) (sindarin)
glin: ‘gleam’ (particularly applied to the eyes) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillion
glor: (glór)
- golden (sindarin)
Loeg Ningloron: ‘Pools of the golden water-flowers’; see Gladden Fields.
— The SilmarillionGlorfindel: Elf of Gondolin, who fell to his death in Cirith Thoronath in combat with a Balrog after the escape from the sack of the city. The name means ‘Golden-haired’. 237, 301-2
— The Silmarillion - gold, of light and color (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion - gold (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion
glorfindel: (del, fin, findel, glor)
- goldenlocks (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion
gloron: (glór)
- gold, of light and color (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion
glór: (laure)
- gold, of light and color (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion
- cloak (sindarin)
Grey-cloak‘, ’Grey-mantle’; see Sindar, Thingol,
— The Silmarillionthin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion - dark (sindarin)
golodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The Silmarillion - mantle (sindarin)
Grey-cloak‘, ’Grey-mantle’; see Sindar, Thingol,
— The Silmarillion - cloak (quenya)
thin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion
goll: (collo)
- cloak (quenya)
thin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion
golodh: (noldo)
- deep elf (sindarin)
Noldor: The Deep Elves, the second host of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Finwë. The name (Quenya Noldo, Sindarin Golodh) meant ‘the Wise’ (but wise in the sense of possessing knowledge, not in the sense of possessing sagacity, sound judgement). For the language of the Noldor see Quenya, Passim; see especially 35, 54, 63-8, 137, 356
— The Silmarillion - noldo (sindarin)
Golodhrim: The Noldor. Golodh was the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo, and -rim a collective plural ending; cf. Annon-in-Gelydh, the Gate of the Noldor. 160
— The Silmarillion - dark elf (sindarin)
golodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The Silmarillion
- stone
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - rock (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillion - stone (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarilliongond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The SilmarillionSeregon: ‘Blood of Stone’, a plant with deep red flowers that grew on Amon Rûdh. 248, 252
— The Silmarillion - commander
káno: ‘commander’: this Quenya word is the origin of the second element in Fingon and Turgon.
— The Silmarillion
- stones (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillion
gond: (ondo)
- rock (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionGondolin: ‘The Hidden Rock’ (see Ondolindë), secret city of King Turgon surrounded by the Encircling Mountains (Echoriath). 64, 125, 150-1, 157, 186, 191-3, 221, 231-2, 234, 237, 240, 252, 281-2, 295-302, 305, 315, 322
— The Silmarillion - stone (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionGondor: ‘Land of Stone’, name of the southern Númenórean kingdom in Middle-earth, established by Isildur and Anárion. 361-9, 376-7. City of Gondor: Minas Tirith. 377
— The Silmarillion
- hidden rock (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillion
- hidden rock (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillion
- land of stone (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionGondor: ‘Land of Stone’, name of the southern Númenórean kingdom in Middle-earth, established by Isildur and Anárion. 361-9, 376-7. City of Gondor: Minas Tirith. 377
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
gonn: (gond)
- stone (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionGonnhirrim: ‘Masters of Stone’, a Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103
— The Silmarillionheru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
- masters of stone (sindarin)
Gonnhirrim: ‘Masters of Stone’, a Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103
— The Silmarillion - lords of stone (sindarin)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
- dread (sindarin)
Gorthol: ‘Dread Helm’, the name that Túrin took as one of the Two Captains in the land of Dor-Cúarthol. 252
— The Silmarilliongor: ‘horror, dread’ in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
— The Silmarillion - horror (sindarin)
gor: ‘horror, dread’ in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
— The Silmarillion
- terror (sindarin)
Ered Gorgoroth: ‘The Mountains of Terror’, northward of Nan Dungortheb; also called the Gorgoroth. 90, 109, 144, 157, 176, 198, 214, 246
— The Silmarillion - haunted (sindarin)
This was Cirith Gorgor, the Haunted Pass, the entrance to the land of the Enemy.
— The Lord of the Rings
gorgoroth: (gor, gorgor, goroth, oth)
- horror of horror (sindarin)
gor: ‘horror, dread’ in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
— The SilmarillionGorgoroth: A plateau in Mordor, between the converging Mountains of Shadow and Mountains of Ash. 363, 365, 368
— The Silmarillion - terror (sindarin)
Ered Gorgoroth: ‘The Mountains of Terror’, northward of Nan Dungortheb; also called the Gorgoroth. 90, 109, 144, 157, 176, 198, 214, 246
— The Silmarillion
- horror, of (sindarin)
gor: ‘horror, dread’ in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
— The Silmarillion
- gorthaur (sindarin)
The Witch-king had now a clearer understanding of the matter. He had known something of the country long ago, in his wars with the Dûnedain, and especially of the Tyrn Gothad of Cardolan, now the Barrow-downs, whose evil wights had been sent there by himself.
— Unfinished TalesIt is said that the mounds of Tyrn Gorthad, as the Barrowdowns were called of old…
— The Lord of the RingsA remnant of the faithful among the Dûnedain of Cardolan also held out in Tyrn Gorthad (the Barrowdowns)
— The Lord of the Rings
- abhorred (sindarin)
Gorthaur: ‘The Abhorred’ (in Sindarin called Gorthaur); greatest of the servants of Melkor, in his origin a Maia of Aulë. 26, 47, 52, 169, 187-8, 195-8, 206-8, 210-3, 216, 330, 333-40, 343, 346-8, 353-77
— The Silmarillion
- enemy (sindarin)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The SilmarillionMorgoth: ‘The Black Enemy’, name of Melkor, first given to him by Fëanor after the rape of the Silmarils. 26, 71, 88 and thereafter passim. See Melkor.
— The Silmarillion
- delving (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
- delving (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion - caves (sindarin)
Menegroth: ‘The Thousand Caves’, the hidden halls of Thingol and Melian on the river Esgalduin in Doriath; see especially 58, 106-8, 111-2, 125, 130, 134, 145, 155, 200, 203, 208, 217, 222-6, 229, 243-7, 252, 267, 269, 286-91
— The Silmarillion
gui: (cui)
- live (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
guinar: (cui)
- live, those that (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - live, that [plural] (sindarin)
Dor Firn-I-Guinar: ‘Land of the Dead that Live’, name of that region in Ossiriand where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 229, 291
— The SilmarillionLand of the Dead that Live: See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
— The Silmarillion
gul: (gol)
- sorcery (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The SilmarillionMinas Morgul: ‘Tower of Sorcery’ (also simply Morgul), name of Minas Ithil after its capture by the Ringwraiths. 368-9, 377
— The SilmarillionDol Guldor: ‘Hill of Sorcery’, fastness of the Necromancer (Sauron) in southern Mirkwood in the Third Age. 372-5
— The Silmarilliondûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The Silmarilliondol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarilliongul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The SilmarillionSee Minas Morgul
— The Silmarillion
- hewer (khûzdul)
The name by which King Finrod was known after the establishment of Nargothrond; it was Dwarvish in origin (felak-gundu ‘cave-hewer’, but translated in the text as ’Lord of Caves’, 61). For references see Finrod.
— The Silmarillion
- death (sindarin)
gurth: ‘death’ in Gurthang (see also Melkor in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
- people (sindarin)
Gwaith-I-Mírdain: ‘People of the Jewel-smiths’, name of the fellowship of craftsmen in Eregion, greatest of whom was Celebrimbor son of Curufin. 354-5
— The Silmarilliongwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillion - folk (sindarin)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
gwaith-i-mírdain: (dain, gwaith, i, mír, mírdain)
- folk of the jewel smiths (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillionmîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
- shadow, of dim light (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
- twins (sindarin)
- shadow (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
- shadow marsh (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
gwëthil: (gwath)
- shadow (sindarin)
Thuringwëthil: ‘Woman of Secret Shadow’, the messenger of Sauron from Tol-in-Gaurhoth who took the form of a great bat, and in whose shape Lúthien entered Angband. 216
— The Silmarillion
- delving (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion - delvings (sindarin)
Anghabar: ‘Iron-delvings’, a mine in the Encircling Mountains about the plain of Gondolin. 166
— The Silmarillion
- delving (sindarin)
rond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion
hadhod: (khazâd)
- delving (sindarin)
hadhod: in Hadhodrond (translation of Khazad-dûm) was a rendering of Khazâd into Sindarin sounds.
— The Silmarillion - dwarves (sindarin)
Dwarrowdelf ‘Delving of the Dwarves’: translation of Khazad-dûm (Hadhodrond). 104
— The Silmarillion
- far (sindarin)
Haerast: The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning ‘Hither Shore’, was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast ’the Far Shore’, the coast of Aman). 133-5, 141, 149-50, 156, 239, 240, 295, 302
— The Silmarillion
- far (sindarin)
Haerast: The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning ‘Hither Shore’, was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast ’the Far Shore’, the coast of Aman). 133-5, 141, 149-50, 156, 239, 240, 295, 302
— The Silmarillion
haladin: (adin, din, hal, hala)
- people of haleth (sindarin)
Haladin: The second people of Men to enter Beleriand; afterwards called the People of Haleth, dwelling in the Forest of Brethil, also the Men of Brethil. 171, 174-5, 187, 190, 194, 234,238
— The Silmarillion
har: (harad)
- south (sindarin)
hyarmen: ‘south’ (Quenya) in Hyarmentir; Sindarin har-, harn, harad.
— The Silmarillion
- southern (sindarin)
- the south (sindarin)
Haradrim: The Men of Harad (‘the South’), the lands south of Mordor. 363
— The Silmarillion - south (sindarin)
hyarmen: ‘south’ (Quenya) in Hyarmentir; Sindarin har-, harn, harad.
— The Silmarillion
- southern land (sindarin)
- south lindon (sindarin)
- south haven (sindarin)
- south (sindarin)
hyarmen: ‘south’ (Quenya) in Hyarmentir; Sindarin har-, harn, harad.
— The Silmarillion
- south water (sindarin)
- south stone land (sindarin)
- barrow (sindarin)
Haudh-en-Arwen: ‘The Ladybarrow’, the burial-mound of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. 176
— The Silmarillion - mound (sindarin)
Haudh-En-Ndengin: ‘The Mound of Slain’ in the desert of Anfauglith, where were piled the bodies of the Elves and Men that died in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 241-2
— The SilmarillionHaudh-en-Arwen: ‘The Ladybarrow’, the burial-mound of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. 176
— The SilmarillionHaudh-en-Nirnaeth: ‘The Mound of Tears’, another name of Haudh-en-Ndengin. 241
— The SilmarillionHaudh-en-Elleth: The mound in which Finduilas was buried, near the Crossings of Teiglin. 267, 270-1, 275, 277
— The Silmarillionhaudh: ‘mound’ in Haudh-en-Arwen, Haudh-en-Elleth, etc.
— The Silmarillion - tomb (sindarin)
haudh-en-arwen: (ar, arwen, en, haudh, wen)
- mound of the lady (sindarin)
haudh: ‘mound’ in Haudh-en-Arwen, Haudh-en-Elleth, etc.
— The Silmarillion
haudh-in-gwanûr: (gwanûr, haudh, in)
- tomb of the twins (sindarin)
hel: (heledh)
- glass (sindarin)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- ice (quenya)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
helcaraxë: (axë, car, caraxë, hel, helcar)
- grinding ice (quenya)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
hele: (heledh)
- glass (sindarin)
Helevorn: ‘Black Glass’, a lake in the north of Thargelion, below Mount Rerir, where Caranthir dwelt. 132, 148, 184
— The Silmarillionkheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
heledh: (kheled)
- glass (sindarin)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- black glass (sindarin)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- icy (quenya)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion - icy-cold (quenya)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- eye (sindarin)
He was sitting upon the Seat of Seeing, on Amon Hen, the Hill of the Eye of the Men of Númenor.
— The Lord of the Rings - sight (sindarin)
`Behold Tol Brandir! ‘ said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. ’Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen the Hills of Hearing and of Sight.
— The Lord of the Rings
henneth annun: (an, annun, hen, henneth, neth, nun)
- window of the sunset (sindarin)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- lady (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion
- lord (sindarin)
Herunúmen: ‘Lord of the West’, Quenya name of Ar-Adunakhôr. 330
— The SilmarillionHerumor: A renegade Númenórean who became mighty among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age. 363
— The Silmarillion - lord (quenya)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillionheru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
- dark lord (quenya)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
- lord of the west (quenya)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion - lord of the west (sindarin)
Herunúmen: ‘Lord of the West’, Quenya name of Ar-Adunakhôr. 330
— The Silmarillion
- lady, of (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion
hil: (khil)
- follow (sindarin)
khil-: ‘follow’ in Hildor, Hildórien, Eluchíl.
— The SilmarillionHildor: ‘The Followers’, ’The Aftercomers’, Elvish name for Men, as the Younger Children of Ilúvatar. 114, 119
— The Silmarillion
- aftercomers (sindarin)
Hildor: ‘The Followers’, ’The Aftercomers’, Elvish name for Men, as the Younger Children of Ilúvatar. 114, 119
— The Silmarillion - followers (sindarin)
Hildor: ‘The Followers’, ’The Aftercomers’, Elvish name for Men, as the Younger Children of Ilúvatar. 114, 119
— The Silmarillion
- cool (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillionring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The SilmarillionHimlad: ‘Cool Plain’, the region where Celegorm and Curufin dwelt south of the Pass of Aglon. 147, 158, 161
— The SilmarillionHimling was the earlier form of Himring (the great hill on which Maedhros son of Fëanor had his fortress in The Silmarillion), and though the fact is nowhere referred to it is clear that Himring's top rose above the waters that covered drowned Beleriand.
— Unfinished Taleshim: ‘cool’ in Himlad (and Himring?).
— The Silmarillion - ever (sindarin)
Himring: The great hill west of Maglor‘s Gap on which was the stronghold of Maedhros; translated in the text as ’Ever-cold’. 131,147-8,157, 183-4, 214, 223, 231
— The Silmarillion
- cool plain (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillionhim: ‘cool’ in Himlad (and Himring?).
— The Silmarillion
- children (sindarin)
hîn: ‘children’ in Eruhini ‘Children of Eru’; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
— The Silmarillion
- masters (sindarin)
Gonnhirrim: ‘Masters of Stone’, a Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103
— The Silmarillion - lord (sindarin)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion - river (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - stream (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
hith: (hís)
- misty (sindarin)
Line of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366
— The Silmarillion - mist (sindarin)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillionnen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The SilmarillionHithlum: ‘Land of Mist’ (see 140), the region bounded on the east and south by Ered Wethrin and on the west by Ered Lómin; see Hísilómë. 52, 90, 123, 126-8, 130, 137, 140-1, 144, 146, 157, 171, 181-9, 193, 221, 231-4, 238-9, 242-4,254, 280, 281, 294-5
— The Silmarillion
hithaeglir: (aeg, aeglir, hith, lir)
- line of misty peaks (sindarin)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The SilmarillionLine of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366
— The Silmarillion
- snake (quenya)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion - serpent (quenya)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion
- closed (sindarin)
Fen Hollen it was called, for it was kept ever shut save at times of funeral, and only the Lord of the City might use that way, or those who bore the token of the tombs and tended the houses of the dead.
— The Lord of the Rings
- host (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The SilmarillionTol in Gaurhoth: ‘Isle of Werewolves’, name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210
— The Silmarilliongaur: werewolf (from a root ngwaw- ‘howl’) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
— The Silmarillion - men (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion - horde (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion
- darkness (quenya)
fuin: ‘gloom, darkness’ (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion - gloom (quenya)
fuin: ‘gloom, darkness’ (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion
- south (quenya)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion
- south (quenya)
hyarmen: ‘south’ (Quenya) in Hyarmentir; Sindarin har-, harn, harad.
— The Silmarillion - south way (quenya)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion
- southwest (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
- southwestlands (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
- southeast (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
- southeastlands (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
hír: (sîr)
- lord (sindarin)
orn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillionneldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion - river (sindarin)
híril: (hir)
- lord of (sindarin)
orn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion - lord, of (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion - lady (sindarin)
Hírilorn: The great beech-tree in Doriath with three trunks, in which Lúthien was imprisoned. The name means ‘Tree of the Lady’. 208, 226
— The Silmarillionheru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
hírilorn: (hír, híril, il, orn)
- tree lord (sindarin)
orn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion - lord of trees (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion
- tree lady (sindarin)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
hís: (hísië)
- mist (quenya)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - hísië (quenya)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
hísi: (hísië)
- mist (quenya)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- mist (quenya)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- children (sindarin)
Narn I Hîn Húrin: ‘The Tale of the Children of Húrin’, the long lay from which Chapter XXI was derived; ascribed to the poet Dirhavel, a Man who lived at the Havens of Sirion in the days of Eärendil and perished in the attack of the sons of Fëanor. Narn signifies a tale made in verse, but to be spoken and not sung, 243
— The SilmarillionCall it not Brethil, not the land of the Halethrim, but Sarch nia Hîn Húrin, Grave of the Children of Húrin!
— Unfinished Taleshîn: ‘children’ in Eruhini ‘Children of Eru’; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
— The Silmarillion
- the (sindarin)
- of (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillionmîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion - of the (sindarin)
Land of the Dead that Live: See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
— The Silmarillionhîn: ‘children’ in Eruhini ‘Children of Eru’; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
— The Silmarillioncuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The SilmarillionGwaith-I-Mírdain: ‘People of the Jewel-smiths’, name of the fellowship of craftsmen in Eregion, greatest of whom was Celebrimbor son of Curufin. 354-5
— The SilmarillionDor Firn-I-Guinar: ‘Land of the Dead that Live’, name of that region in Ossiriand where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 229, 291
— The SilmarillionNarn I Hîn Húrin: ‘The Tale of the Children of Húrin’, the long lay from which Chapter XXI was derived; ascribed to the poet Dirhavel, a Man who lived at the Havens of Sirion in the days of Eärendil and perished in the attack of the sons of Fëanor. Narn signifies a tale made in verse, but to be spoken and not sung, 243
— The Silmarillion
- the shire (sindarin)
- chasm (sindarin)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The SilmarillionMoria: ‘The Black Chasm’, later name for Khazad-dûm (Hadhodrond). 104, 354, 357, 364
— The Silmarillion - void (sindarin)
ia: ‘void, abyss’ in Moria.
— The Silmarillion - abyss (sindarin)
ia: ‘void, abyss’ in Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- ford (sindarin)
Brithiach: The ford over Sirion north of the Forest of Brethil. 157, 163, 176, 190, 253, 281, 282
— The Silmarillion
- [gerund] (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
- land of (sindarin)
Land of Seven Rivers‘ (these being Gelion and its tributaries flowing down from the Blue Mountains), the land of the Green-elves. Cf. Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4: ’I wandered in Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand. Ah! the light and the music in the Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir!’ See Lindon. 108, 110, 133, 144-8, 167, 170-1, 182, 184, 229, 239, 289-91, 354
— The Silmarillion - country (sindarin)
Beleriand: The name was said to have signified ‘the country of Balar’, and to have been given at first to the lands about the mouths of Sirion that faced the Isle of Balar. Later the name spread to include all the ancient coast of the Northwest of Middle-earth south of the Firth of Drengist, and all the inner lands south of Hithlum and eastwards to the feet of the Blue Mountains, divided by the river Sirion into East and West Beleriand. Beleriand was broken in the turmoils at the end of the First Age, and invaded by the sea, so that only Ossiriand (Lindon) remained. Passim; see especially 142-8, 313, 354-5
— The Silmarillion - land (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- great (sindarin)
Ungoliant: The great spider, destroyer with Melkor of the Trees of Valinor. Shelob in The Lord of the Rings was ‘the last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world’ (The Two Towers IV 9). 79-80, 84, 85, 88-90, 100, 109, 116, 144, 157,198,307
— The Silmarillion - bridge (sindarin)
Iant Iaur: ‘The Old Bridge’ over the Esgalduin on the northern borders of Doriath; also called the Bridge of Esgalduin, 144-5, 157
— The Silmarillioniant: ‘bridge’ in Iant Iaur.
— The Silmarillioniaur: ‘old’ in Iant Iaur; cf. the Elvish name of Bombadil, Iarwain.
— The Silmarillion
- old bridge (sindarin)
iant: ‘bridge’ in Iant Iaur.
— The Silmarillioniaur: ‘old’ in Iant Iaur; cf. the Elvish name of Bombadil, Iarwain.
— The Silmarillion
iar: (iaur)
- old (sindarin)
iaur: ‘old’ in Iant Iaur; cf. the Elvish name of Bombadil, Iarwain.
— The Silmarillion
- pence (sindarin)
Doriath: ‘Land of the Pence’ (Dor Iath), referring to the Girdle of Melian, earlier called Eglador; the kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin. Also called the Hidden Kingdom. Passim; see especially 111, 144-5
— The Silmarillion - fence (sindarin)
iâth: ‘fence’ in Doriath.
— The Silmarillion - host
gil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillion - host (sindarin)
os(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarilliongil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillion - [plural], those that (sindarin)
echor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion - land (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - [plural] (sindarin)
Echoriath: ‘The Encircling Mountains’ about the plain of Gondolin. 135, 166, 191, 281, 297-8
— The SilmarillionDagor-Nuin-Giliath: ‘The Battle-under-Stars’, the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, fought in Mithrim after the coming of Fëanor to Middle-earth. 124
— The SilmarillionOsgiliath: ‘Fortress of the Stars’, the chief city of ancient Gondor, on either side of the river Anduin. 361-4, 368
— The Silmarillion
- former (sindarin)
This region between Isen and Lefnui was the Drúwaith Iaur, and in yet another scrap of writing on this subject it is stated that the word laur old in this name does not mean original but former.
— Unfinished Tales - old (sindarin)
Iant Iaur: ‘The Old Bridge’ over the Esgalduin on the northern borders of Doriath; also called the Bridge of Esgalduin, 144-5, 157
— The Silmarillioniant: ‘bridge’ in Iant Iaur.
— The Silmarillioniaur: ‘old’ in Iant Iaur; cf. the Elvish name of Bombadil, Iarwain.
— The Silmarillion
id: (ita)
- sparkle (sindarin)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion
- sparkling brilliance (sindarin)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion
- [month] (quenya)
yave: ‘fruit’ (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie ‘autumn’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - [season] (quenya)
yave: ‘fruit’ (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie ‘autumn’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- daughter (quenya)
The name that Beren gave to Lúthien: a poetic word for the nightingale, ‘Daughter of Twilight’. See Lúthien.
— The Silmarillion - daughter (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - maiden (sindarin)
Tear-maiden', the name that Túrin, ignorant of their relationship, gave to his sister; see Nienor.
— The Silmarillion
ien: (land of)
- of
arien: (the Maia of the Sun) is derived from a root as- seen also in Quenya árë ‘sunlight’.
— The Silmarillion - land (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillionsil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
- of [suffix] (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion - high airs (sindarin)
ilm-: This stem appears in Ilmen, Ilmarë, and also in Ilmarin (‘mansion of the high airs’, the dwelling of Manwë and Varda upon Oiolossë).
— The Silmarillion - star (sindarin)
Ilmen: The region above the air where the stars are. 116-9, 349
— The SilmarillionLuinil: Name of a star (one shining with a blue light). 48
— The SilmarillionRingil: The sword of Fingolfin. 185
— The Silmarillionluin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The Silmarillionring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- star (sindarin)
ilm-: This stem appears in Ilmen, Ilmarë, and also in Ilmarin (‘mansion of the high airs’, the dwelling of Manwë and Varda upon Oiolossë).
— The Silmarillion
- mansions of the high airs (sindarin)
ilm-: This stem appears in Ilmen, Ilmarë, and also in Ilmarin (‘mansion of the high airs’, the dwelling of Manwë and Varda upon Oiolossë).
— The Silmarillion
- star heavens (sindarin)
Ilmen: The region above the air where the stars are. 116-9, 349
— The Silmarillionilm-: This stem appears in Ilmen, Ilmarë, and also in Ilmarin (‘mansion of the high airs’, the dwelling of Manwë and Varda upon Oiolossë).
— The Silmarillion
- flower (sindarin)
Vingilot: (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). ‘Foam-flower’, the name of Eärendil’s ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
— The Silmarillion
ilúv: (ilúvë)
- all, of (quenya)
atar: ‘father’ in Atanatári (see Atani in Index), Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillionilúvë: ‘the whole, the all’ in Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillion
- father of all (sindarin)
Ilúvatar: ‘Father of All, Eru’. 3-11, 17-8, 23, 25, 34-42, 46-50, 58, 70, 73, 74, 86, 93, 102, 121, 227, 313, 322-3, 326-7, 336, 344-5
— The SilmarillionIlúvatar: Father of All, Eru. 3-11, 17-8, 23, 25, 34-42, 46-50, 58, 70, 73, 74, 86, 93, 102, 121, 227, 313, 322-3, 326-7, 336, 344-5
— The Silmarillion - father of all (quenya)
atar: ‘father’ in Atanatári (see Atani in Index), Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillionilúvë: ‘the whole, the all’ in Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillion
- whole, the (quenya)
ilúvë: ‘the whole, the all’ in Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillion - all, the (quenya)
ilúvë: ‘the whole, the all’ in Ilúvatar.
— The Silmarillion
im: (imlad)
- steep sided (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillion - between (sindarin)
Taur-Im-Duinath: ‘The Forest between Rivers’, name of the wild country south of the Andram between Sirion and Gelion. 147, 184
— The Silmarillion - of (sindarin)
taur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion - valley (sindarin)
- narrow (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillion
- valley, narrow with steep sides (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillion - deep dale (sindarin)
Imladris: ‘Rivendell’ (literally, ‘Deep Dale of the Cleft’), Elrond’s dwelling in a valley of the Misty Mountains. 282, 364, 367-70, 377
— The Silmarillion
imlad morgul: (gul, imlad, mor, morgul)
- valley of dark sorcery (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillion
imladris: (im, imlad, lad, ris)
- deep dale of the cleft (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The SilmarillionImladris: ‘Rivendell’ (literally, ‘Deep Dale of the Cleft’), Elrond’s dwelling in a valley of the Misty Mountains. 282, 364, 367-70, 377
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion
imrath gondraich: (gond, im, raich, rath)
- stonewain valley (sindarin)
- [month] (quenya)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillionsûl: ‘wind’ in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - month (quenya)
hith: ‘mist’ in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië ‘mist’, cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- -en (quenya)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion - of (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillionlaure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarilliongaur: werewolf (from a root ngwaw- ‘howl’) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
— The SilmarillionTol in Gaurhoth: ‘Isle of Werewolves’, name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210
— The Silmarillion - of the (sindarin)
golodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The SilmarillionIt was my father‘s intention to enter, in a revised map of The Lord of the Rings, Glanduin as the name of the upper course of the river, and to mark the fens as such, with the name Nîn-in-Eilph (or Swanfleet). In the event his intention came to be misunderstood, for on Pauline Baynes’ map the lower course is marked as R.Swanfleet, while on the map in the book, as noted above (p.274), the names are placed against the wrong river.
— Unfinished TalesAnnon-In-Gelydh: ‘Gate of the Noldor’, entrance to a subterranean watercourse in the western hills of Dor-lómin, leading to Cirith Ninniach. 294
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The SilmarillionIn The Return of the King VI 6 it is called the Swanfleet river (not River), simply as being the river that went down into the Nîn-in-Eilph, the Waterlands of the Swans.
— Unfinished Talesos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The SilmarillionOst-In-Edhil: ‘Fortress of the Eldar’, the city of the Elves in Eregion. 354-6
— The Silmarillionannon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - language of (sindarin)
Sindarin: The Elvish tongue of Beleriand, derived from the common Elvish speech but greatly changed through long ages from Quenya of Valinor; acquired by the Noldorin exiles in Beleriand (see 133, 155). Called also the Grey-elven tongue, the tongue of the Elves of Beleriand, etc. 36, 62-3, 133, 140, 149, 155, 177, 187, 199, 250, 319, 322
— The Silmarillion
- flower (sindarin)
Vingilot: (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). ‘Foam-flower’, the name of Eärendil’s ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
— The Silmarillion - flower (adûnaic)
Rothinzil: Adûnaic (Númenórean) name of Eärendil‘s ship Vingilot, with the same meaning, ’Foam-flower’. 319-21
— The SilmarillionInziladûn: Elder son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbêth; afterwards named Tar-Palantir. 332
— The Silmarillion
- flower of the west (adûnaic)
Inziladûn: Elder son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbêth; afterwards named Tar-Palantir. 332
— The Silmarillion
- great (sindarin)
Tol Sirion: Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; after its capture by Sauron named Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 133, 142, 188
— The SilmarillionSirion: ‘The Great River’ flowing from north to south and dividing West from East Beleriand. Passim; see especially 52, 141-2, 145. Falls of Sirion 203, 285. Fens of Sirion 203. Gates of Sirion 146. Havens of Sirion 294, 304-5, 313. Mouths of Sirion 60, 142, 190, 192, 239, 293, 302, 304. Pass of Sirion 135, 141, 182, 193, 215, 234, 237, 260, 265. Vale of Sirion 56, 124, 135, 140, 149, 248, 265, 301
— The Silmarillioneithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The Silmarillion - land of (sindarin)
Eregion: ‘Land of Holly’ (called by Men Hollin); Noldorin realm in the Second Age at the western feet of the Misty Mountains, where the Elven Rings were made. 355-7
— The Silmarillion - realm (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillionsil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillionereg: ‘thorn, holly’ in Eregion, Region.
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - scion (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion - of (sindarin)
Narsilion: The Song of the Sun and Moon. 113
— The Silmarillion - realm (quenya)
Anárion: Younger son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Isildur escaped from the Drowning of Númenor and founded in Middle-earth the Númenórean realms in exile; lord of Minas Anor; slain in the siege of Barad-dûr. 336, 346, 360-8
— The Silmarillion - region (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - [male] (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - -ed (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - -er (quenya)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - land (sindarin)
Rhovanion: ‘Wilderland’, the wide region east of the Misty Mountains. 360-1
— The Silmarillion - son of (sindarin)
Lómion: ‘Son of Twilight’, the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin. 159
— The Silmarillion
isil: (sil)
- moon [proper name] (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion - moon (quenya)
Isil: Quenya name of the Moon. 114-5
— The Silmarillion
- wizard (quenya)
Istari: The Wizards. See Curunír, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Olórin; Radagast. 372
— The Silmarillion
istari: (istar)
- wizards (quenya)
Istari: The Wizards. See Curunír, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Olórin; Radagast. 372
— The Silmarillion
- sparkle (root)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion - sparkle (quenya)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion
- [gerund] (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
ithil: (thil)
- moon (sindarin)
Minas Ithil: ‘Tower of the Moon’ afterwards called Minas Morgul; the city of Isildur, built on a shoulder of the Ephel Dúath. 361-2, 368
— The Silmarillion - moon [proper name] (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
- star moon (sindarin)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion
- land of the moon (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
- fence (sindarin)
iâth: ‘fence’ in Doriath.
— The Silmarillion
kal: (shine)
- shine (root)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- snag (root)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales - barb (root)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
- hedge (primitive)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
kel: (cel)
- go away (root)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion - flow away (water) (root)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion - flow down (water) (root)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion
- flow out (root)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion
- creature (quenya)
An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in Chapter II: ‘animals, living things that move’. 43-4
— The Silmarillion
kelvar: (kelva)
- creatures (quenya)
An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in Chapter II: ‘animals, living things that move’. 43-4
— The Silmarillion
- earth (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The SilmarillionKementári: ‘Queen of the Earth’, a title of Yavanna. 21, 33-5, 44
— The Silmarillionkemen: ‘earth’ in Kementári; a Quenya word referring to the earth as a flat floor beneath menel, the heavens.
— The Silmarillion
- queen of the earth (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion - earth (quenya)
kemen: ‘earth’ in Kementári; a Quenya word referring to the earth as a flat floor beneath menel, the heavens.
— The Silmarillion
- dwarf (khuzdûl)
Khazâd: The name of the Dwarves in their own language (Khuzdul). 103
— The Silmarillion
- mirror (khuzdûl)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion - glass (khuzdûl)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- mirror mere (khuzdûl)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- ice (root)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- follow (root)
khil-: ‘follow’ in Hildor, Hildórien, Eluchíl.
— The Silmarillion
- lord (adûnaic)
And the nineteenth king took the sceptre of his fathers, and he ascended the throne in the name of Adûnakhôr, Lord of the West, forsaking the Elven-tongues and forbidding their use in his hearing.
— The Silmarillionandúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- cut (root)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion - cleave (root)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion
- silver (root)
It is only of course in the late version that Celeborn appears with a High-elven, rather than Sindarin, name: Teleporno. This is stated to be actually Telerin in form; the ancient stem of the Elvish word for “silver” was kyelep-, becoming celeb in Sindarin, telep-, telpe in Telerin, and tyelep-, tyelpe in Quenya. But in Quenya the form telpe became usual, through the influence of Telerin; for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor. Thus Telperion was more commonly used than Tyelperion as the name of the White Tree of Valinor. (Alatáriel was also Telerin; its Quenya form was Altáriel.)
— Unfinished Tales
- commander (quenya)
káno: ‘commander’: this Quenya word is the origin of the second element in Fingon and Turgon.
— The Silmarillion
- flame, leaping (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion - leaping flame (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion - flame (sindarin)
Amlach: Son of Imlach son of Marach; a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad who, repenting, took service with Maedhros. 173-4
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The SilmarillionSee Dagor Bragollach.
— The SilmarillionBorlach: One of the three sons of Bor; slain with his brothers in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189
— The Silmarillion - meteoric, by extension of leaping flame (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion
lachel: (lhach)
- leaping flame, of (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion - meteor (sindarin)
anga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion
- wide valley (sindarin)
The Wide Valley', the hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains in the midst of which stood the city of Gondolin. (Tumladen was afterwards the name of a valley in Gondor: The Return of the King V 1). 135, 149, 160, 191, 221, 296, 301
— The Silmarillion - plain (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillionlith: ‘ash’ in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad ‘Plain of Ashes’ at the feet of Ered Lithui.
— The Silmarillionhim: ‘cool’ in Himlad (and Himring?).
— The SilmarillionDagorlad: ‘Battle Plain’, the place of the great battle north of Mordor between Sauron and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age. 364, 367
— The Silmarilliontum: ‘valley’ in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard‘s tumbalemorna ’lack deep valley’. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udûn (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog ’Flame of Udûn’), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths.
— The SilmarillionLadros: The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of Bëor. 177
— The SilmarillionHimlad: ‘Cool Plain’, the region where Celegorm and Curufin dwelt south of the Pass of Aglon. 147, 158, 161
— The SilmarillionEstolad: The land south of Nan Elmoth where the Men of the followings of Bëor and Marach dwelt after they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand; translated in the text as ‘the Encampment’. 171-5
— The Silmarillion - valley (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillion
- wide valley (sindarin)
The Wide Valley', the hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains in the midst of which stood the city of Gondolin. (Tumladen was afterwards the name of a valley in Gondor: The Return of the King V 1). 135, 149, 160, 191, 221, 296, 301
— The Silmarillion
- song (sindarin)
Laer Cú Beleg: ‘The Song of the Great Bow’, made by Túrin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cúthalion. 256
— The Silmarillion
- green (sindarin)
Laiquendi: ‘The Green-elves’ of Ossiriand. 110
— The Silmarillion
- summer (quenya)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
- laughing (sindarin)
- laughter (sindarin)
Lalaith: ‘Laughter’, daughter of Húrin and Morwen who died in childhood. 242
— The Silmarillion
lam: (lóm)
- echo (sindarin)
Lanthir Lamath: ‘Waterfall of Echoing Voices’, where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing (’Star-spray’) was named. 289
— The Silmarillionlóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The SilmarillionLammoth: ‘The Great Echo’, region north of the Firth of Drengist, named from the echoes of Morgoth’s cry in his struggle with Ungoliant. 89-90, 123
— The Silmarillion - echoing (sindarin)
lóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion
- echoing voices (sindarin)
Lanthir Lamath: ‘Waterfall of Echoing Voices’, where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing (’Star-spray’) was named. 289
— The Silmarillion
- tongue, of (sindarin)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
- naked (sindarin)
Amon Lanc, Naked Hill, was the highest point in the highland at the south-west corner of the Greenwood, and was so called because no trees grew on its summit. In later days it was Dol Guldur, the first stronghold of Sauron after his awakening. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- falls (sindarin)
lóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion - waterfall (sindarin)
Lanthir Lamath: ‘Waterfall of Echoing Voices’, where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing (’Star-spray’) was named. 289
— The Silmarillion
- fall of (sindarin)
Noldolantë: ‘The Fall of the Noldor’, a lament made by Maglor son of Fëanor. 98
— The Silmarillion
- leaf (sindarin)
The tracing of this long evolution is to me of deep interest, and I hope that it may prove so to others who have a taste for this kind of enquiry: whether the major transformations of plot or cosmological theory, or such a detail as the premonitory appearance of Legolas Greenleaf the keen-sighted in the tale of The Fall of Gondolin.
— The Book of Lost Tales, Part Onefin-: ‘hair’ in Finduilas, Fingon, Finrod, Glorfindel.
— The Silmarillion
- listen (sindarin)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
lasto beth lammen: (beth, lammen, lasto)
- listen to the words of my tongue (sindarin)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
- gold, of light and color (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion
- gold (quenya)
Laurelin: ‘Song of Gold’, the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 114-6, 151
— The Silmarillion
- green (quenya)
Corollaírë: ‘The Green Mound’ of the Two Trees in Valinor; also called Ezellohar. 33
— The Silmarillion
- green (sindarin)
The tracing of this long evolution is to me of deep interest, and I hope that it may prove so to others who have a taste for this kind of enquiry: whether the major transformations of plot or cosmological theory, or such a detail as the premonitory appearance of Legolas Greenleaf the keen-sighted in the tale of The Fall of Gondolin.
— The Book of Lost Tales, Part OneLegolin: The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147
— The Silmarillion
- greenleaf (sindarin)
The tracing of this long evolution is to me of deep interest, and I hope that it may prove so to others who have a taste for this kind of enquiry: whether the major transformations of plot or cosmological theory, or such a detail as the premonitory appearance of Legolas Greenleaf the keen-sighted in the tale of The Fall of Gondolin.
— The Book of Lost Tales, Part One
- greensong (sindarin)
Legolin: The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147
— The Silmarillion
- life (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
- life bread (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - journey-bread (sindarin)
Lembas: Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass ‘journey-bread’ in Quenya coimas ’life-bread’). 247, 251, 256
— The Silmarillion
- journey
Lembas: Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass ‘journey-bread’ in Quenya coimas ’life-bread’). 247, 251, 256
— The Silmarillion
- flame, leaping (sindarin)
lhach: ‘leaping flame’ in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
— The Silmarillion
- hearing (sindarin)
`Behold Tol Brandir! ‘ said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. ’Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen the Hills of Hearing and of Sight.
— The Lord of the Rings
- snake (sindarin)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion - serpent (sindarin)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion
- blue (sindarin)
Lhûn: River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhûn.354, 360
— The Silmarillion
- swift-light (sindarin)
The name of the river Limlight is perplexed. There are two versions of the text and note at this point, from one of which it seems that the Sindarin name was Limlich, adapted in the language of Rohan as Limliht (modernized as Limlight). In the other (later) version, Limlich is emended, puzzlingly, to Limliht in the text, so that this becomes the Sindarin form. Elsewhere (p.294) the Sindarin name of this river is given as Limlaith. In view of this uncertainty I have given Limlight in the text. Whatever the original Sindarin name may have been, it is at least clear that the Rohan form was an alteration of it and not a translation, and that its meaning was not known (although in a note written much earlier than any of the foregoing the name Limlight is said to be a partial translation of Elvish Limlint swift-light).
— Unfinished Tales
- swift-light (sindarin)
The name of the river Limlight is perplexed. There are two versions of the text and note at this point, from one of which it seems that the Sindarin name was Limlich, adapted in the language of Rohan as Limliht (modernized as Limlight). In the other (later) version, Limlich is emended, puzzlingly, to Limliht in the text, so that this becomes the Sindarin form. Elsewhere (p.294) the Sindarin name of this river is given as Limlaith. In view of this uncertainty I have given Limlight in the text. Whatever the original Sindarin name may have been, it is at least clear that the Rohan form was an alteration of it and not a translation, and that its meaning was not known (although in a note written much earlier than any of the foregoing the name Limlight is said to be a partial translation of Elvish Limlint swift-light).
— Unfinished Tales
- mere (sindarin)
lin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillion - song (quenya)
lin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The Silmarillionaina: ‘holy’ in Ainur, Ainulindalë.
— The Silmarillion - song (sindarin)
Lómelindi: Quenya word meaning ‘dusk-singers’, nightingales. 57
— The Silmarillionmaeg: ‘sharp, piercing’ (Quenya maika) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillionlaure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillionlin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The SilmarillionLegolin: The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147
— The Silmarillion - sing (quenya)
Laurelin: ‘Song of Gold’, the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 114-6, 151
— The Silmarillion - music (quenya)
lin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The SilmarillionAinulindalë: ‘The Music of the Ainur’, also called The (Great) Music, The (Great) Song. 3-9, 18, 21, 37-8, 43-4, 50, 74, 121, 251. Also the name of the account of Creation said to have been composed by Rúmil of Tirion in the Elder Days. 82
— The Silmarillion - sing (root)
lin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The Silmarillion - pool (sindarin)
aelin: ‘lake, pool’ in Aelin-uial; cf. lin (2).
— The Silmarillionlin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillion
- mere of small birds (sindarin)
lin: (1) ‘pool, mere’ in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] ‘small bird’), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
— The Silmarillion
- singers (quenya)
lin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The Silmarillion
linden: (lindon)
- lindon, of (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The Silmarillion
- singers (sindarin)
Lómelindi: Quenya word meaning ‘dusk-singers’, nightingales. 57
— The Silmarillion
- lindon, of (sindarin)
Ered Lindon: ‘The Mountains of Linden’, another name for Ered Luin, the Blue Mountains. 147-8, 160, 167, 174, 238, 287, 290
— The Silmarillion - land of song (sindarin)
lin-: (2) This root, meaning ‘sing, make a musical sound’, occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
— The Silmarillion
- singing (quenya)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillion - song (quenya)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionOndolindë: ‘Stone Song’, the original Quenya name of Gondolin. 149
— The Silmarillion
ling: (ring)
- cold (sindarin)
Himling was the earlier form of Himring (the great hill on which Maedhros son of Fëanor had his fortress in The Silmarillion), and though the fact is nowhere referred to it is clear that Himring's top rose above the waters that covered drowned Beleriand.
— Unfinished Tales
lir: (-er)
- line (sindarin)
Line of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366
— The Silmarillion
lith: (ash)
- dust (sindarin)
Dor-Nu-Fauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion - ash (sindarin)
Dor-Nu-Fauglith: ‘Land under Choking Ash’; see Anfauglith. 184, 221
— The Silmarillionlith: ‘ash’ in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad ‘Plain of Ashes’ at the feet of Ered Lithui.
— The Silmarillionfaug-: ‘gape’ in Anfauglir, Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith.
— The Silmarillion - dust (quenya)
Anfauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillion
- ash plain (sindarin)
lith: ‘ash’ in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad ‘Plain of Ashes’ at the feet of Ered Lithui.
— The Silmarillion
- ash, of (sindarin)
- people (quenya)
Eldalië: ‘The Elven-folk’, used as equivalent to Eldar. 12, 54, 59, 71,150, 200, 222, 227-8, 232, 247, 315
— The Silmarillion
- marsh (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
loeg ningloron: (glor, gloron, loeg, nin, on)
- pools of the golden water flowers (sindarin)
Loeg Ningloron: ‘Pools of the golden water-flowers’; see Gladden Fields.
— The Silmarillion
- loop (root)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion - bend (root)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion
lond: (haven)
- haven, land locked (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The Silmarillion - havens (sindarin)
Mithlond: ‘The Grey Havens’, harbours of the Elves on the Gulf of Lhûn; also referred to as the Havens. 354, 359, 371, 378
— The Silmarillion - haven, land-locked (sindarin)
londë: ‘land-locked haven’ in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
— The Silmarillion - haven (sindarin)
The statement in the discussion of Glanduin above that the port was called Lond Daer Enedh the Great Middle Haven, as being between the havens of Lindon in the North and Pelargir on the Anduin, must refer to a time long after the Númenórean intervention in the war against Sauron in Eriador; for according to the Tale of Years Pelargir was not built until the year 2350 of the Second Age, and became the chief haven of the Faithful Númenóreans.
— Unfinished Tales
lond daer enedh: (daer, enedh, lond)
- great middle haven (sindarin)
The statement in the discussion of Glanduin above that the port was called Lond Daer Enedh the Great Middle Haven, as being between the havens of Lindon in the North and Pelargir on the Anduin, must refer to a time long after the Númenórean intervention in the war against Sauron in Eriador; for according to the Tale of Years Pelargir was not built until the year 2350 of the Second Age, and became the chief haven of the Faithful Númenóreans.
— Unfinished Tales
- haven, land-locked (quenya)
londë: ‘land-locked haven’ in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
— The Silmarillion - haven (quenya)
Swanhaven: See Alqualondë.
— The Silmarillionalqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillion
- haven, land-locked (sindarin)
londë: ‘land-locked haven’ in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
— The Silmarillion
- snow (sindarin)
Aeglos: ‘Snow-point’, the spear of Gil-galad. 364
— The Silmarillionlos: ‘snow’ in Oiolossë (Quenya oio ‘ever’ and losse ‘snow, snow-white’); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
— The Silmarillion
- snow (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion - flower (sindarin)
- valley of flowers (sindarin)
- snowmen (of forochel) (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion
- snowbourn (sindarin)
- snowmen (of forochel) (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion
- snow (quenya)
los: ‘snow’ in Oiolossë (Quenya oio ‘ever’ and losse ‘snow, snow-white’); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
— The Silmarillion - white, as of snow (quenya)
los: ‘snow’ in Oiolossë (Quenya oio ‘ever’ and losse ‘snow, snow-white’); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
— The Silmarillion
- hand (sindarin)
cam: (from kamba) ‘hand’, but specifically of the hand held cupped in the attitude of receiving or holding, in Camlost, Erchamion.
— The Silmarillion - empty (sindarin)
Camlost: ‘Empty-handed’, name taken by Beren after his return to King Thingol without the Silmaril. 221, 226
— The Silmarillion
lot: (lótë)
- flower (quenya)
wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
— The Silmarillion
- blossom (sindarin)
Lothlórien: ‘Lórien of the Blossom’; see Lórien (2). 370
— The SilmarillionNimloth (1): The White Tree of Númenor, of which a fruit taken by Isildur before it was felled grew into the White Tree of Minas Ithil. Nimloth ‘White Blossom’ is the Sindarin form of Quenya Ninquelótë, one of the names of Telperion. 62, 324, 331-2, 336-8, 342, 361-2
— The Silmarillion - flower (sindarin)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillionloth: ‘flower’ in Lothlórien, Nimloth; Quenya lótë in Ninquelótë, Vingilótë.
— The Silmarillion
lothlórien: (ien, lór, lórien, loth)
- lórien of the blossom (sindarin)
Lothlórien: ‘Lórien of the Blossom’; see Lórien (2). 370
— The Silmarillion
- blue (sindarin)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The SilmarillionLuinil: Name of a star (one shining with a blue light). 48
— The Silmarillionluin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The SilmarillionMindolluin: ‘Towering Blue-head’, the great mountain behind Minas Anor. 361, 377
— The Silmarilliondraug: ‘wolf’ in Draugluin.
— The Silmarilliondol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The SilmarillionEred Luin: ‘The Blue Mountains’, also called Ered Lindon. After the destruction at the end of the First Age Ered Luin formed the north-western coastal range of Middle-earth. 56, 103, 107, 132-5, 147, 159, 167, 288, 354, 359
— The Silmarillion
- blue star (sindarin)
Luinil: Name of a star (one shining with a blue light). 48
— The Silmarillionluin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The Silmarillion
- land of (sindarin)
Hithlum: ‘Land of Mist’ (see 140), the region bounded on the east and south by Ered Wethrin and on the west by Ered Lómin; see Hísilómë. 52, 90, 123, 126-8, 130, 137, 140-1, 144, 146, 157, 171, 181-9, 193, 221, 231-4, 238-9, 242-4,254, 280, 281, 294-5
— The Silmarillion
- marsh (sindarin)
ring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - wash (river) (sindarin)
The Sindarin names of the Entwash and the Mering Stream are only found here; with Onodló compare Onodrim, Eynd, the Ents (The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, Of Other Races).
— Unfinished Tales
- dragon (quenya)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion
- snake (quenya)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion - serpent (quenya)
lok-: ‘bend, loop’ in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë ‘snake, serpent’, Sindarin Ihûg).
— The Silmarillion
lóm: (lómë)
- echo (sindarin)
lóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion - dusk (quenya)
lómë: ‘dusk’ in Lómion, lómelindi; see dú.
— The Silmarillion - twilight (sindarin)
Lómion: ‘Son of Twilight’, the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin. 159
— The Silmarillion
- dusk (sindarin)
Lómelindi: Quenya word meaning ‘dusk-singers’, nightingales. 57
— The Silmarillion - night (quenya)
dú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarillion - dusk (quenya)
lómë: ‘dusk’ in Lómion, lómelindi; see dú.
— The Silmarillion
- nightingale (quenya)
dú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarillion
- echo, of (sindarin)
lóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion - echoing (sindarin)
Ered Lómin: ‘The Echoing Mountains’, forming the west-fence of Hithlum. 123, 140
— The Silmarillion
- dusk, of (quenya)
lómë: ‘dusk’ in Lómion, lómelindi; see dú.
— The Silmarillion
lómë: (dömë)
- night (quenya)
dú: ‘night, dimness’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin ‘nightingale’ corresponds to lómelindë.
— The Silmarillion - dusk (quenya)
lómë: ‘dusk’ in Lómion, lómelindi; see dú.
— The Silmarillion
lór: (glór)
- gold, of light and color (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion - gold (sindarin)
Goldenhead'; see Hador.
— The Silmarillion
- golden (sindarin)
Rathlóriel: ‘Golden-bed’, later name for the river Ascar, after the treasure of Doriath was sunk in it 147, 291
— The Silmarillion
lórin: (glór)
- golden (sindarin)
Goldenhead'; see Hador.
— The SilmarillionHador: Called Lórindol ‘Goldenhead’, also Hador the Golden-haired; lord of Dor-lómin, vassal of Fingolfin; father of Galdor father of Húrin; slain at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach. The House of Hador was called the Third House of the Edain. 177-8, 183, 187, 190, 193. House of, People of, Hador 177, 189-90, 194, 231, 237-9, 243, 253, 265, 280, 308. Helm of Hador: see Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin.
— The Silmarillion - gold, of light and color (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion
lórindol: (dol, in, lór, lórin)
- goldenhead (sindarin)
laure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion
- flower (quenya)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillionloth: ‘flower’ in Lothlórien, Nimloth; Quenya lótë in Ninquelótë, Vingilótë.
— The Silmarillion
- that which is (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion
- sharp (sindarin)
Maeglin: ‘Sharp Glance’, son of Eöl and Aredhel Turgon’s sister, born in Nan Elmoth; became mighty in Gondolin, and betrayed it to Morgoth; slain in the sack of the city by Tuor. See Lómion. 104, 159-66, 192, 237, 247, 297-9
— The Silmarillion
- piercing (sindarin)
maeg: ‘sharp, piercing’ (Quenya maika) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillion - sharp (sindarin)
maeg: ‘sharp, piercing’ (Quenya maika) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillion
maeglin: (glin, lin, mae, maeg)
- sharp song (sindarin)
maeg: ‘sharp, piercing’ (Quenya maika) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillion - gleam (particularly of eyes) (sindarin)
glin: ‘gleam’ (particularly applied to the eyes) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillion
- piercing (quenya)
maeg: ‘sharp, piercing’ (Quenya maika) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillion - sharp (quenya)
maeg: ‘sharp, piercing’ (Quenya maika) in Maeglin.
— The Silmarillion
- yellow (sindarin)
Malduin: A tributary of the Teiglin; the name probably means ‘Yellow River’. 251
— The Silmarillion - gold (quenya)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion - gold (sindarin)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The SilmarillionMalinalda: ‘Tree of Gold’, a name of Laurelin. 33
— The Silmarillion
- gold river (sindarin)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
- of gold (sindarin)
Malinalda: ‘Tree of Gold’, a name of Laurelin. 33
— The Silmarillion - golden (quenya)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
malinalda: (alda, in, lin, ma, mal, malin)
- goldentree (quenya)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
mall: (mal)
- gold (sindarin)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
- golden (sindarin)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
- goldentree (sindarin)
mal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillion
man: (aman)
- good (quenya)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion - blessed (quenya)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion - home (sindarin)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - unmarred (root)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion - blessed (sindarin)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion - blessed (root)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion - good (root)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillion - Aman (place) (quenya)
Name given to those Elves who went on the westward Journey from Cuiviénen but did not reach Aman: ‘Those not of Aman’, beside Amanyar ’Those of Aman’. 54, 58
— The Silmarillion
man-nu-falmar: (falmar, man, nu)
- home of the crested waves (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - home of the crested waves (sindarin)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion
- prison (sindarin)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion
- prison (quenya)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion
mar: (bar)
- home (sindarin)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The SilmarillionAlmaren: The first abode of the Valar in Arda, before the second onslaught of Melkor: an isle in a great lake in the midst of Middle-earth. 30-1, 117
— The Silmarillion - dwelling (sindarin)
Vinyamar: The house of Turgon in Nevrast under Mount Taras. The meaning is probably ‘New Dwelling’. 135, 141, 150, 155, 295-7
— The Silmarillion - land (sindarin)
Mar-Nu-Falmar: ‘The Land under the Waves’, name of Númenor after the Downfall. 347
— The Silmarillion - home (quenya)
Valimar: See Valmar.
— The Silmarillionbar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillionval-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The SilmarillionEldamar: ‘Elvenhome’, the region of Aman in which the Elves dwelt; also the great Bay of the same name. 61, 65, 67, 75-6, 79-80, 97, 160, 213, 306
— The Silmarillionfalas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion
- devoted to the house (sindarin)
Mardil: Called the Faithful; the first Ruling Steward of Gondor. 369
— The Silmarillionbar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - devoted to the house (quenya)
-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion
- mar (quenya)
falas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion
marin: (mar)
- mansions, of (sindarin)
ilm-: This stem appears in Ilmen, Ilmarë, and also in Ilmarin (‘mansion of the high airs’, the dwelling of Manwë and Varda upon Oiolossë).
— The Silmarillion
marth: (amarth)
- fate (sindarin)
Úmarth: ‘Ill-fate’, a fictitious name for his father given out by Túrin in Nargothrond. 257
— The Silmarillion - doom [shortened] (sindarin)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion - doom [variant] (sindarin)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion
- bread (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - great (sindarin)
echor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion - bread (quenya)
Lembas: Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass ‘journey-bread’ in Quenya coimas ’life-bread’). 247, 251, 256
— The Silmarillion
- [gerund] (sindarin)
lóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion - [plural] (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- mbando (quenya)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion
mbando: (mband)
- duress (quenya)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion - prison (quenya)
band: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillion
- home (qenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
- bread (quenya)
Lembas: Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass ‘journey-bread’ in Quenya coimas ’life-bread’). 247, 251, 256
— The Silmarillion
- swordsman (sindarin)
Menelmacar: ‘Swordsman of the Sky’, the constellation Orion. 48
— The Silmarillion
- wet (sindarin)
Dolmed: ‘Wet Head’ a great mountain in the Ered Luin, near the Dwarf-cities of Nogrod and Belegost 104, 110, 236, 290
— The Silmarillion
- sword
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillion - sword (sindarin)
Mormegil: ‘The Black Sword’, name given to Túrin as captain of the host of Nargothrond; see Gurthang. 258-9, 265-7, 271, 275, 278
— The Silmarillion
- dear (sindarin)
mel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - love (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillion - love (root)
mel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - dear (quenya)
mel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- love (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillion
- dear gift (quenya)
mel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - friend gift (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillion
- dear (sindarin)
mel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- friend (sindarin)
mel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
men: (menel)
- way (root)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion - way (quenya)
romen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillionformen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillionmen: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion - heavens (sindarin)
Ilmen: The region above the air where the stars are. 116-9, 349
— The Silmarillion
- thousand (sindarin)
Menegroth: ‘The Thousand Caves’, the hidden halls of Thingol and Melian on the river Esgalduin in Doriath; see especially 58, 106-8, 111-2, 125, 130, 134, 145, 155, 200, 203, 208, 217, 222-6, 229, 243-7, 252, 267, 269, 286-91
— The Silmarilliongroth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
- thousand caves (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
- heavens, the (sindarin)
menel: ‘the heavens’ in Meneldil, Menelmacar, Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion - heavens (quenya)
kemen: ‘earth’ in Kementári; a Quenya word referring to the earth as a flat floor beneath menel, the heavens.
— The Silmarillion - sky (sindarin)
Menelmacar: ‘Swordsman of the Sky’, the constellation Orion. 48
— The Silmarillionmenel: ‘the heavens’ in Meneldil, Menelmacar, Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion - heaven (sindarin)
menel: ‘the heavens’ in Meneldil, Menelmacar, Meneltarma.
— The SilmarillionMeneltarma: ‘Pillar of Heaven’, the mountain in the midst of Númenor, upon whose summit was the Hallow of Eru Ilúvatar. 322-4, 329, 332-3, 336, 343, 345, 348
— The Silmarillion - heaven (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion
meneltarma: (menel, tar, tarma)
- pillar of heaven (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion
- feast (sindarin)
Mereth Aderthad: The ‘Feast of Reuniting’ held by Fingolfin near the Pools of Ivrin. 132-3
— The Silmarillionmereth: ‘feast’ in Mereth Aderthad; also in Merethrond, the Hall of Feasts in Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
mereth aderthad: (ader, aderthad, mereth, thad)
- feast of reuniting (sindarin)
Mereth Aderthad: ‘The ’Feast of Reuniting’ held by Fingolfin near the Pools of Ivrin. 132-3
— The SilmarillionMereth Aderthad: The ‘Feast of Reuniting’ held by Fingolfin near the Pools of Ivrin. 132-3
— The Silmarillionmereth: ‘feast’ in Mereth Aderthad; also in Merethrond, the Hall of Feasts in Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- hall of feasts (sindarin)
mereth: ‘feast’ in Mereth Aderthad; also in Merethrond, the Hall of Feasts in Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- last (sindarin)
ras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillion - end (sindarin)
But other guarded camps and forts were established round about: in the forest eastward, or in the highlands, or in the southward fens, from Methed-en-glad (the End of the Wood) to Bar-erib some leagues south of Amon Rûdh; and from all these places men could see the summit of Amon Rûdh, and by signals receive tidings and commands.
— Unfinished Tales
methed-en-glad: (glad, methed)
- end of the wood (sindarin)
But other guarded camps and forts were established round about: in the forest eastward, or in the highlands, or in the southward fens, from Methed-en-glad (the End of the Wood) to Bar-erib some leagues south of Amon Rûdh; and from all these places men could see the summit of Amon Rûdh, and by signals receive tidings and commands.
— Unfinished Tales
- last peak (sindarin)
ras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillion
min: (minas)
- tower (quenya)
Mindon Eldalieva: ‘Lofty Tower of the Eldalië’, the tower of Ingwë in the city of Tirion; also simply the Mindon. 62,76,91,96,100
— The Silmarillion - prominent (sindarin)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion - minas (sindarin)
- towering (sindarin)
Mindolluin: ‘Towering Blue-head’, the great mountain behind Minas Anor. 361, 377
— The Silmarillionluin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The Silmarillion - prominent (quenya)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion - one (adûnaic)
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - tower (sindarin)
dol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarillion - between (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- tower (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The SilmarillionMinas Morgul: ‘Tower of Sorcery’ (also simply Morgul), name of Minas Ithil after its capture by the Ringwraiths. 368-9, 377
— The Silmarillionminas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The SilmarillionMinas Anor: ‘Tower of the Sun’ (also simply Anor), afterwards called Minas Tirith; the city of Anárion, at the feet of Mount Mindolluin. 361-2, 365-8, 377
— The SilmarillionAnnúminas : ‘Tower of the West’ (i.e. of Westernesse, Númenor); city of the Kings of Arnor beside Lake Nenuial. 360, 362, 367
— The SilmarillionMinas Ithil: ‘Tower of the Moon’ afterwards called Minas Morgul; the city of Isildur, built on a shoulder of the Ephel Dúath. 361-2, 368
— The SilmarillionMinas Tirith: ‘Tower of Watch’, built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion; see Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 142, 187-9, 251
— The Silmarillionsil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The SilmarillionMinas Tirith: Later name of Minas Anor. 297. Called the City of Gondor. 377
— The Silmarilliontir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarilliongul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The Silmarillion
- tower of the sun (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillionminas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion
- tower of the moon (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
minas morgul: (gul, minas, mor, morgul)
- tower of sorcery (sindarin)
Minas Morgul: ‘Tower of Sorcery’ (also simply Morgul), name of Minas Ithil after its capture by the Ringwraiths. 368-9, 377
— The Silmarillion - tower of dark sorcery (sindarin)
gul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The Silmarillion
minas tirith: (minas, tir, tirith)
- tower of the watch (sindarin)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - tower of watch (sindarin)
Minas Tirith: ‘Tower of Watch’, built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion; see Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 142, 187-9, 251
— The Silmarillionminas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The SilmarillionMinas Tirith: Later name of Minas Anor. 297. Called the City of Gondor. 377
— The Silmarillion
- prominent blue head (sindarin)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion - towering blue head (sindarin)
Mindolluin: ‘Towering Blue-head’, the great mountain behind Minas Anor. 361, 377
— The Silmarillionluin: ‘blue’ in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
— The Silmarillion
- between the rivers (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- first (adûnaic)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarilliontur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - first (quenya)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion
- jewel (adûnaic)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
- grey (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The SilmarillionMithlond: ‘The Grey Havens’, harbours of the Elves on the Gulf of Lhûn; also referred to as the Havens. 354, 359, 371, 378
— The Silmarillioneithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The SilmarillionMithrandir: ‘The Grey Pilgrim’, Elvish name of Gandalf (Olórin), one of the Istari (Wizards). 373-7
— The Silmarillionlondë: ‘land-locked haven’ in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
— The Silmarillionrim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
— The Silmarillionran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarillionril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion
- grey well (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The Silmarillioneithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The Silmarillion
- grey havens (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The SilmarillionMithlond: ‘The Grey Havens’, harbours of the Elves on the Gulf of Lhûn; also referred to as the Havens. 354, 359, 371, 378
— The Silmarillion - grey haven (sindarin)
londë: ‘land-locked haven’ in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
— The Silmarillion
mithrandir: (dir, mith, ran, randir)
- grey pilgrim (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The Silmarillion
mithrin: (mith)
- grey (sindarin)
- grey, of (sindarin)
- dark (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillionmor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarilliongwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillionia: ‘void, abyss’ in Moria.
— The SilmarillionTol Morwen: Island in the sea after the drowning of Beleriand on which stood the memorial stone of Túrin, Nienor, and Morwen. 284
— The SilmarillionHerumor: A renegade Númenórean who became mighty among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age. 363
— The SilmarillionMinas Morgul: ‘Tower of Sorcery’ (also simply Morgul), name of Minas Ithil after its capture by the Ringwraiths. 368-9, 377
— The Silmarilliongul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The SilmarillionThangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished TalesSee Minas Morgul
— The Silmarillionwen: ‘maiden’ is a frequent ending, as in Eärwen, Morwen.
— The Silmarillion - darkness, of (sindarin)
Moriquendi: ‘Elves of the Darkness’; see Dark Elves. 54, 58, 103, 125
— The Silmarillion - dark
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillion - morn (sindarin)
- dark (quenya)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillionheru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillionquen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion - black (sindarin)
ng remained unchanged except finally where it became the simple nasal (as in English sing). nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’).
— The Lord of the RingsMormegil: ‘The Black Sword’, name given to Túrin as captain of the host of Nargothrond; see Gurthang. 258-9, 265-7, 271, 275, 278
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The SilmarillionMordor: ‘The Black Land’, also called the Land of Shadow; Sauron’s realm east of the mountains of the Ephel Dúath. 330, 347, 357, 360-8, 376
— The Silmarillionannon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The SilmarillionMoria: ‘The Black Chasm’, later name for Khazad-dûm (Hadhodrond). 104, 354, 357, 364
— The SilmarillionMorgoth: ‘The Black Enemy’, name of Melkor, first given to him by Fëanor after the rape of the Silmarils. 26, 71, 88 and thereafter passim. See Melkor.
— The Silmarillion
- black gate (sindarin)
annon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- dark shapes (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion
- dark land (sindarin)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillion - black land (sindarin)
Mordor: ‘The Black Land’, also called the Land of Shadow; Sauron’s realm east of the mountains of the Ephel Dúath. 330, 347, 357, 360-8, 376
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- dark fence (sindarin)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
- sorcery (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The SilmarillionMinas Morgul: ‘Tower of Sorcery’ (also simply Morgul), name of Minas Ithil after its capture by the Ringwraiths. 368-9, 377
— The Silmarillion - dark sorcery (sindarin)
See Minas Morgul
— The Silmarillion
- dark (quenya)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillionquen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
- black chasm (sindarin)
Moria: ‘The Black Chasm’, later name for Khazad-dûm (Hadhodrond). 104, 354, 357, 364
— The Silmarillion - dark abyss (sindarin)
ia: ‘void, abyss’ in Moria.
— The Silmarillion - dark chasm (sindarin)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillion
moriquendi: (mor, mori, quen, quendi)
- elves of darkness (quenya)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillionquen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion - elves of darkness (sindarin)
Moriquendi: ‘Elves of the Darkness’; see Dark Elves. 54, 58, 103, 125
— The Silmarillion
- black sword (sindarin)
Mormegil: ‘The Black Sword’, name given to Túrin as captain of the host of Nargothrond; see Gurthang. 258-9, 265-7, 271, 275, 278
— The Silmarillion - dark sword
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillion - black sword
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillion
- black root (sindarin)
ng remained unchanged except finally where it became the simple nasal (as in English sing). nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’).
— The Lord of the Rings
- dark lady (sindarin)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillion - dark maiden (sindarin)
wen: ‘maiden’ is a frequent ending, as in Eärwen, Morwen.
— The Silmarillion
- [gerund] (sindarin)
lóm: ‘echo’ in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
— The Silmarillion - dusk (sindarin)
nan(d): ‘valley’ in Nan Dungortheb, Nan Elmoth, Nan Tathren.
— The Silmarillionmoth: ‘dusk’ in Nan Elmoth.
— The Silmarillion
- drear (sindarin)
- necklace (sindarin)
Nauglamír: ‘The Necklace of the Dwarves’, made for Finrod Felagund by the Dwarves, brought by Húrin out of Nargothrond to Thingol, and the cause of his death. 134, 285-7, 291
— The Silmarillion - jewel (sindarin)
Gwaith-I-Mírdain: ‘People of the Jewel-smiths’, name of the fellowship of craftsmen in Eregion, greatest of whom was Celebrimbor son of Curufin. 354-5
— The Silmarillionmîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
- wrights (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillion - jewel (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillion - jewel smiths (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillion
- jewel (quenya)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
- jewel (sindarin)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
- coast (quenya)
Romenna: Haven on the east coast of Númenor. 331, 336-7, 341, 346
— The Silmarillion
naemarth: (amarth)
- doom [variant] (sindarin)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion
- of the (sindarin)
Call it not Brethil, not the land of the Halethrim, but Sarch nia Hîn Húrin, Grave of the Children of Húrin!
— Unfinished Tales
- promentory, narrow (sindarin)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales - angle (sindarin)
- the angle (sindarin)
- wedge (sindarin)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales - spearhead (sindarin)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales - gore (sindarin)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales`Now, friends,' said Haldir, `you have entered the Naith of Lórien or the Gore, as you would say, for it is the land that lies like a spear-head between the arms of Silverlode and Anduin the Great.
— The Lord of the Rings
- angle of lórien (sindarin)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- vale (quenya)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion - valley (sindarin)
nan(d): ‘valley’ in Nan Dungortheb, Nan Elmoth, Nan Tathren.
— The SilmarillionNan Dungortheb: Also Dungortheb; translated in the text as ‘Valley of Dreadful Death’. The valley between the precipices of Ered Gorgoroth and the Girdle of Melian. 90, 144, 157, 198, 214
— The Silmarillion - vale (sindarin)
Nan-Tathren: ‘Willow-vale’, translated as ’the Land of Willows’, where the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan; Nan-tasarion. 142, 239, 301-2
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarilliontathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The SilmarillionThey had passed into Nan Curunír, the Wizard's Vale.
— The Lord of the Rings
- valley of star-dusk (sindarin)
nan(d): ‘valley’ in Nan Dungortheb, Nan Elmoth, Nan Tathren.
— The Silmarillion
nan-tathren: (nan, tath, tathren)
- willow vale (sindarin)
Nan-Tathren: ‘Willow-vale’, translated as ’the Land of Willows’, where the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan; Nan-tasarion. 142, 239, 301-2
— The SilmarillionNan-Tathren: ‘Willow-vale’, translated as ’the Land of Willows’, where the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan; Nan-tasarion. 142, 239, 301-2
— The Silmarilliontathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
- valley (sindarin)
nan(d): ‘valley’ in Nan Dungortheb, Nan Elmoth, Nan Tathren.
— The Silmarillion
nanduhirion: (du, hir, ion, nan)
- vale of dim streams (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
nar: (nár)
- fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The SilmarillionNarya: One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Fire or the Red Ring; borne by Círdan and afterwards by Mithrandir. 357, 370, 378
— The Silmarilliondol: ‘head’ in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
— The Silmarillionsil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion - fire
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- tale (sindarin)
Narn I Hîn Húrin: ‘The Tale of the Children of Húrin’, the long lay from which Chapter XXI was derived; ascribed to the poet Dirhavel, a Man who lived at the Havens of Sirion in the days of Eärendil and perished in the attack of the sons of Fëanor. Narn signifies a tale made in verse, but to be spoken and not sung, 243
— The Silmarillion - story (sindarin)
hîn: ‘children’ in Eruhini ‘Children of Eru’; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
— The Silmarillion
narn i hîn húrin: (hîn, húrin, i, narn, nîn)
- story of the children of Húrin (sindarin)
hîn: ‘children’ in Eruhini ‘Children of Eru’; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
— The Silmarillion
naro: (nár)
- fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- fire
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - silver fire (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
- ring of fire
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- [plural] (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The SilmarillionCirith Thoronath: Eagles‘ Cleft’, a high pass in the mountains north of Gondolin, where Glorfindel fought with a Balrog and fell into the abyss. 301
— The Silmarillionthoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The Silmarillion
- dwarf (sindarin)
rim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
— The Silmarillionmîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarilliongroth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion - dwarf (quenya)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The SilmarillionNauglamír: ‘The Necklace of the Dwarves’, made for Finrod Felagund by the Dwarves, brought by Húrin out of Nargothrond to Thingol, and the cause of his death. 134, 285-7, 291
— The Silmarillion - stunted (quenya)
Naugrim: ‘The Stunted People’, Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103-5, 107-9, 132, 159, 161, 231, 236, 289
— The Silmarillion
- dwarves, of (sindarin)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion - of the dwarves (quenya)
Nauglamír: ‘The Necklace of the Dwarves’, made for Finrod Felagund by the Dwarves, brought by Húrin out of Nargothrond to Thingol, and the cause of his death. 134, 285-7, 291
— The Silmarillion
nauglamír: (mír, naug, naugla)
- jewel of the dwarves (sindarin)
mîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion
- dwarven people (quenya)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion
naur: (nor)
- fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - fire, of (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
ndeld: (nelde)
- three (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion
ndengin: (ndak)
- slain (sindarin)
Haudh-En-Ndengin: ‘The Mound of Slain’ in the desert of Anfauglith, where were piled the bodies of the Elves and Men that died in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 241-2
— The Silmarillion
- [name] (quenya)
-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion
- land (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - earth (qenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - land (qenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - land (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- down, from on high (root)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- [name] (quenya)
-(n)dur: in names such as Eärendur (shortened Eärnur) is similar in meaning to -(n)dil.
— The Silmarillion
- spearhead (quenya)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- spearhead (quenya)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales - gore (quenya)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales - promentory, narrow (quenya)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales - wedge (quenya)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- deprived (sindarin)
Neithan: Name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws, translated as ‘The Wronged’ (literally ‘one who is deprived’). 245
— The Silmarillion
- narrow (root)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- [woman] (sindarin)
Eilinel: The wife of Gorlim the Unhappy. 165-6
— The SilmarillionNerdanel: Called the Wise; daughter of Mahtan the smith, wife of Fëanor. 69, 71, 75
— The Silmarillion
- three (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion
- beech (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion - beech, in reference to the Hírilorn (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion - beeches (sindarin)
Neldoreth: The great beech-forest forming the northern part of Doriath; called Taur-na-Neldor in Treebeard's song in The Two Towers HI 4. 57, 103, 105, 109, 145, 199, 208, 242, 289
— The Silmarillion
neldoreth: (dor, eth, neldor, reth)
- beech, particularly the Hírilorn (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion
- water (sindarin)
Cuiviénen: ‘Water of Awakening’, the lake in Middle-earth where the first Elves awoke, and where they were found by Oromë. 48, 50-4, 57, 92, 114, 288
— The SilmarillionNenya: One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Water, borne by Galadriel; also called the Ring of Adamant, 357, 370
— The SilmarillionNen Girith: ‘Shuddering Water’, name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil. 270-4, 276
— The Silmarillionnen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillionuial: ‘twilight’ in Aelin-uial, Nenuial.
— The Silmarilliongirith: ‘shuddering’ in Nen Girith; cf. also Girithron, name of the last month of the year in Sindarin (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The SilmarillionThus the Northmen who lived between Celduin (River Running) and Carnen (Redwater) became strong and drove back all enemies from the East.
— The Lord of the RingsThe words Bruinen and Loudwater are adjacent and attribute the same river.
— The Lord of the Rings - stream (sindarin)
- waters (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - river (sindarin)
Nenning: River in West Beleriand, reaching the sea at the Haven of Eglarest. 142, 239, 259
— The Silmarillion - waters (quenya)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion - sea (sindarin)
- seas (sindarin)
Uinen: A Maia, the Lady of the Seas, spouse of Ossë. 24, 36, 60, 98
— The Silmarillion - lake (sindarin)
Nenuial: ‘Lake of Twilight’, in Eriador, where the river Baranduin rose, and beside which the city of Annúminas was built. 361
— The Silmarillion
nen echui: (ech, echui, nen, ui)
- waters of awakening (sindarin)
cuivië: ‘awakening’ in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn-i-Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas ‘life-bread’, Quenya name of lembas.
— The Silmarillion
nen girith: (gir, girith, ith, nen)
- shuddering water (sindarin)
Nen Girith: ‘Shuddering Water’, name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil. 270-4, 276
— The Silmarillion
- laughing stream (sindarin)
- twilight mere (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion
- ring of water (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion
- man (quenya)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- man-spearhead (quenya)
The dírnaith, Quenya nernehta man-spearhead, was a wedge-formation, launched over a short distance against an enemy massing but not yet arrayed, or against a defensive formation on open ground. Quenya nehte, Sindarin naith was applied to any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (root nek narrow); cf. the Naith of Lórien, the land at the angle of the Celebrant and Anduin, which at the actual junction of the rivers was narrower and more pointed than can be shown on a small-scale map. [Author's note.]
— Unfinished Tales
- hither (sindarin)
Nevrast: The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning ‘Hither Shore’, was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast ’the Far Shore’, the coast of Aman). 133-5, 141, 149-50, 156, 239, 240, 295, 302
— The Silmarillion - near (sindarin)
Nevrast: The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning ‘Hither Shore’, was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast ’the Far Shore’, the coast of Aman). 133-5, 141, 149-50, 156, 239, 240, 295, 302
— The Silmarillion
- howl (root)
gaur: werewolf (from a root ngwaw- ‘howl’) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
— The Silmarillion
- petty (sindarin)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion - petty [plural] (sindarin)
Noegyth Nibin: ‘Petty-dwarves’ (see also under Dwarves). 250, 284
— The Silmarillion
- [name] (quenya)
-(n)dil: is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies ‘devotion’, ’disinterested love’ (see Mardil in entry bar).
— The Silmarillion
nim: (loth)
- white (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarillionras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillionloth: ‘flower’ in Lothlórien, Nimloth; Quenya lótë in Ninquelótë, Vingilótë.
— The Silmarillionnim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The SilmarillionEred Nimrais: The White Mountains (nimrais ‘white horns’), the great range from east to west south of the Misty Mountains. 107
— The SilmarillionBarad Nimras: ‘White Horn Tower’, raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239
— The Silmarilliongroth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The SilmarillionNimloth (1): The White Tree of Númenor, of which a fruit taken by Isildur before it was felled grew into the White Tree of Minas Ithil. Nimloth ‘White Blossom’ is the Sindarin form of Quenya Ninquelótë, one of the names of Telperion. 62, 324, 331-2, 336-8, 342, 361-2
— The Silmarillion - white (root)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
nimf: (nim)
- white (root)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
- white flower (sindarin)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillionloth: ‘flower’ in Lothlórien, Nimloth; Quenya lótë in Ninquelótë, Vingilótë.
— The Silmarillion
nimp: (nim)
- white (root)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
nimphe: (white)
- blossom (sindarin)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
- lady of the white cave (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
nin: (nîn)
- white (quenya)
loth: ‘flower’ in Lothlórien, Nimloth; Quenya lótë in Ninquelótë, Vingilótë.
— The Silmarillion - water (sindarin)
Loeg Ningloron: ‘Pools of the golden water-flowers’; see Gladden Fields.
— The Silmarillionlaure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion - wet (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion - white (sindarin)
Ninquelótë: ‘White Blossom’, a name of Telperion; see Nimloth (1). 33
— The Silmarillion - waters (sindarin)
- wetwang (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion
- rainbow (sindarin)
Cirith Ninniach: ‘Rainbow Cleft’, by which Tuor came to the Western Sea; see Annon-in-Gelydh. 294
— The Silmarillion
- white (quenya)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
ninquelótë: (lótë, nin, ninque, que, quelótë)
- white flower (quenya)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
nique: (ninque)
- white (quenya)
nim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillion
nir: (dagnir)
- tear (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
- tear (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
- tears (sindarin)
Haudh-en-Nirnaeth: ‘The Mound of Tears’, another name of Haudh-en-Ndengin. 241
— The SilmarillionNirnaeth Arnoediad: ‘Tears Unnumbered’ (also simply the Nirnaeth), the name given to the ruinous fifth battle in the Wars of Beleriand. 166, 234-8, 242, 254, 257, 294, 297-8
— The Silmarillionar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
nirnaeth arnoediad: (aeth, ar, arnoediad, iad, naeth, nir, nirn, nirnaeth, noed, noediad)
- tears without reckoning (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
- reckon (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
- reckoning (sindarin)
ar-: ‘beside, outside’ (whence Quenya ar ‘and’, Sindarin a), probably in Araman ’outside Aman’ cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad ’(Tears) without reckoning’.
— The Silmarillion
- dwarves (sindarin)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The SilmarillionNoegyth Nibin: ‘Petty-dwarves’ (see also under Dwarves). 250, 284
— The Silmarillion
noegyth nibin: (nibin, noegyth)
- petty dwarves (sindarin)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion
- delving, dwarven (quenya)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion - dwarf (sindarin)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion - hollow (dwarven) (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
nogoth: (nog)
- dwarf (sindarin)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion - dwarves (sindarin)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion
- dwarven people (sindarin)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion
- hollow delving (dwarven connotation) (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
- deep elf (sindarin)
Noldolantë: ‘The Fall of the Noldor’, a lament made by Maglor son of Fëanor. 98
— The Silmarillion - deep elf (quenya)
Noldor: The Deep Elves, the second host of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Finwë. The name (Quenya Noldo, Sindarin Golodh) meant ‘the Wise’ (but wise in the sense of possessing knowledge, not in the sense of possessing sagacity, sound judgement). For the language of the Noldor see Quenya, Passim; see especially 35, 54, 63-8, 137, 356
— The Silmarillion
noldor: (noldo)
- deep elves (quenya)
Noldor: The Deep Elves, the second host of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Finwë. The name (Quenya Noldo, Sindarin Golodh) meant ‘the Wise’ (but wise in the sense of possessing knowledge, not in the sense of possessing sagacity, sound judgement). For the language of the Noldor see Quenya, Passim; see especially 35, 54, 63-8, 137, 356
— The Silmarillion
- fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillionfea: ‘spirit’ in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
— The SilmarillionAegnor: The fourth son of Finarfin, who with his brother Angrod held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. The name means ‘Fell Fire’, 64,94, 141, 180-82
— The Silmarillion - land (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The SilmarillionValinor: The land of the Valar in Aman, beyond the mountains of the Pelóri; also called the Guarded Realm. Passim; see especially 32-3, 117
— The SilmarillionNúmenor: (In full Quenya form Númenórë, 321-2, 347.) ‘Westernesse’, ’Westland’, the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar. 62, 177, 321-37, 341-7, 354, 358-63, 368, 375
— The Silmarillionpel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The SilmarillionArnor: ‘Land of the King’, the northern realm of the Númenóreans in Middle-earth, established by Elendil after his escape from the Drowning of Númenor. 361-2, 377
— The Silmarillion - flame (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - fire (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The SilmarillionEldest son of Finwë (the only child of Finwë and Míriel), half-brother of Fingolfin and Finarfin; greatest of the Noldor, and leader in their rebellion; deviser of the Fëanorian script; maker of the Silmarils; slain in Mithrim in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. His name was Curufinwë (curu ‘skill’), and he gave this name to his fifth son, Curufin; but he was himself known always by his mother’s name for him, Fëanáro ’Spirit of Fire’, which was given the Sindarin form Fëanor Chapters V-IX and XIII passim; see especially 63, 67-9, 71, 112. Elsewhere his name occurs chiefly in the sons of Fëanor.
— The Silmarillion - home (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- hollow (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
- hollow delving (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
- under (sindarin)
Dor-Nu-Fauglith: ‘Land under Choking Ash’; see Anfauglith. 184, 221
— The SilmarillionLater name of Dorthonion: ‘the Forest under Night’. Cf. Deldúwath. 186, 206, 212, 215-6, 221, 223, 245, 253-6
— The Silmarillion - under the (sindarin)
Mar-Nu-Falmar: ‘The Land under the Waves’, name of Númenor after the Downfall. 347
— The Silmarillion - of the (sindarin)
fuin: ‘gloom, darkness’ (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillionfalas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The SilmarillionDor-Nu-Fauglith: Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
— The Silmarillionlith: ‘ash’ in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad ‘Plain of Ashes’ at the feet of Ered Lithui.
— The Silmarillionfaug-: ‘gape’ in Anfauglir, Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith.
— The Silmarillion
- under (sindarin)
Dagor-Nuin-Giliath: ‘The Battle-under-Stars’, the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, fought in Mithrim after the coming of Fëanor to Middle-earth. 124
— The Silmarilliongil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillion
- sunset (quenya)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- way of the sunset (sindarin)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion - west (sindarin)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion - way of the sunset (quenya)
andúnë: ‘sunset, west’ in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun ‘window of the sunset’ in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning ‘down, from on high’, appears also in Quenya numen ’the way of the sunset, west’ and in Sindarin dun ‘west’, cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
— The Silmarillion
- devoted, one who is [name] (quenya)
-(n)dur: in names such as Eärendur (shortened Eärnur) is similar in meaning to -(n)dil.
— The Silmarillion - devoted, one who is [name] (sindarin)
Fuinur: A renegade Númenórean who became mighty among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age, 363
— The SilmarillionEärnur: Son of Eärnil; last King of Gondor, in whom the line of Anárion came to its end. 369
— The Silmarillion
- hiding (quenya)
Nurtalë Valinóreva: ‘The Hiding of Valinor’. 118
— The Silmarillion
- judge (sindarin)
Námo: A Vala, one of the Aratar; usually named Mandos, the place of his dwelling. Námo means ‘Ordainer, Judge’. 21
— The Silmarillion - ordainer (sindarin)
Námo: A Vala, one of the Aratar; usually named Mandos, the place of his dwelling. Námo means ‘Ordainer, Judge’. 21
— The Silmarillion
- fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The SilmarillionEldest son of Finwë (the only child of Finwë and Míriel), half-brother of Fingolfin and Finarfin; greatest of the Noldor, and leader in their rebellion; deviser of the Fëanorian script; maker of the Silmarils; slain in Mithrim in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. His name was Curufinwë (curu ‘skill’), and he gave this name to his fifth son, Curufin; but he was himself known always by his mother’s name for him, Fëanáro ’Spirit of Fire’, which was given the Sindarin form Fëanor Chapters V-IX and XIII passim; see especially 63, 67-9, 71, 112. Elsewhere his name occurs chiefly in the sons of Fëanor.
— The Silmarillion - fire (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
náro: (nár)
- fire (quenya)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- tear (sindarin)
Tear-maiden', the name that Túrin, ignorant of their relationship, gave to his sister; see Nienor.
— The Silmarillion - devices (sindarin)
Curunír: ‘The one of cunning devices’. Elvish name of Saruman, one of the Istari (Wizards). 372-7
— The Silmarillion
nîn: (nen)
- children (sindarin)
hîn: ‘children’ in Eruhini ‘Children of Eru’; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
— The Silmarillion - white (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion - waterlands (sindarin)
It was my father‘s intention to enter, in a revised map of The Lord of the Rings, Glanduin as the name of the upper course of the river, and to mark the fens as such, with the name Nîn-in-Eilph (or Swanfleet). In the event his intention came to be misunderstood, for on Pauline Baynes’ map the lower course is marked as R.Swanfleet, while on the map in the book, as noted above (p.274), the names are placed against the wrong river.
— Unfinished TalesIn The Return of the King VI 6 it is called the Swanfleet river (not River), simply as being the river that went down into the Nîn-in-Eilph, the Waterlands of the Swans.
— Unfinished Tales
nîn-in-eilph: (eilph, in, nîn)
- waterlands of the swans (sindarin)
It was my father‘s intention to enter, in a revised map of The Lord of the Rings, Glanduin as the name of the upper course of the river, and to mark the fens as such, with the name Nîn-in-Eilph (or Swanfleet). In the event his intention came to be misunderstood, for on Pauline Baynes’ map the lower course is marked as R.Swanfleet, while on the map in the book, as noted above (p.274), the names are placed against the wrong river.
— Unfinished TalesIn The Return of the King VI 6 it is called the Swanfleet river (not River), simply as being the river that went down into the Nîn-in-Eilph, the Waterlands of the Swans.
— Unfinished Tales
- knowledge (quenya)
gul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The Silmarillion - study, long (quenya)
gul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The Silmarillion - lore (quenya)
gul: ‘sorcery’ in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë ‘long study, lore, knowledge’. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul ’black arts’.
— The Silmarillion
- land (quenya)
Númenor: (In full Quenya form Númenórë, 321-2, 347.) ‘Westernesse’, ’Westland’, the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar. 62, 177, 321-37, 341-7, 354, 358-63, 368, 375
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - people (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- west (quenya)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion
- west (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - west (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- west, of (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - west way (quenya)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion - west, of (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - west (sindarin)
Númenor: (In full Quenya form Númenórë, 321-2, 347.) ‘Westernesse’, ’Westland’, the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar. 62, 177, 321-37, 341-7, 354, 358-63, 368, 375
— The SilmarillionHerunúmen: ‘Lord of the West’, Quenya name of Ar-Adunakhôr. 330
— The Silmarillion - west (quenya)
Númenor: (In full Quenya form Númenórë, 321-2, 347.) ‘Westernesse’, ’Westland’, the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar. 62, 177, 321-37, 341-7, 354, 358-63, 368, 375
— The Silmarillionheru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
- land of the west (sindarin)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- people of the west (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- westland (sindarin)
Númenor: (In full Quenya form Númenórë, 321-2, 347.) ‘Westernesse’, ’Westland’, the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar. 62, 177, 321-37, 341-7, 354, 358-63, 368, 375
— The Silmarillion
- westland (quenya)
Númenor: (In full Quenya form Númenórë, 321-2, 347.) ‘Westernesse’, ’Westland’, the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar. 62, 177, 321-37, 341-7, 354, 358-63, 368, 375
— The Silmarillion
- [name prefix] (quenya)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion - [name suffix] (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillionthin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion - [name prefix] (sindarin)
A Maia, one of the Istari (Wizards); see Mithrandir, Gandalf, and cf. The Two Towers IV 5: ‘Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten’. 25-6
— The Silmarillion
- cold (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion
- seven (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- of (sindarin)
- warrior (sindarin)
Ohtar: ‘Warrior’, esquire of Isildur, who brought the shards of Elendil’s sword to Imladris. 367
— The Silmarillion
- ever (quenya)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillionlos: ‘snow’ in Oiolossë (Quenya oio ‘ever’ and losse ‘snow, snow-white’); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
— The Silmarillion - eternal (quenya)
coron: ‘mound’ in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean ‘Ever-summer’, cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillion
- eversnow (quenya)
los: ‘snow’ in Oiolossë (Quenya oio ‘ever’ and losse ‘snow, snow-white’); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
— The Silmarillion
- hidden (sindarin)
Gondolin: ‘The Hidden Rock’ (see Ondolindë), secret city of King Turgon surrounded by the Encircling Mountains (Echoriath). 64, 125, 150-1, 157, 186, 191-3, 221, 231-2, 234, 237, 240, 252, 281-2, 295-302, 305, 315, 322
— The Silmarillion
- flora (sindarin)
Olvar: An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in Chapter II, meaning ‘growing things with roots in the earth’, 43-4
— The Silmarillion
olvar: (olva)
- flora (sindarin)
Olvar: An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in Chapter II, meaning ‘growing things with roots in the earth’, 43-4
— The Silmarillion
- havens (sindarin)
Brithombar: The northern of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of Beleriand. 60, 125, 142, 239, 304
— The Silmarillion
on: (gond)
- stone (sindarin)
- [name] (sindarin)
thaur: ‘abominable, abhorrent’ in Sauron (from Thauron), Gorthaur.
— The Silmarillion - of the (sindarin)
Loeg Ningloron: ‘Pools of the golden water-flowers’; see Gladden Fields.
— The Silmarillion - of (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The Silmarilliontathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion - lord (quenya)
Aldaron: ‘Lord of Trees’, a Quenya name of the Vala Oromë; cf. Tauron. 22
— The Silmarillion - that which (sindarin)
kel-: ‘go away’, of water ’flow away, flow down’, in Celon; from et-kele ’issue of water, spring’ was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
— The Silmarillion - [adjective] (sindarin)
alqua: ‘swan’ (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- ‘rushing’ occurring also in Ancalagon.
— The Silmarillion - [person] (sindarin)
mel-: ‘love’ in Melian (from Melyanna ‘dear gift’); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon ’friend’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - -er (sindarin)
Tauron: ‘The Forester’ (translated in the Valaquenta ‘Lord of Forests’), a name of Oromë among the Sindar. Cf. Aldaron. 22
— The SilmarillionCelon: River flowing southwest from the Hill of Himring, a tributary of Aros. The name means ‘stream flowing down from heights’. 109, 148, 158, 161, 170, 176, 188
— The SilmarillionDaeron: Minstrel and chief loremaster of King Thingol; deviser of the Cirth (Runes); enamoured of Lúthien and twice betrayed her. 108, 133, 200, 208, 222, 314
— The Silmarillion
- stone (quenya)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionOndolindë: ‘Stone Song’, the original Quenya name of Gondolin. 149
— The Silmarillion
- singing stone (quenya)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The Silmarillion
- ent (sindarin)
The Sindarin names of the Entwash and the Mering Stream are only found here; with Onodló compare Onodrim, Eynd, the Ents (The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, Of Other Races).
— Unfinished Tales
- entwash (sindarin)
The Sindarin names of the Entwash and the Mering Stream are only found here; with Onodló compare Onodrim, Eynd, the Ents (The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, Of Other Races).
— Unfinished Tales
- height (sindarin)
Orthanc: ‘Forked Height’, the Númenórean tower in the Circle of Isengard. 361-2, 372
— The Silmarillion - mountain (sindarin)
er: ‘one, alone’, in Amon Ereb (cf, Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
— The Silmarillion - tree (sindarin)
neldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillion - [day prefix] (sindarin)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion
- orc (sindarin)
ris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion
- great ravine (sindarin)
Orfalch Echor: The great ravine through the Encircling Mountains by which Gondolin was approached. 296
— The Silmarillion
- uprising [adjective] (ancient)
The name Celeborn when first devised was intended to mean “Silver Tree". … In my father’s latest philological writings, however, the meaning "Silver Tree" was abandoned: the second element of Celeborn (as the name of a person) was derived from the ancient adjectival form orn, "uprising, tall," rather than from the related noun ornê "tree.”
— Unfinished Tales - tree (beech) (sindarin)
Hírilorn: The great beech-tree in Doriath with three trunks, in which Lúthien was imprisoned. The name means ‘Tree of the Lady’. 208, 226
— The Silmarillion - [rare] (sindarin)
Ornê was originally applied to straighter and more slender trees such as birches, whereas stouter, more spreading trees such as oaks and beeches were called in the ancient language galad, “great growth”; but this distinction was not always observed in Quenya and disappeared in Sindarin, where all trees came to be called galadh, and orn fell out of common use, surviving only in verse and songs and in many names both of persons and of trees.
— Unfinished Tales - tree (sindarin)
Celeborn (1): ‘Tree of Silver’, name of the Tree of Tol Eressëa, a scion of Galathilion. 62, 324
— The Silmarillionneldor: ‘beech’ in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde ‘three’ and orn).
— The Silmarillionorn: ‘tree’ in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn ‘Treebeard’ and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
— The Silmarillionheru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillionmal-: ‘gold’ in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means ‘golden circle’ and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- tree (telerin)
It is only of course in the late version that Celeborn appears with a High-elven, rather than Sindarin, name: Teleporno. This is stated to be actually Telerin in form; the ancient stem of the Elvish word for “silver” was kyelep-, becoming celeb in Sindarin, telep-, telpe in Telerin, and tyelep-, tyelpe in Quenya. But in Quenya the form telpe became usual, through the influence of Telerin; for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor. Thus Telperion was more commonly used than Tyelperion as the name of the White Tree of Valinor. (Alatáriel was also Telerin; its Quenya form was Altáriel.)
— Unfinished Tales
- tree, slender (ancient)
Ornê was originally applied to straighter and more slender trees such as birches, whereas stouter, more spreading trees such as oaks and beeches were called in the ancient language galad, “great growth”; but this distinction was not always observed in Quenya and disappeared in Sindarin, where all trees came to be called galadh, and orn fell out of common use, surviving only in verse and songs and in many names both of persons and of trees.
— Unfinished Tales
oro: (orod)
- mountains (sindarin)
Orocarni: ‘The Mountains of the East of Middle-earth (the name means the Red Mountains’). 49
— The Silmarillion - mountain (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The Silmarillion
- mountain (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The SilmarillionThangorodrim: ‘Mountains of Tyranny’, reared by Morgoth above Angband; broken down in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age. 90, 109, 125-8, 136,139-40, 180-3, 215, 221, 232, 234, 240, 254, 312, 320, 353-4, 364
— The Silmarillionrim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
— The SilmarillionOrodruin: ‘Mountain of Blazing Fire’ in Mordor, in which Sauron forged the Ruling Ring; called also Amon Amarth ‘Mount Doom’. 357, 363-6
— The Silmarillionthong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillionruin: ‘red flame’ (Quenya runya) in Orodruin.
— The Silmarillion
- mountain of blazing fire (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The SilmarillionOrodruin: ‘Mountain of Blazing Fire’ in Mordor, in which Sauron forged the Ruling Ring; called also Amon Amarth ‘Mount Doom’. 357, 363-6
— The Silmarillionruin: ‘red flame’ (Quenya runya) in Orodruin.
— The Silmarillion
- sound of horns (sindarin)
Oromë: A Vala, one of the Aratar; the great hunter, leader of the Elves from Cuiviénen, spouse of Vana. The name means ‘Horn-blowing’ or ‘Sound of Horns’, cf. Valaróma; in The Lord of the Rings it appears in the Sindarin form Araw. See especially 22-3. 18, 22-3, 31. 37, 47, 49-51, 53-5, 59, 63, 65, 79-82, 85, 93, 106, 108, 114, 184, 209, 225
— The Silmarillion - horn blowing (sindarin)
Oromë: A Vala, one of the Aratar; the great hunter, leader of the Elves from Cuiviénen, spouse of Vana. The name means ‘Horn-blowing’ or ‘Sound of Horns’, cf. Valaróma; in The Lord of the Rings it appears in the Sindarin form Araw. See especially 22-3. 18, 22-3, 31. 37, 47, 49-51, 53-5, 59, 63, 65, 79-82, 85, 93, 106, 108, 114, 184, 209, 225
— The Silmarillion
- east (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
- eastlands (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
- forked height (sindarin)
Orthanc: ‘Forked Height’, the Númenórean tower in the Circle of Isengard. 361-2, 372
— The Silmarillion
- seven (sindarin)
Land of Seven Rivers‘ (these being Gelion and its tributaries flowing down from the Blue Mountains), the land of the Green-elves. Cf. Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4: ’I wandered in Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand. Ah! the light and the music in the Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir!’ See Lindon. 108, 110, 133, 144-8, 167, 170-1, 182, 184, 229, 239, 289-91, 354
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - fortress (quenya)
formen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillion - fortress (sindarin)
Osgiliath: ‘Fortress of the Stars’, the chief city of ancient Gondor, on either side of the river Anduin. 361-4, 368
— The SilmarillionFormenos: ‘Northern Fortress’, the stronghold of Fëanor and his sons in the north of Valinor, built after the banishment of Fëanor from Tirion. 79, 83, 88, 152
— The Silmarilliongil: ‘star’ in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath ‘host of stars’); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
— The Silmarillionband: ‘prison, duress’ in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion
osgiliath: (gil, giliath, iath, os)
- fortress of the stars (sindarin)
Osgiliath: ‘Fortress of the Stars’, the chief city of ancient Gondor, on either side of the river Anduin. 361-4, 368
— The Silmarillion
- fort of the star host (sindarin)
os(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion
- fort (sindarin)
carak-: This root is seen in Quenya carca ‘fang’, of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost (’Fang Fort’, one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren (’Iron Jaws’, the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
— The Silmarillion - bury (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion - fortress (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The Silmarillionbeleg: ‘mighty’ in Beleg, Belegaer, Belegost, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The SilmarillionBut as with Narchost and Carchost, the Towers of the Teeth, so here too the vigilance had failed, and treachery had yielded up the Tower to the Lord of the Ringwraiths, and now for long years it had been held by evil things.
— The Lord of the RingsBelegost: ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The SilmarillionFornost: ‘Northern Fortress’. Númenórean city on the North Downs in Eriador. 361
— The SilmarillionOst-In-Edhil: ‘Fortress of the Eldar’, the city of the Elves in Eregion. 354-6
— The SilmarillionAngrenost: Angrenost ‘Iron Fortress’, Númenórean fortress on the west borders of Gondor, afterwards inhabited by the wizard Curunír (Saruman); see Isengard. 361
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillionformen: ‘north’ (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
— The Silmarillion
ost-in-edhil: (edhil, in, ost)
- fortress of the elves (sindarin)
os(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion - fort of the elves (sindarin)
edhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The Silmarillion
- fort of the star host (sindarin)
os(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion
- seven (quenya)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- [transformative] (sindarin)
Dor Daedeloth: ‘Land of the Shadow of Horror’, the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
— The Silmarilliondae: ‘shadow’ in Dor Daedeloth, and perhaps in Daeron.
— The Silmarilliondel: horror* in Deldúwath; deloth ‘abhorrence’ in Dor Daedeloth.
— The Silmarillion - fortress (sindarin)
rond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillionos(t): ‘fortress’ in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
— The Silmarillion - of (sindarin)
gor: ‘horror, dread’ in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
— The Silmarillion - men (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion - er* [suffix] (sindarin)
faroth: is derived from a root meaning ‘hunt, pursue’ in the Lay of Leithian the Taur-en-Faroth above Nargothrond are called ’the Hills of the Hunters’.
— The Silmarillion
- far and wide (adûnaic)
palan: (Quenya) ‘far and wide’ in Palantíri, Tar-Palantir.
— The Silmarilliontir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - far and wide (quenya)
palan: (Quenya) ‘far and wide’ in Palantíri, Tar-Palantir.
— The Silmarilliontir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - afar (sindarin)
Palantíri: ‘Those that watch from afar’, the seven Seeing Stones brought by Elendil and his sons from Númenor; made by Fëanor in Aman (see 69, and The Two Towers III 11). 342, 362
— The Silmarillion
- far watchers (quenya)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion
- sward (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- green sward (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- way
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion
- hand [by extension] (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - fist (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- speak (sindarin)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
- circle (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - go round (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - encircle (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion - garth (sindarin)
Pelargir: ‘Garth of Royal Ships,’ the Númenórean haven above the delta of Anduin. 329
— The Silmarillion - fence (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion
- garth of royal ships (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The SilmarillionPelargir: ‘Garth of Royal Ships,’ the Númenórean haven above the delta of Anduin. 329
— The Silmarillion
- fenced (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion
pelennor: (en, nor, pel, pelen)
- fenced land (sindarin)
pel-: ‘go round, encircle’ in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the ‘fenced land’ of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel ‘outer fence’).
— The Silmarillion
- half (sindarin)
Half-elven: Translation of Sindarin Peredhel, plural Peredhil, applied to Elrond and Elros, 304, 315, 322, 354, 357; and to Eärendil, 298
— The Silmarillionedhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The Silmarillion
- half-elven (sindarin)
edhel: elf (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil ‘Half-elven’.
— The Silmarillion
- ridge (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- ridges (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
pinnath gelin: (ath, gel, gelin, nath, pin, pinnath)
- green sward (sindarin)
calen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion - green ridges (sindarin)
quar: (quare)
- fist (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- hand [by extension] (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - fist (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- blossom (sindarin)
Ninquelótë: ‘White Blossom’, a name of Telperion; see Nimloth (1). 33
— The Silmarillion
- say (quenya)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion - speak (quenya)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
quendi: (quen)
- speakers (quenya)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The SilmarillionCalaquendi: ‘Elves of the Light’, those Elves who lived or had lived in Aman (the High Elves). See Moriquendi and Dark Elves, 54, 58, 121, 125
— The Silmarillion - those that speak with voices (quenya)
Quendi: Original Elvish name for Elves (of every kind, including the Avari), meaning ‘Those that speak with voices’. 37-8, 48-53, 57, 61, 73, 76, 114, 121-2, 169
— The Silmarillion - elves (quenya)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillionmor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The SilmarillionCalaquendi: ‘Elves of the Light’, those Elves who lived or had lived in Aman (the High Elves). See Moriquendi and Dark Elves, 54, 58, 121, 125
— The Silmarillion - spakers (quenya)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion - elves (sindarin)
Moriquendi: ‘Elves of the Darkness’; see Dark Elves. 54, 58, 103, 125
— The SilmarillionLaiquendi: ‘The Green-elves’ of Ossiriand. 110
— The Silmarillion
- account (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The SilmarillionValaquenta: ‘Account of the Valar’, a short work treated as a separate entity from The Silmarillion proper.
— The Silmarillionquen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion - history (sindarin)
Quenta Silmarillion: ‘The History of the Silmarils.’ 355
— The Silmarillion
- language (quenya)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion - high elven tounge (quenya)
Quenya: The ancient tongue, common to all Elves, in the form that it took in Valinor; brought to Middle-earth by the Noldorin exiles, but abandoned by them as a daily speech, especially after the edict of King Thingol against its use; see especially 133, 155. Not named as such in this book, but referred to as Eldarin, 21, 323, 347; High Eldarin, 322-3; High-elven, 266, 330; the tongue of Valinor, 133; the speech of the Elves of Valinor, 149; the tongue of the Noldor, 155, 159; the High Speech of the West, 155
— The Silmarillion
- word (quenya)
quen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion
- [plural] (quenya)
alda: ‘tree’ (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
— The Silmarillion
raen: (ran)
- wander (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- wain (charriot) (sindarin)
rais: (ras)
- horns (sindarin)
Ered Nimrais: The White Mountains (nimrais ‘white horns’), the great range from east to west south of the Misty Mountains. 107
— The Silmarillionnim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The Silmarillionras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillion
- wall (sindarin)
an(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The Silmarilliontal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The SilmarillionRamdal: ‘Wall’s End’ (see Andram), where the dividing fall across Beleriand ceased' 146,184
— The Silmarillionram: ‘wall’ (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillionechor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The SilmarillionAndram: ‘The Long Wall’, name of the dividing fall running across Beleriand. 109, 146
— The Silmarillion
- wall (quenya)
ram: ‘wall’ (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- wall's end (sindarin)
tal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The Silmarillion
- great wall (sindarin)
echor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
rammas echor: (echor, mas, ram, rammas)
- encircling wall (sindarin)
ram: ‘wall’ (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion - great wall of the outer circle (sindarin)
echor: in Echoriath ‘Encircling Mountains’ and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor ‘the great wall of the outer circle’ about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillion
- wander (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarillionrant: ‘course’ in the river-names Adurant (with adu ‘double’) and Celebrant (’Silverlode’).
— The Silmarillion - stray (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- pilgrim (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The SilmarillionMithrandir: ‘The Grey Pilgrim’, Elvish name of Gandalf (Olórin), one of the Istari (Wizards). 373-7
— The Silmarillion - wanderer (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The SilmarillionAerandir: ‘Sea-wanderer’, one of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his voyages. 307
— The Silmarillion
rant: (ran)
- stream (sindarin)
Adurant: The sixth and most southerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. The name means ‘double stream’, referring to its divided course about the island of Tol Galen. 147, 229, 290
— The Silmarillion - course (sindarin)
rant: ‘course’ in the river-names Adurant (with adu ‘double’) and Celebrant (’Silverlode’).
— The Silmarillion - lode (sindarin)
rant: ‘course’ in the river-names Adurant (with adu ‘double’) and Celebrant (’Silverlode’).
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
ras: (rasg)
- peak (sindarin)
ras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillion - horn (sindarin)
barad: ‘tower’ in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
— The Silmarillionras: ‘horn’ in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras (‘Redhorn’) and Methedras (’Last Peak’) in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
— The Silmarillioncaran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillionnim: ‘white’ (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred ‘pallor’), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
— The SilmarillionBarad Nimras: ‘White Horn Tower’, raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239
— The Silmarillion
- horn (sindarin)
caran: ‘red’, Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the ’Red-horn’ in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie ‘red-jewelled’, the rowan-tree in Treebeard’s song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as ’Red Maw’ must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
— The Silmarillion
- shore (sindarin)
Haerast: The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning ‘Hither Shore’, was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast ’the Far Shore’, the coast of Aman). 133-5, 141, 149-50, 156, 239, 240, 295, 302
— The SilmarillionNevrast: The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning ‘Hither Shore’, was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast ’the Far Shore’, the coast of Aman). 133-5, 141, 149-50, 156, 239, 240, 295, 302
— The Silmarillion - cape (geography) (sindarin)
(Sîr) Angren was the Elvish name of the river Isen. Ras Morthil, a name not otherwise found, must be the great headland at the end of the northern arm of the Bay of Belfalas, which was also called Andrast (Long Cape).
— Unfinished Tales
- way (geography) (sindarin)
- street (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillion - bed (sindarin)
Rathlóriel: ‘Golden-bed’, later name for the river Ascar, after the treasure of Doriath was sunk in it 147, 291
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rath celerdain: (celer, celerdain, dain, rath)
- lampwright's street (sindarin)
rath dínen: (dín, dínen, rath)
- silent street (sindarin)
dîn: ‘silent’ in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
rathlóriel: (lór, lóriel, rath)
- golden-bed (sindarin)
Rathlóriel: ‘Golden-bed’, later name for the river Ascar, after the treasure of Doriath was sunk in it 147, 291
— The Silmarillionlaure: ‘gold’ (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
— The Silmarillion
- roaring (sindarin)
Rauros: ‘Roaring Spray’, the great falls in the river Anduin. 369
— The Silmarillion
raug: (rauko)
- demon (sindarin)
rauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- demon (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionrauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- demon (quenya)
rauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- roaring spray (sindarin)
Rauros: ‘Roaring Spray’, the great falls in the river Anduin. 369
— The Silmarillionros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillion
- [adjective] (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillion
reg: (ereg)
- holly (sindarin)
ereg: ‘thorn, holly’ in Eregion, Region.
— The Silmarillion
- holly realm (sindarin)
ereg: ‘thorn, holly’ in Eregion, Region.
— The Silmarillion
- of (sindarin)
nan(d): ‘valley’ in Nan Dungortheb, Nan Elmoth, Nan Tathren.
— The Silmarillionanga: ‘iron’, Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren ’of iron’ in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
— The Silmarillion - [adjective] (sindarin)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
- rushdown (sindarin)
- wild (sindarin)
Rhovanion: ‘Wilderland’, the wide region east of the Misty Mountains. 360-1
— The Silmarillion
- wilderland (sindarin)
Rhovanion: ‘Wilderland’, the wide region east of the Misty Mountains. 360-1
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rhu: (rhûn)
- east (sindarin)
Rhudaur: Region in the north-east of Eriador. 360
— The Silmarillion
- east (sindarin)
talath: ‘flat lands, plain’ in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
— The Silmarillionromen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion
- eastern (sindarin)
talath: ‘flat lands, plain’ in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
— The Silmarillionromen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion - east (sindarin)
Talath Rhunen: ‘The East Vale’, earlier name of Thargelion. 148
— The Silmarillion
- east (sindarin)
romen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion
- garland maiden (sindarin)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillionmîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion - garland maiden (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
- twine (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - wreath (quenya)
kal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion
ril: (rildë)
- brilliance (sindarin)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion - brilliance (quenya)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion
- brilliance (quenya)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
— The Silmarillion
- brilliance (quenya)
ril: ‘brilliance’ in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril‘s name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- ’sparkle’.
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- [plural people] (sindarin)
Thangorodrim: ‘Mountains of Tyranny’, reared by Morgoth above Angband; broken down in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age. 90, 109, 125-8, 136,139-40, 180-3, 215, 221, 232, 234, 240, 254, 312, 320, 353-4, 364
— The SilmarillionGolodhrim: The Noldor. Golodh was the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo, and -rim a collective plural ending; cf. Annon-in-Gelydh, the Gate of the Noldor. 160
— The Silmarillion - [people] (sindarin)
golodh: is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
— The Silmarillion - people (quenya)
naug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The Silmarillion - like (sindarin)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - people (sindarin)
mith: ‘grey’ in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
— The Silmarillionnaug: ‘dwarf’ in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for ‘dwarf’, nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin ’Petty-dwarves’) and nogothrim.
— The SilmarillionGonnhirrim: ‘Masters of Stone’, a Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103
— The SilmarillionNaugrim: ‘The Stunted People’, Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103-5, 107-9, 132, 159, 161, 231, 236, 289
— The Silmarilliongond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionGondolindrim: The people of Gondolin. 166, 192, 234
— The Silmarillionheru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillionfalas: ‘shore, line of surf’ (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma ‘(crested) wave’, whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
— The Silmarillion - great number (sindarin)
rim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
— The Silmarillion - host (sindarin)
rim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
— The Silmarillion - lords (sindarin)
Rohirrim: ‘The Horse-lords’ of Rohan. 369
— The Silmarillion - [plural] (sindarin)
Crissaegrim: The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor. 144, 186, 191, 221, 246, 281
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion - men of (sindarin)
Haradrim: The Men of Harad (‘the South’), the lands south of Mordor. 363
— The Silmarillion - [plural collective] (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillionthong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillionrim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
— The Silmarillion - multitude (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
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- host (quenya)
rim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
— The Silmarillion - great number (quenya)
rim: ‘great number, host’ (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
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- hand (sindarin)
Celebrimbor: ‘Hand of Silver’, son of Curufin, who remained in Nargothrond when his father was expelled. In the Second Age greatest of the smiths of Eregion; maker of the Three Rings of the Elves; slain by Sauron. 214, 355, 357
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- like (sindarin)
tal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - of [plural] (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion - like (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- foot (sindarin)
Celebrindal: ‘Silverfoot’; see Idril.
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- cold (quenya)
ring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - chill (sindarin)
ring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - cold (sindarin)
Himring: The great hill west of Maglor‘s Gap on which was the stronghold of Maedhros; translated in the text as ’Ever-cold’. 131,147-8,157, 183-4, 214, 223, 231
— The Silmarillionring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The SilmarillionRingil: The sword of Fingolfin. 185
— The Silmarillionhim: ‘cool’ in Himlad (and Himring?).
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- cold marsh (sindarin)
ring: ‘cold, chill’ in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
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ris: (kris)
- riven (sindarin)
lad: ‘plain, valley’ in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
— The Silmarillion - cleave (sindarin)
ris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion - cleft (sindarin)
Imladris: ‘Rivendell’ (literally, ‘Deep Dale of the Cleft’), Elrond’s dwelling in a valley of the Misty Mountains. 282, 364, 367-70, 377
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
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- cleaver (sindarin)
Angrist: ‘Iron-cleaver’, the knife made by Telchar of Nogrod, taken from Curufin by Beren and used by him to cut the Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown. 215, 219
— The Silmarillionris: ‘cleave’ appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- ‘cleave, cut’, q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist ’Orc-cleaver’, the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
— The Silmarillion
ro: (roch)
- east (quenya)
romen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion - horse (sindarin)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
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- horses (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion - horse (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The SilmarillionRochallor: The horse of Fingolfin. 184
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- land of horses (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
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- delving (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion - eminent man (sindarin)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion - cave (sindarin)
groth: (grod) ‘delving, underground dwelling’ in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, ‘lady of the white cave’). Nogrod was originally Novrod ’hollow delving’ (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug ‘dwarf’.
— The Silmarillion
rog: (raug)
- demon (sindarin)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionrauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
roh: (roch)
- horses (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion - horse (sindarin)
Rohan: ‘The Horse-country’, later name in Condor for the great grassy plain formerly called Calenardhon. 369, 377
— The SilmarillionRohirrim: ‘The Horse-lords’ of Rohan. 369
— The Silmarillion
- horse country (sindarin)
Rohan: ‘The Horse-country’, later name in Condor for the great grassy plain formerly called Calenardhon. 369, 377
— The Silmarillion - land of horses (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion
roheryn: (her, heryn, ro, roh)
- horse of the lady (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion
rohir: (roch)
- rider (sindarin)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion
rohirrim: (hir, rim, ro, roh, rohir)
- horse lords (sindarin)
heru: ‘lord’ in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril ‘lady’ in Hírilorn.
— The Silmarillion
- horse (quenya)
roch: ‘horse’ (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand ‘land of horses’), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn ’horse of the lady’ (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
— The Silmarillion
- sound of horns (quenya)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion - sound of horns (sindarin)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion - sound of trumpets and horns (sindarin)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion
- east (quenya)
Romenna: Haven on the east coast of Númenor. 331, 336-7, 341, 346
— The Silmarillionromen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion - sunrise (quenya)
romen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion - uprising (quenya)
romen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion
- sound of horns (quenya)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion
- hall (sindarin)
aglar: ‘glory, brilliance’ in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- ‘shine’, q.v.
— The Silmarillionmereth: ‘feast’ in Mereth Aderthad; also in Merethrond, the Hall of Feasts in Minas Tirith.
— The Silmarillionrond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion - dome (sindarin)
Elrond: Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose to belong to the Firstborn, and remained in Middle-earth until the end of the Third Age; master of Imladris (Rivendell) and keeper of Vilya, the Ring of Air, which he had received from Gil-galad. Called Master Elrond and Elrond Half-elven. The name means ‘Star-dome’. 122, 306, 315, 322, 354-6, 366-75, 37S, Sons of Elrond 377
— The Silmarillionrond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion - roof, arched (sindarin)
rond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion - cavern (sindarin)
Aglarond: ‘The Glittering Cavern’ of Helm's Deep in Ered Nimrais (see The Two Towers III 8). 361
— The Silmarillionhadhod: in Hadhodrond (translation of Khazad-dûm) was a rendering of Khazâd into Sindarin sounds.
— The Silmarillion - delving (sindarin)
Dwarrowdelf ‘Delving of the Dwarves’: translation of Khazad-dûm (Hadhodrond). 104
— The Silmarillion - hall, large with arched roof (sindarin)
rond: meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond ‘star-dome’.
— The Silmarillion
- spray [noun] (sindarin)
ros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillion - spindrift (sindarin)
ros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillion - spray (sindarin)
Rauros: ‘Roaring Spray’, the great falls in the river Anduin. 369
— The Silmarillionros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillion - foam (sindarin)
Elros: Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose to be numbered among Men, and became the first King of Númenor (called Tar-Minyatur), living to a very great age. The name means ‘Star-foam’. 305, 315, 322, 328-32, 336, 354, 360
— The Silmarillionnd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’), and also before r, as Andros ’long-foam’.
— The Lord of the Ringsan(d): ‘long’ in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas (‘Lang-strand’) in Gondor, Cair Andros (’ship of long-foam’) an island in Anduin, and Angerthas ’long rune-rows’.
— The SilmarillionCelebros: ‘Silver Foam’ or ‘Silver Rain’, a stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings. 270
— The Silmarillionros: ‘foam, spindrift, spray’ in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion - rain (sindarin)
Celebros: ‘Silver Foam’ or ‘Silver Rain’, a stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings. 270
— The Silmarillion
- rainy (sindarin)
Dimrost: The falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil; translated in the text as ‘the Rainy Stair’. Afterwards called Nen Girith. 270
— The Silmarillion
- foam (sindarin)
Vingilot: (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). ‘Foam-flower’, the name of Eärendil’s ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
— The Silmarillion - caves (sindarin)
Androth: Caves in the bills of Mithrim where Tuor was fostered by the Grey-elves. 294
— The Silmarillion
rothinzil: (inzil, roth, rothin, zil)
- foam flower (sindarin)
Vingilot: (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). ‘Foam-flower’, the name of Eärendil’s ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
— The Silmarillion - foam flower (adûnaic)
Rothinzil: Adûnaic (Númenórean) name of Eärendil‘s ship Vingilot, with the same meaning, ’Foam-flower’. 319-21
— The Silmarillion
- flame, red (sindarin)
orod: ‘mountain’ in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromët. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc.
— The Silmarillionruin: ‘red flame’ (Quenya runya) in Orodruin.
— The Silmarillion - red flame (sindarin)
ruin: ‘red flame’ (Quenya runya) in Orodruin.
— The Silmarillion - fire, blazing (sindarin)
Orodruin: ‘Mountain of Blazing Fire’ in Mordor, in which Sauron forged the Ruling Ring; called also Amon Amarth ‘Mount Doom’. 357, 363-6
— The Silmarillion
- red flame (quenya)
ruin: ‘red flame’ (Quenya runya) in Orodruin.
— The Silmarillion
- anger (sindarin)
ruth: ‘anger’ in Aranrúth.
— The Silmarillion
- moon (sindarin)
Rána: ‘The Wanderer’, a name of the Moon among the Noldor. 114
— The Silmarillion - moon [proper name] (sindarin)
ran-: ‘wander, stray’ in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
ráto: (arato)
- eminent man (quenya)
ar(a)-: ‘high, noble, royal’ appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato ‘champion, eminent man’, e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran ’king’ in Aranrúth. Ereinion ‘scion of kings’ (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain ‘Norbury of the Kings’ in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
— The Silmarillion
- heir (sindarin)
Eluréd: Elder son of Dior; perished in the attack on Doriath by the sons of Fëanor. The name means the same as Eluchíl. 290, 292
— The Silmarillion
- rememberance (sindarin)
Elurín: Younger son of Dior; perished with his brother Eluréd. The name means ‘Remembrance of Elu (Thingol)’. 290,292
— The Silmarillion
- crowned (sindarin)
Elenrína: ‘Crowned with Stars’, a name of Taniquetil. 32
— The Silmarillion
- east (quenya)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion
- sound of horns (quenya)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion
- sound of horns (quenya)
rom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The Silmarillion - horn (quenya)
Valaróma: The horn of the Vala Oromë. 22, 37, 85, 108-9
— The Silmarillion
- east way (quenya)
men: ‘way’ in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
— The Silmarillion
- ire (sindarin)
Aranrúth: ‘King’s Ire’, the name of Thingol’s sword. Aranrúth survived the ruin of Doriath and was possessed by the Kings of Númenor. 247
— The Silmarillion
- anger (sindarin)
ruth: ‘anger’ in Aranrúth.
— The Silmarillion
- hill (sindarin)
Amon Rûdh: ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil; abode of Mîm, and lair of Túrin’s outlaw band. 246-52, 284
— The Silmarillion - bald (sindarin)
Amon Rûdh: ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil; abode of Mîm, and lair of Túrin’s outlaw band. 246-52, 284
— The Silmarillion
rûn: (rhûn)
- east (sindarin)
romen: ‘uprising, sunrise, east’ (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for ‘east’, rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
— The Silmarillion
- chamber (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- chambers (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
sammath naur: (ath, math, naur, sam, sammath)
- chambers of fire (sindarin)
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion
- opression (quenya)
thong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillion
sand: (thanda)
- shield (quenya)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
sang: (thong)
- opression (quenya)
thong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillion
sanga: (thong)
- opression (quenya)
thong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillion
- grave (sindarin)
Call it not Brethil, not the land of the Halethrim, but Sarch nia Hîn Húrin, Grave of the Children of Húrin!
— Unfinished Tales
sarch nai hîn húrin: (hîn, nai, sarch)
- grave of the children of húrin (sindarin)
Call it not Brethil, not the land of the Halethrim, but Sarch nia Hîn Húrin, Grave of the Children of Húrin!
— Unfinished Tales
- stone (sindarin)
- of stones (sindarin)
Sarn Athrad: ‘Ford of Stones’, where the Dwarf-road from Nogrod and Belegost crossed the river Gelion. 104, 167, 287, 291
— The Silmarillion - stone, small (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The Silmarillionthar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion
- sarn ford (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- stone spikes (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- stone ford (sindarin)
saur: (abhorrent)
- thaur (sindarin)
thaur: ‘abominable, abhorrent’ in Sauron (from Thauron), Gorthaur.
— The Silmarillion
- blood (sindarin)
Seregon: ‘Blood of Stone’, a plant with deep red flowers that grew on Amon Rûdh. 248, 252
— The Silmarillion
- blood (sindarin)
gond: ‘stone’ in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë ‘singing, song’); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen ’Hidden Rock’.
— The SilmarillionSeregon: ‘Blood of Stone’, a plant with deep red flowers that grew on Amon Rûdh. 248, 252
— The Silmarillion
- blood (sindarin)
sereg: ‘blood’ (Quenya serke) in seregon.
— The Silmarillion
- blood (sindarin)
sereg: ‘blood’ (Quenya serke) in seregon.
— The Silmarillion
serni: (sarn)
- stony (sindarin)
sarn: ‘(small) stone’ in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir (‘stone-spikes’: ceber, plural cebir ’stakes’), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
— The Silmarillion
- thil
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
— The Silmarillion - shine, with white or silver light (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion - shine, with white or silver light (quenya)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
silma: (sil)
- moonlight, as a material (quenya)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion
- silmarills, of the (sindarin)
Quenta Silmarillion: ‘The History of the Silmarils.’ 355
— The Silmarillion
- grey (sindarin)
Sindar: ‘The Grey-elves. The name was applied to all the Elves of Telerin origin whom the returning Noldor found in Beleriand, save for the Green-elves of Ossiriand. The Noldor may have devised this name because the first Elves of this origin whom they met with were in the north, under the grey skies and mists about Lake Mithrim (see Mithrim); or perhaps because the Grey-elves were not of the Light (of Valinor) nor yet of the Dark (Avari), but were Elves of the Twilight (58). But it was held to refer to Elwë’s name Thingol (Quenya Sindacollo, Singollo ’Grey-cloak’), since he was acknowledged high king of all the land and its peoples. The Sindar called themselves Edhil, plural Edhel. 22, 32, 58, 103, 108, 120, 125, 133, 137-42, 148, 150, 153-5, 164, 171, 182,188-90, 242, 277, 289, 291, 294, 353
— The SilmarillionGrey-cloak‘, ’Grey-mantle’; see Sindar, Thingol,
— The Silmarillionthin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The SilmarillionSindarin: The Elvish tongue of Beleriand, derived from the common Elvish speech but greatly changed through long ages from Quenya of Valinor; acquired by the Noldorin exiles in Beleriand (see 133, 155). Called also the Grey-elven tongue, the tongue of the Elves of Beleriand, etc. 36, 62-3, 133, 140, 149, 155, 177, 187, 199, 250, 319, 322
— The Silmarillion - grey (quenya)
thin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion
- flow (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion - river (sindarin)
Tol Sirion: Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; after its capture by Sauron named Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 133, 142, 188
— The Silmarillioneithel: ‘well’ in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
— The SilmarillionSirion: ‘The Great River’ flowing from north to south and dividing West from East Beleriand. Passim; see especially 52, 141-2, 145. Falls of Sirion 203, 285. Fens of Sirion 203. Gates of Sirion 146. Havens of Sirion 294, 304-5, 313. Mouths of Sirion 60, 142, 190, 192, 239, 293, 302, 304. Pass of Sirion 135, 141, 182, 193, 215, 234, 237, 260, 265. Vale of Sirion 56, 124, 135, 140, 149, 248, 265, 301
— The Silmarillionsîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The SilmarillionLand of Seven Rivers‘ (these being Gelion and its tributaries flowing down from the Blue Mountains), the land of the Green-elves. Cf. Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4: ’I wandered in Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand. Ah! the light and the music in the Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir!’ See Lindon. 108, 110, 133, 144-8, 167, 170-1, 182, 184, 229, 239, 289-91, 354
— The Silmarillion - stream (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillionannon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- gate-stream (sindarin)
annon: ‘great door or gate’, plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the ’Black Gate’ of Mordor and Sirannon the ‘Gate-stream’ of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - gate stream (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- river, great (sindarin)
Tol Sirion: Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; after its capture by Sauron named Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 133, 142, 188
— The Silmarillion
- flowing (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- eagle (quenya)
thoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The Silmarillion
- eagle (quenya)
thoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The Silmarillion
- bar (root)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales - exclude (root)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
- lands (adûnaic)
These promontories were regarded as separate regions, and they were named Forostar (Northlands), Andustar (Westlands), Hyarnustar (Southwestlands), Hyarrostar (Southeastlands), and Orrostar (Eastlands).
— Unfinished Tales
- river (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- wind (quenya)
sûl: ‘wind’ in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion - wind (sindarin)
sûl: ‘wind’ in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The SilmarillionSúlimo: Name of Manwë, rendered in the Valaquenta as ‘Lord of the Breath of Arda’ (literally ‘the Breather’). 18, 35, 95
— The Silmarillion
- breath (sindarin)
Súlimo: Name of Manwë, rendered in the Valaquenta as ‘Lord of the Breath of Arda’ (literally ‘the Breather’). 18, 35, 95
— The Silmarillion
- breather (sindarin)
Súlimo: Name of Manwë, rendered in the Valaquenta as ‘Lord of the Breath of Arda’ (literally ‘the Breather’). 18, 35, 95
— The Silmarillion
- windy month (quenya)
sûl: ‘wind’ in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- wind (sindarin)
sûl: ‘wind’ in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
— The Silmarillion
- foot (sindarin)
tal: (dal) ‘foot’ in Celebrindal, and with the meaning ‘end’ in Ramdal.
— The Silmarillionceleb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- flat lands (sindarin)
talath: ‘flat lands, plain’ in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
— The Silmarillion - flatlands (sindarin)
talath: ‘flat lands, plain’ in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
— The Silmarillion - vale (sindarin)
Talath Rhunen: ‘The East Vale’, earlier name of Thargelion. 148
— The Silmarillion - plain (sindarin)
talath: ‘flat lands, plain’ in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
— The SilmarillionTalath Dirnen: The Guarded Plain, north of Nargothrond. 176, 203, 208, 252, 258, 261
— The Silmarillion - flatland (sindarin)
talath: ‘flat lands, plain’ in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
— The Silmarillion
talath rhunen: (rhun, rhunen, talath)
- eastern flatlands (sindarin)
talath: ‘flat lands, plain’ in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
— The Silmarillion
- adan (adûnaic)
Tar-Ciryatan: Twelfth King of Númenor ‘the Shipbuilder’. 327
— The Silmarillion - smith (sindarin)
Mahtan: A great smith of the Noldor, father of Nerdanel the wife of Fëanor. 69, 75
— The Silmarillion - atan (adûnaic)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion
- high (adûnaic)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The SilmarillionTar-Atanamir: Thirteenth King of Númenor, to whom the Messengers of the Valar came. 327-8
— The SilmarillionTar-Calion: Quenya name of Ar-Pharazôn. 333, 359
— The SilmarillionTar-Elendil: Fourth King of Númenor, father of Silmarien, from whom Elendil was descended. 331
— The SilmarillionTar-Ciryatan: Twelfth King of Númenor ‘the Shipbuilder’. 327
— The Silmarilliontur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillionpalan: (Quenya) ‘far and wide’ in Palantíri, Tar-Palantir.
— The SilmarillionTar-Ancalimon: Fourteenth King of Númenor, in whose time the Númenóreans became divided into opposed parties. 328
— The SilmarillionTar-Minyatur: Name of Elros Half-elven as first King of Númenor. 336
— The Silmarillionkir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The SilmarillionSee Míriel (2).
— The SilmarillionTar-Minastir: Eleventh King of Númenor, who aided Gil-galad against Sauron. 329-30, 332
— The Silmarilliontir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillionmîr: ‘jewel’ (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
— The Silmarillion - high (sindarin)
Taras: Mountain on a promontory of Nevrast; beneath it was Vinyamar, the dwelling of Turgon before he went to Gondolin. 140, 295
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillion - high (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion - king (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillion
tar-ciryatan: (cir, cirya, ciryatan, tan, tar, ya)
- high shipwright (adûnaic)
kir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The Silmarillion
tara: (tar)
- lofty (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion
- height (sindarin)
Taras: Mountain on a promontory of Nevrast; beneath it was Vinyamar, the dwelling of Turgon before he went to Gondolin. 140, 295
— The Silmarillion
tari: (tar)
- queen (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion - she that is high (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion
- pillar (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The Silmarillion - pillar (sindarin)
Meneltarma: ‘Pillar of Heaven’, the mountain in the midst of Númenor, upon whose summit was the Hallow of Eru Ilúvatar. 322-4, 329, 332-3, 336, 343, 345, 348
— The Silmarillion
- willow (sindarin)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion - willow (quenya)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
- willow (sindarin)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
- willows (quenya)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
- willow (sindarin)
Nan-Tathren: ‘Willow-vale’, translated as ’the Land of Willows’, where the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan; Nan-tasarion. 142, 239, 301-2
— The Silmarillion
- willow (sindarin)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
tathren: (ren)
- willows, of (sindarin)
Nan-Tathren: ‘Willow-vale’, translated as ’the Land of Willows’, where the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard’s song in The Two Towers III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan; Nan-tasarion. 142, 239, 301-2
— The Silmarillion - willow, of (sindarin)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion - willow [adjective] (sindarin)
tathar: ‘willow’; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
— The Silmarillion
- forest (sindarin)
duin: ‘(long) river’ in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
— The SilmarillionTauron: ‘The Forester’ (translated in the Valaquenta ‘Lord of Forests’), a name of Oromë among the Sindar. Cf. Aldaron. 22
— The SilmarillionLater name of Dorthonion: ‘the Forest under Night’. Cf. Deldúwath. 186, 206, 212, 215-6, 221, 223, 245, 253-6
— The SilmarillionTaur-Im-Duinath: ‘The Forest between Rivers’, name of the wild country south of the Andram between Sirion and Gelion. 147, 184
— The Silmarillionfuin: ‘gloom, darkness’ (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarilliontaur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The SilmarillionTaur-En-Faroth: The wooded highlands to the west of the river Narog above Nargothrond; also called the High Faroth. 134, 145, 203
— The Silmarillion - wood (forest) (sindarin)
taur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion - wood (sindarin)
taur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion
taur-im-duinath: (ath, duin, im, taur)
- forest of the rivers (sindarin)
taur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion
- wood (forest) (quenya)
taur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion - forest (quenya)
taur: ‘wood, forest’ (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
— The Silmarillion
- finish (quenya)
tel-: ‘finish, end, be last’ in Teleri.
— The Silmarillion - end (quenya)
tel-: ‘finish, end, be last’ in Teleri.
— The Silmarillion - be last (quenya)
tel-: ‘finish, end, be last’ in Teleri.
— The Silmarillion - last (quenya)
tel-: ‘finish, end, be last’ in Teleri.
— The Silmarillion
telep: (silver)
- silver (telerin)
It is only of course in the late version that Celeborn appears with a High-elven, rather than Sindarin, name: Teleporno. This is stated to be actually Telerin in form; the ancient stem of the Elvish word for “silver” was kyelep-, becoming celeb in Sindarin, telep-, telpe in Telerin, and tyelep-, tyelpe in Quenya. But in Quenya the form telpe became usual, through the influence of Telerin; for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor. Thus Telperion was more commonly used than Tyelperion as the name of the White Tree of Valinor. (Alatáriel was also Telerin; its Quenya form was Altáriel.)
— Unfinished Tales - silver (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- silver tree (telerin)
It is only of course in the late version that Celeborn appears with a High-elven, rather than Sindarin, name: Teleporno. This is stated to be actually Telerin in form; the ancient stem of the Elvish word for “silver” was kyelep-, becoming celeb in Sindarin, telep-, telpe in Telerin, and tyelep-, tyelpe in Quenya. But in Quenya the form telpe became usual, through the influence of Telerin; for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor. Thus Telperion was more commonly used than Tyelperion as the name of the White Tree of Valinor. (Alatáriel was also Telerin; its Quenya form was Altáriel.)
— Unfinished Tales
- silver (telerin)
It is only of course in the late version that Celeborn appears with a High-elven, rather than Sindarin, name: Teleporno. This is stated to be actually Telerin in form; the ancient stem of the Elvish word for “silver” was kyelep-, becoming celeb in Sindarin, telep-, telpe in Telerin, and tyelep-, tyelpe in Quenya. But in Quenya the form telpe became usual, through the influence of Telerin; for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor. Thus Telperion was more commonly used than Tyelperion as the name of the White Tree of Valinor. (Alatáriel was also Telerin; its Quenya form was Altáriel.)
— Unfinished Tales - silver (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
telper: (telpe)
- silver (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
telperinquar: (quar, rin, telpe)
- silver fist (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
telperion: (ion, per, rion, tel, telpe, telper)
- silver (quenya)
celeb: ‘silver’ (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means ‘silver-fist’, from the adjective celebrin ’silver’ (meaning not ‘made of silver’ but ‘like silver, in hue or worth’) and paur (Quenya quare) ’fist’ often used to mean ‘hand’ the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal ’foot’.
— The Silmarillion
- thaur (sindarin)
The Witch-king had now a clearer understanding of the matter. He had known something of the country long ago, in his wars with the Dûnedain, and especially of the Tyrn Gothad of Cardolan, now the Barrow-downs, whose evil wights had been sent there by himself.
— Unfinished TalesIt is said that the mounds of Tyrn Gorthad, as the Barrowdowns were called of old…
— The Lord of the RingsA remnant of the faithful among the Dûnedain of Cardolan also held out in Tyrn Gorthad (the Barrowdowns)
— The Lord of the Rings
- strong (sindarin)
Strongbow: Translation of Cúthalion, name of Beleg.
— The SilmarillionSteadfast, Strong'; see Húrin.
— The SilmarillionStrongbow'; see Beleg.
— The Silmarillion - steadfast (sindarin)
Steadfast, Strong'; see Húrin.
— The Silmarillion
- strong (sindarin)
thalion: ‘strong, dauntless’ in Cúthalion, Thalion.
— The SilmarillionStrongbow: Translation of Cúthalion, name of Beleg.
— The Silmarillioncú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The SilmarillionBeleg: A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’; friend and companion of Túrin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278
— The SilmarillionStrongbow'; see Beleg.
— The Silmarillion - dauntless (sindarin)
thalion: ‘strong, dauntless’ in Cúthalion, Thalion.
— The Silmarillion
- shield (sindarin)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales - thong (sindarin)
thong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillion
- forked (sindarin)
Orthanc: ‘Forked Height’, the Númenórean tower in the Circle of Isengard. 361-2, 372
— The Silmarillion
- shield (root)
Thangail shield-fence was the name of this formation in Sindarin, the normal spoken language of Elendil's people; its official name in Quenya was sandastan shield-barrier, derived from primitive thanda shield and stama- bar, exclude. The Sindarin word used a different second element: cail, a fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes. This, in primitive form kegle, was derived from a stem keg- snag, barb, seen also in the primitive word kegya hedge, whence Sindarin cai (cf. the Morgai in Mordor).
— Unfinished Tales
thang: (opression)
- tyranny (sindarin)
Thangorodrim: ‘Mountains of Tyranny’, reared by Morgoth above Angband; broken down in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age. 90, 109, 125-8, 136,139-40, 180-3, 215, 221, 232, 234, 240, 254, 312, 320, 353-4, 364
— The Silmarillion - opression (sindarin)
dûr: ‘dark’ in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
— The Silmarillion - thong (sindarin)
thong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillion
- across (sindarin)
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion - athwart (sindarin)
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion - cross
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion - beyond (sindarin)
Thargelion: ‘The Land beyond Gelion’, between Mount Rerir and the river Ascar, where Caranthir dwelt; called also Dor Caranthir and Talath Rhunen. 148, 158, 171, 174, 184
— The Silmarillion - cross (sindarin)
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion
- cross
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion
thara-pata: (pata, thar, thara)
- crossway
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion
- crossway (sindarin)
thar-: ‘athwart, across’ in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
— The Silmarillion
- abhorrent (sindarin)
thaur: ‘abominable, abhorrent’ in Sauron (from Thauron), Gorthaur.
— The Silmarillion - abominable (sindarin)
thaur: ‘abominable, abhorrent’ in Sauron (from Thauron), Gorthaur.
— The Silmarillion
- silver (sindarin)
brethil: probably means ‘silver birch’; cf. Nimbrethil the birchwoods in Arvernien, and Fimbrethil, one of the Entwives.
— The Silmarillion - moon [proper name] (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion - shine, with white or silver light (sindarin)
sil-: (and variant thil-) ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
— The Silmarillion - radiance (sindarin)
Belthil: ‘Divine radiance’, the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151
— The Silmarillion
- grey (sindarin)
thin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion
- grey (sindarin)
thin(d): ‘grey’ in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo ‘cloak’).
— The Silmarillion
thir: (sir)
- flow (sindarin)
sîr: ‘river’, from root sir- ’flow’, in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral ’seven’, Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the ’Gate-stream’ of Moria) and Sirith (‘a flowing’, as tirith ’watching’ from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath ‘between the rivers’, the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion ’vale of dim streams’, the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
— The Silmarillion
- helm (sindarin)
thôl: ‘helm’ in Dor Cúarthol, Gorthol.
— The SilmarillionGorthol: ‘Dread Helm’, the name that Túrin took as one of the Two Captains in the land of Dor-Cúarthol. 252
— The SilmarillionDor Cúarthol: ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh. 252
— The Silmarillion
- tree, pine (sindarin)
thon: ‘pine-tree’ in Dorthonion.
— The Silmarillion - pine (sindarin)
Dorthonion: ‘Land of Pines’, the great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards called Taur-nu-Fuin. Cf. Tree-beard’s song in The Two Towers III 4: ’To the pine-trees upon the highland of Dorthonion I climbed in the Winter...’ 52, 109, 124, 130, 135-7, 141-4, 146-8, 172, 177, 181-4, 186, 194-7, 231
— The Silmarillionthon: ‘pine-tree’ in Dorthonion.
— The Silmarillion
- root (sindarin)
ng remained unchanged except finally where it became the simple nasal (as in English sing). nd became nn usually, as Ennor ‘Middle-earth’, Q. Endóre; but remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables such as thond ’root’ (cf. Morthond ‘Blackroot’).
— The Lord of the Rings
- opression (sindarin)
thong: ‘oppression’ in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant ‘press, throng’, whence Sangahyando ’Throng-cleaver’, name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
— The Silmarillion
- helm (sindarin)
cú: ‘bow’ in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
— The Silmarillion
- eagle (sindarin)
Cirith Thoronath: Eagles‘ Cleft’, a high pass in the mountains north of Gondolin, where Glorfindel fought with a Balrog and fell into the abyss. 301
— The Silmarillion
thoron: (soron)
- eagle (sindarin)
thoron: ‘eagle’ in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
— The Silmarillionkir-: ‘cut, cleave’ in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense ‘pass swiftly through’ was derived Quenya círya ‘sharp-prowed ship’ (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
— The SilmarillionCirith Thoronath: Eagles‘ Cleft’, a high pass in the mountains north of Gondolin, where Glorfindel fought with a Balrog and fell into the abyss. 301
— The Silmarillion
thorond: (soron)
- eagle (sindarin)
Thorondor: ‘King of Eagles’. Cf. The Return of the King VI 4: ’Old Thorondor, who built his eyries in the inaccessible peaks of the Encircling Mountains when Middle-earth was young’. See Crissaegrim. 129, 149, 186, 191, 221, 281, 297, 301, 312
— The Silmarillion
- helm (sindarin)
thôl: ‘helm’ in Dor Cúarthol, Gorthol.
— The Silmarillion
- peak (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - horn (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion - point (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- the horned (sindarin)
til: ‘point, horn’ in Taniquetil, Tilion (‘the Horned’); also in Celebdil ’Silvertine’, one of the Mountains of Moria.
— The Silmarillion
- sparkle (sindarin)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion - sparkle (quenya)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion
- daughter of twilight (quenya)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion
- stary twilight (quenya)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion
tinta: (tin)
- sparkle (quenya)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion
- spark (quenya)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion
- twilight (quenya)
The name that Beren gave to Lúthien: a poetic word for the nightingale, ‘Daughter of Twilight’. See Lúthien.
— The Silmarillion
tinúviel: (iel, tin, tinúv, úv)
- daughter of twilight (sindarin)
tin-: ‘sparkle’ (Quenya tinta ‘cause to sparkle’, tinwe ’spark’) in Tintallë; also in tindómë ’starry twilight’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel ‘daughter of the twilight’, a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin ’starmoon’, the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
— The Silmarillion - nigtingale (quenya)
The name that Beren gave to Lúthien: a poetic word for the nightingale, ‘Daughter of Twilight’. See Lúthien.
— The Silmarillion
- watch (quenya)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - watch (adûnaic)
palan: (Quenya) ‘far and wide’ in Palantíri, Tar-Palantir.
— The Silmarilliontir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - watch over (sindarin)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - watch (sindarin)
Minas Tirith: ‘Tower of Watch’, built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion; see Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 142, 187-9, 251
— The SilmarillionTirion: ‘Great Watch-tower’, the city of the Elves on the hill of Túna in Aman. 62, 65-7, 74-5, 77-8, 83, 91, 94-6, 117, 134-5, 149-52, 205, 297, 307, 361
— The SilmarillionMinas Tirith: Later name of Minas Anor. 297. Called the City of Gondor. 377
— The Silmarilliontir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The SilmarillionElostirion: Tallest of the towers upon Emyn Beraid, in which the palantir was placed. 362
— The Silmarillion
- watch, of (sindarin)
Elostirion: Tallest of the towers upon Emyn Beraid, in which the palantir was placed. 362
— The Silmarillion - watcher (quenya)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion
- of watch (sindarin)
Minas Tirith: ‘Tower of Watch’, built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion; see Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 142, 187-9, 251
— The SilmarillionMinas Tirith: Later name of Minas Anor. 297. Called the City of Gondor. 377
— The Silmarillion - watch, of the (sindarin)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion - watch (sindarin)
minas: ‘tower’ in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya ‘first’ (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
— The Silmarillion - watch [gerund] (sindarin)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion
- isle (sindarin)
Tol Sirion: Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; after its capture by Sauron named Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 133, 142, 188
— The SilmarillionTol Galen: ‘The Green Isle’ in the river Adurant in Ossiriand, where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 147, 229, 290
— The SilmarillionTol Eressëa: ‘The Lonely Isle’ (also simply Eressëa), on which the Vanyar and the Noldor and afterwards the Teleri were drawn across the ocean by Ulmo, and which was at last rooted in the Bay of Eldamar near to the coasts of Aman. On Eressëa the Teleri long remained before they went to Alqualondë; and there dwelt many of the Noldor and the Sindar after the ending of the First Age. 50, 60-2, 64, 118, 306, 310, 315, 321, 324, 331, 345, 349, 355, 362
— The Silmarillionhoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The SilmarillionTol Morwen: Island in the sea after the drowning of Beleriand on which stood the memorial stone of Túrin, Nienor, and Morwen. 284
— The SilmarillionTol in Gaurhoth: ‘Isle of Werewolves’, name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210
— The Silmarillioncalen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The SilmarillionThere the River flows in stony vale amid high moors, until at last after many leagues it comes to the tall island of the Tindrock, that we call Tol Brandir.
— The Lord of the Rings - isle, with sheer sides (sindarin)
tol: ‘isle’ (rising with sheer sides from the sea or from a river) in Tol Eressëa, Tol Galen, etc.
— The Silmarillion - island (sindarin)
gaur: werewolf (from a root ngwaw- ‘howl’) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
— The Silmarillion - isle, with sheer sides (quenya)
tol: ‘isle’ (rising with sheer sides from the sea or from a river) in Tol Eressëa, Tol Galen, etc.
— The Silmarillion
- isle of the shore (sindarin)
- green isle (sindarin)
tol: ‘isle’ (rising with sheer sides from the sea or from a river) in Tol Eressëa, Tol Galen, etc.
— The SilmarillionTol Galen: ‘The Green Isle’ in the river Adurant in Ossiriand, where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 147, 229, 290
— The Silmarillioncalen: (galen) the usual Sindarin word for ‘green’, in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen (’Green Sward’) beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin (’Green Ridges’) in Gondor. See kal-.
— The Silmarillion
- isle of the dark lady (sindarin)
Tol Morwen: Island in the sea after the drowning of Beleriand on which stood the memorial stone of Túrin, Nienor, and Morwen. 284
— The Silmarillion
tol sirion: (ion, sir, sirion, tol)
- isle of the dark lady (sindarin)
Tol Sirion: Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; after its capture by Sauron named Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 133, 142, 188
— The Silmarillion
tol-in-gaurhoth: (gaur, gaurhoth, hoth, in, tol)
- island of the werewolf hordes (sindarin)
gaur: werewolf (from a root ngwaw- ‘howl’) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
— The Silmarillion - isle of the werewolf host (sindarin)
hoth: ‘host, horde’ (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth ‘din-horde’, a name for Orcs.
— The Silmarillion - isle of the werewolves (sindarin)
Tol in Gaurhoth: ‘Isle of Werewolves’, name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210
— The Silmarillion
- lair (sindarin)
- spider's lair (sindarin)
- valley (quenya)
tum: ‘valley’ in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard‘s tumbalemorna ’lack deep valley’. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udûn (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog ’Flame of Udûn’), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths.
— The Silmarillion - wide (sindarin)
Tumhalad: Valley in the land between the rivers Ginglith and Narog, where the host of Nargothrond was defeated. 261
— The SilmarillionThe Wide Valley', the hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains in the midst of which stood the city of Gondolin. (Tumladen was afterwards the name of a valley in Gondor: The Return of the King V 1). 135, 149, 160, 191, 221, 296, 301
— The Silmarillion - valley (sindarin)
tum: ‘valley’ in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard‘s tumbalemorna ’lack deep valley’. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udûn (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog ’Flame of Udûn’), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths.
— The Silmarillion
tumbelamorna: (a, bel, morn, morna, tum)
- lack deep valley (quenya)
tum: ‘valley’ in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard‘s tumbalemorna ’lack deep valley’. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udûn (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog ’Flame of Udûn’), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths.
— The Silmarillion
- mastery
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - power
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - master
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - master (sindarin)
Turambar: ‘Master of Doom’, the last name taken by Túrin, during his days in the Forest of Brethil. 266, 270-80, 284
— The Silmarillionamarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion - master (quenya)
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillionamarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion - master (adûnaic)
Tar-Minyatur: Name of Elros Half-elven as first King of Númenor. 336
— The Silmarilliontur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion
- master of doom (sindarin)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion
- master of doom (quenya)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion
- masters (quenya)
fea: ‘spirit’ in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
— The Silmarillion - masters
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion - masters (sindarin)
Fëanturi: ‘Masters of Spirits’, the Valar Námo (Mandos) and Irmo (Lórien). 21
— The Silmarillion
- silver (quenya)
It is only of course in the late version that Celeborn appears with a High-elven, rather than Sindarin, name: Teleporno. This is stated to be actually Telerin in form; the ancient stem of the Elvish word for “silver” was kyelep-, becoming celeb in Sindarin, telep-, telpe in Telerin, and tyelep-, tyelpe in Quenya. But in Quenya the form telpe became usual, through the influence of Telerin; for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor. Thus Telperion was more commonly used than Tyelperion as the name of the White Tree of Valinor. (Alatáriel was also Telerin; its Quenya form was Altáriel.)
— Unfinished Tales
- torn (sindarin)
The Witch-king had now a clearer understanding of the matter. He had known something of the country long ago, in his wars with the Dûnedain, and especially of the Tyrn Gothad of Cardolan, now the Barrow-downs, whose evil wights had been sent there by himself.
— Unfinished TalesIt is said that the mounds of Tyrn Gorthad, as the Barrowdowns were called of old…
— The Lord of the RingsA remnant of the faithful among the Dûnedain of Cardolan also held out in Tyrn Gorthad (the Barrowdowns)
— The Lord of the Rings
- queen (quenya)
tar-: ‘high’ (Quenya tara ‘lofty’), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tari ’she that is high, Queen’ in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma ‘pillar’ in Meneltarma.
— The SilmarillionKementári: ‘Queen of the Earth’, a title of Yavanna. 21, 33-5, 44
— The SilmarillionElentári: ‘Star-Queen’, a name of Varda as maker of the Stars. She is called thus in Galadriel’s lament in Lórien, The Fellowship of the Ring II 8. Cf. Elbereth, Tintallë. 48
— The Silmarillion
- watch (quenya)
tir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion - watch (sindarin)
Palantíri: ‘Those that watch from afar’, the seven Seeing Stones brought by Elendil and his sons from Númenor; made by Fëanor in Aman (see 69, and The Two Towers III 11). 342, 362
— The Silmarillion
- watchers (quenya)
palan: (Quenya) ‘far and wide’ in Palantíri, Tar-Palantir.
— The Silmarilliontir: ‘watch, watch over’ in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
— The Silmarillion
túr: (tur)
- master (quenya)
amarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
— The Silmarillion - master
tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
— The Silmarillion
- mound (sindarin)
Tûr Haretha: The burial-mound of the Lady Haleth in the Forest of Brethil (see Haudh-en-Arwen). 176
— The Silmarillion
- ill (quenya)
tum: ‘valley’ in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard‘s tumbalemorna ’lack deep valley’. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udûn (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog ’Flame of Udûn’), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths.
— The Silmarillion - ill (sindarin)
tum: ‘valley’ in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard‘s tumbalemorna ’lack deep valley’. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udûn (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog ’Flame of Udûn’), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths.
— The Silmarillion
- deep hidden (sindarin)
- of (sindarin)
- lady (sindarin)
Uinen: A Maia, the Lady of the Seas, spouse of Ossë. 24, 36, 60, 98
— The Silmarillion - [month] (sindarin)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion
- even (sindarin)
nen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
— The Silmarillion - twilight (sindarin)
Aelin-uial: ‘Meres of Twilight’, where Aros flowed into Sirion. 133,145, 203, 267, 285
— The Silmarillionaelin: ‘lake, pool’ in Aelin-uial; cf. lin (2).
— The SilmarillionNenuial: ‘Lake of Twilight’, in Eriador, where the river Baranduin rose, and beside which the city of Annúminas was built. 361
— The SilmarillionSee Aelin-uial.
— The Silmarillionuial: ‘twilight’ in Aelin-uial, Nenuial.
— The Silmarillion
uin: (duin)
- river (sindarin)
- doom (quenya)
- spider (sindarin)
Ungoliant: The great spider, destroyer with Melkor of the Trees of Valinor. Shelob in The Lord of the Rings was ‘the last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world’ (The Two Towers IV 9). 79-80, 84, 85, 88-90, 100, 109, 116, 144, 157,198,307
— The Silmarillion
- heat
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion - heat (quenya)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion - be hot
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion - hot (quenya)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion - hot (sindarin)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion - riser (sindarin)
Melkor: The Quenya name for the great rebellious Vala, the beginning of evil, in his origin the mightiest of the Ainur; afterwards named Morgoth, Bauglir, the Dark Lord, the Enemy, etc. The meaning of Melkor was ‘He who arises in Might’ the Sindarin form was Belegur, but it was never used, save in a deliberately altered form Belegurth ’Great Death’. Passim (after the rape of the Silmarils usually called Morgoth); see especially 4-5, 8, 25, 50, 51, 70-1, 90-2, 117, 251, 320
— The Silmarillion
- death (sindarin)
Melkor: The Quenya name for the great rebellious Vala, the beginning of evil, in his origin the mightiest of the Ainur; afterwards named Morgoth, Bauglir, the Dark Lord, the Enemy, etc. The meaning of Melkor was ‘He who arises in Might’ the Sindarin form was Belegur, but it was never used, save in a deliberately altered form Belegurth ’Great Death’. Passim (after the rape of the Silmarils usually called Morgoth); see especially 4-5, 8, 25, 50, 51, 70-1, 90-2, 117, 251, 320
— The Silmarillion
- ever hot (sindarin)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion
- hot dragon (quenya)
ur-: heat, be hot‘ in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure ’sunlight, day’ (cf. Fingon‘s cry ’before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
— The Silmarillion
- of (quenya)
Mindon Eldalieva: ‘Lofty Tower of the Eldalië’, the tower of Ingwë in the city of Tirion; also simply the Mindon. 62,76,91,96,100
— The Silmarillion
- power (sindarin)
Valmar: The city of the Valar in Valinor; the name also occurs in the form Valimar. In Galadriel's lament in Lórien (The Fellowship of the Ring II 8) Valimar is made equivalent to Valinor. 21-3, 33, 51, 57, 64, 70, 76-9, 82-4, 94, 117, 227-8, 307-8
— The SilmarillionValinor: The land of the Valar in Aman, beyond the mountains of the Pelóri; also called the Guarded Realm. Passim; see especially 32-3, 117
— The Silmarillion - power (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionbar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - power, those with (quenya)
Valar: ‘Those with Power’, ’The Powers’ (singular Vala); name given to those great Ainur who entered into Eä at the beginning of Time, and assumed the function of guarding and governing Arda. Called also the Great Ones, the Rulers of Arda, the Lords of the West, the Lords of Valinor. Passim; see especially 10-12, 37, 81-2, and see also Ainur, Aratar.
— The Silmarillion - powers, queens of (quenya)
Valier: ‘The Queens of the Valar’ (singular Valie); a term used only in the Valaquenta. 18, 20, 23
— The Silmarillion
- might (quenya)
Valaraukar: ‘Demons of Might’ (singular Valarauko), Quenya form corresponding to Sindarin Balrog. 26
— The Silmarillion - valar, the powers (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion - power (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The SilmarillionValar: ‘Those with Power’, ’The Powers’ (singular Vala); name given to those great Ainur who entered into Eä at the beginning of Time, and assumed the function of guarding and governing Arda. Called also the Great Ones, the Rulers of Arda, the Lords of the West, the Lords of Valinor. Passim; see especially 10-12, 37, 81-2, and see also Ainur, Aratar.
— The Silmarillionrauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion - powers (quenya)
Valaquenta: ‘Account of the Valar’, a short work treated as a separate entity from The Silmarillion proper.
— The Silmarillionquen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillionrom-: A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bëme ‘trumpet’.
— The SilmarillionValacirca: ‘The Sickle of the Valar’, name of the constellation of the Great Bear. 48, 211
— The Silmarillion
valacirca: (ca, cir, circa, val, vala)
- sickle of the valar (quenya)
Valacirca: ‘The Sickle of the Valar’, name of the constellation of the Great Bear. 48, 211
— The Silmarillion
- land of the valar (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
valaquenta: (que, quen, quenta, val, vala)
- account of the valar (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The SilmarillionValaquenta: ‘Account of the Valar’, a short work treated as a separate entity from The Silmarillion proper.
— The Silmarillionquen-: (quet-) ‘say, speak’ in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo ‘speak’ in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf‘s words before the gate, lasto beth lammen ’listen to the words of my tongue’, where beth ’word’ corresponds to Quenya quetta.
— The Silmarillion - demon power (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- powers (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The SilmarillionValar: ‘Those with Power’, ’The Powers’ (singular Vala); name given to those great Ainur who entered into Eä at the beginning of Time, and assumed the function of guarding and governing Arda. Called also the Great Ones, the Rulers of Arda, the Lords of the West, the Lords of Valinor. Passim; see especially 10-12, 37, 81-2, and see also Ainur, Aratar.
— The Silmarillion - those with power (quenya)
Valar: ‘Those with Power’, ’The Powers’ (singular Vala); name given to those great Ainur who entered into Eä at the beginning of Time, and assumed the function of guarding and governing Arda. Called also the Great Ones, the Rulers of Arda, the Lords of the West, the Lords of Valinor. Passim; see especially 10-12, 37, 81-2, and see also Ainur, Aratar.
— The Silmarillion
valaraukar: (kar, rau, raukar, val, vala)
- demon power (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionrauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion - demons of might (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The SilmarillionValaraukar: ‘Demons of Might’ (singular Valarauko), Quenya form corresponding to Sindarin Balrog. 26
— The Silmarillionrauko: ‘demon’ in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion
- demons of might (quenya)
Valarauko: ‘Demons of Might’ (singular Valarauko), Quenya form corresponding to Sindarin Balrog. 26
— The Silmarillion
- power (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionbar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarilliondôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- queens of the valar (quenya)
Valier: ‘The Queens of the Valar’ (singular Valie); a term used only in the Valaquenta. 18, 20, 23
— The Silmarillion
valimar: (imar, mar, val, vali)
- home of the powers (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionbar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - home (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
- home of the powers (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillion - land of power (sindarin)
Valinor: The land of the Valar in Aman, beyond the mountains of the Pelóri; also called the Guarded Realm. Passim; see especially 32-3, 117
— The Silmarillion
- of valinor (quenya)
Nurtalë Valinóreva: ‘The Hiding of Valinor’. 118
— The Silmarillion
- people of the valar (quenya)
dôr: ‘land’ (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning ‘people’ in origin Valinórë was strictly ’the people of the Valar’, but Valandor ’the land of the Valar’, and similarly Númen(n)órë ’people of the West’, but Númendor ’land of the West’. Quenya Endor ’Middle-earth’ was from ened ‘middle’ and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath ‘middle lands’ in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
— The Silmarillion
- valinor (quenya)
Nurtalë Valinóreva: ‘The Hiding of Valinor’. 118
— The Silmarillion
- home of the powers (quenya)
val-: ‘power’ in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
— The Silmarillionbar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - home of the powers (sindarin)
Valmar: The city of the Valar in Valinor; the name also occurs in the form Valimar. In Galadriel's lament in Lórien (The Fellowship of the Ring II 8) Valimar is made equivalent to Valinor. 21-3, 33, 51, 57, 64, 70, 76-9, 82-4, 94, 117, 227-8, 307-8
— The Silmarillion
veleg: (beleg)
- big (sindarin)
It was said that when ‘in ancient days’ some giants were building the White Mountains as a wall to keep Men out of their land by the Sea, one of them called Tarlang tripped and fell on his face and as he was carrying a heavy load of rocks on his head he broke his neck and was killed. The other giants used his body to complete the wall at that point, but left his heck lying southward, leading to the three mountains of the spur: Dol Tarlang ‘Tarlang’s Head’, Cûl Veleg ’Bigload’ and Cûl Bîn ‘Little Load.’ The break in his neck was shown by a depression in the ridge, near the junction with Tarlang‘s Head, over which the road went. In consequence the Tarlang was called Achad Tarlang using another word for ’neck’ (Q[uenya] axo), properly referring only to the bony vertebral part and not including the throat, this was generally called in the vernacular C[ommon] S[peech] Tarlang's Neck.
— A Reader's Companion
vin: (vinya)
- new (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
- spray (quenya)
wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
— The Silmarillion - foam (sindarin)
Vingilot: (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). ‘Foam-flower’, the name of Eärendil’s ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
— The Silmarillion
- spray (quenya)
wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
— The Silmarillion
vingilot: (ilot, lot, vin, ving, vingi)
- flower foam (quenya)
wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
— The Silmarillion - foam flower (sindarin)
Vingilot: (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). ‘Foam-flower’, the name of Eärendil’s ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
— The Silmarillion
vingilótë: (lótë, ving, vingi)
- foam flower (quenya)
Vingilot: (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). ‘Foam-flower’, the name of Eärendil’s ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
— The Silmarillion
- new (sindarin)
Vinyamar: The house of Turgon in Nevrast under Mount Taras. The meaning is probably ‘New Dwelling’. 135, 141, 150, 155, 295-7
— The Silmarillion - new (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
- new home (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion - home (quenya)
bar: ‘dwelling’ in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbar (Quenya mar, Sindarin bar) meant the ‘home’ both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means ‘sad, gloomy’), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means ’devoted to the house’ (i.e. of the Kings).
— The Silmarillion
vorn: (morn)
- black (sindarin)
Helevorn: ‘Black Glass’, a lake in the north of Thargelion, below Mount Rerir, where Caranthir dwelt. 132, 148, 184
— The Silmarillionkal‘: ’(gal-) This root, meaning ’shine’, appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree’, although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata ’radiance’ (Sindarin galad) and riel ‘garlanded maiden’ (from a root rig- ‘twine, wreathe’): the whole meaning ’maiden crowned with a radiant garland’, referring to her hair. calen (galen) ’green’ is etymologically ‘bright’, and derives from this root; see also aglar.
— The Silmarillionkheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
— The Silmarillion
- waste (geography) (sindarin)
- gwaith (sindarin)
- land (sindarin)
- folk (sindarin)
gwaith: ‘people’ in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
— The Silmarillion
- shadow, of dim light (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
— The Silmarillion - shadow (sindarin)
Deldúwath: One of the later names of Dorthonion (Taur-nu-Fuin), meaning ‘Horror of Night-shadow’. 186
— The Silmarillion - gwath (sindarin)
del: horror* in Deldúwath; deloth ‘abhorrence’ in Dor Daedeloth.
— The Silmarillion
- [woman] (sindarin)
mor: ‘dark’ in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
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êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
— The SilmarillionTol Morwen: Island in the sea after the drowning of Beleriand on which stood the memorial stone of Túrin, Nienor, and Morwen. 284
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Haudh-en-Arwen: ‘The Ladybarrow’, the burial-mound of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. 176
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wen: ‘maiden’ is a frequent ending, as in Eärwen, Morwen.
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weth: (wath)
- shadow (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
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wethrin: (wath)
- of shadow (sindarin)
Ered Wethrin: ‘The Mountains of Shadow’, ’The Shadowy Mountains’, the great curving range bordering Dor-nu-Fauglith (Ard-galen) on the west and forming the barrier between Hithlum and West Beleriand. 123-5, 127, 133, 137, 140-1, 150, 171, 182-3, 193, 206, 212, 232, 234, 238, 249, 254, 256, 261, 278, 281, 295
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gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
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- butterfly (sindarin)
Wilwarin: Name of a constellation. The word meant ‘butterfly’ in Quenya, and the constellation was perhaps Cassiopeia. 48
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- wine (sindarin)
- spray (quenya)
wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
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wing: ‘foam, spray’ in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
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Elwing: Daughter of Dior, who escaping from Doriath with the Silmaril wedded Eärendil at the Mouths of Sirion and went with him to Valinor; mother of Elrond and Elros. The name means ‘Star-spray’; see Lanlhir Lamath. 122, 178, 291-3, 302, 304-10, 315
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- [name suffix] (quenya)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
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Manwë: The chief of the Valar, called also Súlimo, the Elder King, the Ruler of Arda. Passim; see especially 11, 18-9, 35, 70, 129
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- wath (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
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- wath (sindarin)
gwalh, wath: ‘shadow’ in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, Thuringwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint ‘dark shapes’.)
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- ring of
nár: ‘fire’ in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro ‘Sharp Flame’ or ‘Fell Fire’) and Fëanor (Feanaro ’Spirit of Fire’). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
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Narya: One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Fire or the Red Ring; borne by Círdan and afterwards by Mithrandir. 357, 370, 378
— The SilmarillionNenya: One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Water, borne by Galadriel; also called the Ring of Adamant, 357, 370
— The Silmarillionnen: ‘water’, used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn ’wet’ in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
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tur: ‘power, mastery’ in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-Minyatur.
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- [people] (sindarin)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
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Name given to those Elves who went on the westward Journey from Cuiviénen but did not reach Aman: ‘Those not of Aman’, beside Amanyar ’Those of Aman’. 54, 58
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- fruit (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
— The Silmarillionyave: ‘fruit’ (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie ‘autumn’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
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Yavanna: ‘Giver of fruits’; one of the Valier, numbered among the Aratar; the spouse of Aulë; called also Kementári See especially 20-1. 18, 20-3, 29-30, 33-5, 43-7, 57, 62, 82, 86-8, 90, 103, 113-4, 120, 321, 324, 362
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- gift of fruit (quenya)
anna: ‘gift’ in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor ‘Land of Gift’.
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- fruit (quenya)
yave: ‘fruit’ (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie ‘autumn’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
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- autumn (quenya)
yave: ‘fruit’ (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie ‘autumn’ (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
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- mere (khuzdûl)
kheliek-: ‘ice’ in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka ‘icy, ice-cold’). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh ’glass’, taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram ’Mirrormere’); Helevorn means ’black glass’ (cf. galvorn).
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árë: (as)
- sunlight (quenya)
arien: (the Maia of the Sun) is derived from a root as- seen also in Quenya árë ‘sunlight’.
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- star (quenya)
êl,: ‘elen ’star’. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation ’behold!’ made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning ‘star’, and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning ’of the stars’. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; ’but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
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- sea (quenya)
ëar: ‘sea’ (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
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- not (sindarin)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
— The Silmarillionamarth: ‘doom’ in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin‘s name ’Master of Doom’, Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
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Úmarth: ‘Ill-fate’, a fictitious name for his father given out by Túrin in Nargothrond. 257
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Name given to those Elves who went on the westward Journey from Cuiviénen but did not reach Aman: ‘Those not of Aman’, beside Amanyar ’Those of Aman’. 54, 58
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- cursed (sindarin)
man-: ‘good, blessed, unmarred’ in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
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