bruinen

place name. Loudwater

A river flowing through Rivendell, translated “Loudwater” (LotR/200), a combination of (otherwise unattested) brui “loud” and nen “water”.

Conceptual Development: This river was already named N. Bruinen “Loudwater” when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/14, 296).

Elements

Word	Gloss
brui	“loud, loud, *noisy”
nen	“water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, [ᴱN.] stream”

Bruinen

noun. loud water

brui (“loud”) + nen (“water”)