A Sindarin translation of “Old Púkel-land”, referring to the wilderness once inhabited by the Woses (RC/lxiv, UT/261). It is a combination Drúwaith and iaur “old”, here used in the sense “former” rather than “aged” (UT/384).
Sindarin
drúwaith
place name. the wilderness of the Drû-folk
drúwaith
noun. the wilderness of the Drû-men (q.v.)
drúwaith iaur
place name. Old Púkel-land
Drúwaith Iaur
Drúwaith Iaur
Drúwaith Iaur is a Sindarin name, consisting of drú ("wild") + waith ("folk, land") and iaur ("old"); it is thus a literal translation of Old Púkel land. On a "scrap of writing", according to Christopher Tolkien, the word Iaur did not mean "original" but "former".
Drúwaith Iaur
place name. Old Púkel land
A Sindarin term for the wilderness inhabited by the Woses (UT/385), a compound of Drû “Wose” and the lenited form of gwaith “region”.