drúwaith iaur

place name. Old Púkel-land

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).

Elements

Word	Gloss
Drúwaith	“the wilderness of the Drû-folk”
iaur	“old, old; [N.] ancient, olden”

Variations

• Drúwaith (Iaur) ✧ VT42/09

Drúwaith Iaur

place name. Old Púkel land

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

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".