estolad

place name. Encampment

The region where the Bëorians settled, it is simply the noun estolad “encampment” used as a name (S/142).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien edit’s to the Silmarillion map from the 1950s, this name appeared as Estoland with an n, but this form appeared nowhere else (WJ/189).

estolad

noun. encampment

A noun for “encampment” used as the name for the region where the Bëorians settled (S/142). This word superficially resembles the verbal noun of a (hypothetical) a-verb ✱estola- “to encamp”. Such a verb might be a combination of √ET “out” + √TOL “stick up” referring to the erection of tents, where ancient *t* + *t* became *st* as it often did with suffixion. This is all rather speculative, however.

estolad

noun. encampment

estolad

encampment

estolad (pl. estelaid, archaic estölaid)

estolad

encampment

(pl. estelaid, archaic estölaid)