fanuidhol

place name. Cloudyhead

Sindarin name of a peak in the Misty Mountains translated “Cloudyhead”, itself a translation of Kh. Bundushathûr of the same meaning (LotR/283). This name is a combination of fanui “cloudy” and the lenited form of dol(l) “head, hill” (PE17/26, 36 173).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien first wrote this name as N. Fanuiras “Horn of Cloud”, revised to N. Fanuidol (TI/174, 306) before settling on S. Fanuidhol.

Cognates

• Kh. Bundushathûr “Cloudy-head” ✧ LotR/0283; LotRI/Bundushathûr; LotRI/Fanuidhol; PE17/035
• Kh. shathûr “cloud(s)” ✧ RC/268

Elements

Word	Gloss
fanui	“cloudy, (lit.) having much cloud”
dol(l)	“head, hill”

Variations

• fanuiðol ✧ PE17/026
• Fanuiðol ✧ PE17/036
• Fanui-dhol ✧ RGEO/66

Fanuidhol

noun. cloudy head

fân (“cloud”) + ui (adjective suffix) + (n-)dôl (“head, peak”) #The lenition of the final element seems to be very strange, but the stem could have been reinterpreted to be DOL-.

Fanuidhol

place name. 'Cloudyhead'

topon. 'Cloudyhead', name of a mountain. Dw. Bundu-shathûr. >> fanui, dol

Fanuidhol

Fanuidhol

In the common tongue, Fanuidhol was called Cloudyhead. Both Bundushathûr and Fanuidhol translate to this. Bundushathûr is Khuzdul - the first element "bund" means "head". Fanuidhol is Sindarin, where the second element "dol" means "head"

-dhol

head

_ suff. _head (often applied to hills or mountains that had _not _a sharp apex). >> Fanuidhol

dol

head

_ n. _head (often applied to hills or mountains that had _not _a sharp apex). >> -dhol, doll, Dol-fanui, Fanuidhol

doll

head

_ n. _head (often applied to hills or mountains that had _not _a sharp apex). >> -dhol, dol, Dol-fanui, Fanuidhol

amon

hill

1) amon (pl. emyn) (steep-sided mount), 2) dôl (i dhôl, construct dol) (head), pl. dŷl (i nŷl). Note: In the Etymologies, this word was derived from a root with initial nd- (NDOL), which would make the mutations different (i nôl, pl. i ndŷl). However, the later name Fanuidhol "Cloudyhead" apparently indicates that the lenited form of this d was later to be dh (whereas it would be n if the former derivation had been maintained). 3) tund (i dund, o thund, construct tun) (mound), pl. tynd (i thynd), coll. pl. tunnath.

dôl

head

dôl (i dhôl, construct dol) (hill), pl. dŷl (i nŷl). Note: In the Etymologies, this word was derived from a root with initial nd- (NDOL), which would make the mutations different (i nôl, pl. i ndŷl). However, the later name Fanuidhol "Cloudyhead" apparently indicates that the lenited form of this d was later to be dh (whereas it would be n if the former derivation had been maintained).

dôl

hill

(i** dhôl, construct **dol) (head), pl. dŷl (i** nŷl). Note: In the Etymologies, this word was derived from a root with initial nd- (NDOL), which would make the mutations different (i** nôl, pl. i** ndŷl). However, the later name Fanuidhol "Cloudyhead" apparently indicates that the lenited form of this d was later to be dh (whereas it would be n** if the former derivation had been maintained).

dôl

head

(i dhôl, construct dol) (hill), pl. dŷl (i nŷl). Note: In the Etymologies, this word was derived from a root with initial nd- (NDOL), which would make the mutations different (i nôl, pl. i ndŷl). However, the later name Fanuidhol "Cloudyhead" apparently indicates that the lenited form of this d was later to be dh (whereas it would be n if the former derivation had been maintained).****

amon

noun. hill, steep-sided mount

amon

hill

pl1. emyn n. hill, lump, clump, mass, often applied to (esp. isolated) mountains. Q. umbo(n). FAmon Amarth

dol

noun. head

dol

noun. hill or mountain

amon

hill

(pl. emyn) (steep-sided mount)

cîl

pass between hills

(i gîl, o chîl) (cleft, gorge), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chîl), coll. pl. cíliath. . A homophone means ”renewal”.

tund

hill

(i** dund, o thund, construct tun) (mound), pl. tynd (i** thynd), coll. pl. tunnath.