Earliest name for S. Deldúwath appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s, glossed “Deadly Nightshade” (SM/299). It is a combination of G. math “dusk”, N. fuin “night” and a variant form delos of deloth “abhorrence”.
Noldorin
gwathfuin-daidelos
place name. Deadly Nightshade
Changes
- Gwathfuin-Daidelos → Deldúwath ✧ LR/147
Elements
Word Gloss gwath “shade” fuin “night, dead of night” Daedhelos “Shadow of Fear” Variations
- Fuin Daidelos ✧ LR/406; LRI/Fuin Daidelos
- Gwath-Fuin-daidelos ✧ SM/311; SMI/Gwath-Fuin-daidelos; SMI/Math-Fuin-delos
math-fuin-delos
place name. Deadly Nightshade
Changes
- Math-Fuin-delos → Gwath-Fuin-daidelos ✧ SM/311
- Math-Fuin-delos → Gwath-Fuin-daidelos ✧ SMI/Gwath-Fuin-daidelos
- Math-Fuin-delos → Gwath-Fuin-daidelos “Deadly Nightshade” ✧ SMI/Math-Fuin-delos
Elements
Word Gloss math “dusk” fuin “night, dead of night” deloth “abhorrence, detestation, loathing”
deldúwath
place name. Deadly Nightshade
Element in
- N. Taur-na-Delduath “*Forest of Deadly Nightshade”
Variations
- Deldú(w)ath ✧ Ety/DYEL
- Deldúath ✧ TII/Deldúath
An earlier name for S. Deldúwath appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, glossed “Deadly Nightshade” (LR/133) or “Night of Dread’s Shadow” (LR/406). It is a combination of gwath “shade”, fuin “night” and Daedhelos “Shadow of Fear”.