haudh-en-elleth

place name. Mound of the Elf-maid

Grave of Finduilas translated “Mound of the Elf-maid” (S/216), a combination of haudh “mound”, en “of the” and Elleth “Elf-maid”.

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name appeared as Haudh-en-Ellas (WJ/92).

Elements

Word	Gloss
haudh	“(funeral) mound, grave; heap, piled mound, (funeral) mound, grave, [N.] tomb; [orig.] †heap, piled mound”
en	“of the”
Elleth	“Elf-maid”

Variations

• hauð·en·elleth ✧ PE17/141
• Hauð-en-Elleth ✧ WJ/095

Haudh-en-Elleth

Haudh-en-Elleth

Haudh-en-Elleth is a Sindarin name glossed as "Mound of the Elf-maid" or "mound (grave) of the Noldorin maid".