Noldorin
kerin-muil
place name. Kerin-muil
Changes
- Kerin-muil → Nen-uinel ✧ TI/364
Elements
Word Gloss cerin “round enclosure” muil “twilight, shadow, vagueness”
kerin-muil
place name. Kerin-muil
Changes
- Kerin-muil → Nen-uinel ✧ TI/364
Elements
Word Gloss cerin “round enclosure” muil “twilight, shadow, vagueness”
Earliest name of Nen Hithoel in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/364). It may be a combination of cerin “enclosure” and a cognate of Ilk. muil, perhaps meaning “hidden”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.59).