malevarn

place name. Golden Brown

A transient and rejected name for the river Baranduin (PM/39, 67), a combination of variant forms of malt “gold” and baran “brown” as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.3).

Changes

• Malevarn → Baranduin “Golden Brown” ✧ PM/039
• Malevarn → Baranduin “Golden-brown” ✧ PM/067

Elements

Word	Gloss
malt	“gold (as metal)”
baran	“brown, swart, dark brown”