Nanduhirion

noun. valley of dim streams

nan (“vally, grassland”) + dú (“nightfall, dimness”) + sîr (“river”) + ion (pl. genitive suffix)

Nanduhirion

'Vale of Dim Streams'

topon. 'Vale of Dim Streams', Dimrill Dale. Dw. Azanul-bizar.

nanduhirion

place name. Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams

A valley in the Misty Mountains translated “Dimrill Dale” (LotR/283) or more literally “Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams” (RC/269, PE17/37). It is itself a translation of Kh. Azanulbizar of similar meaning (LotR/283, TI/166, PE17/35). This name is a combination of nan(d) “valley”, dû “night, dimness”, the lenited form hir of sîr “river, stream”, and the suffix -ion “-region, -land” (PE17/37).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this valley was first named N. Tum Dincelon “Dimrill Dale” (RS/434), later revised to N. Nanduhiriath (TI/174) and finally N. Nanduhirion (TI/166).

Cognates

• Kh. Azanulbizar “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Rills of the Shadows” ✧ RC/269; LotR/0283; LotRI/Azanulbizar; LotRI/Dimrill Dale; PE17/035; PE17/037; PMI/Azanulbizar; PMI/Nanduhirion; RC/768; UTI/Azanulbizar; UTI/Nanduhirion

Elements

Word	Gloss
nan(d)	“vale, valley, vale, valley, [ᴱN.] dale; [N.] wide grassland; [G.] field acre”
dû	“night, dimness; dim, dark, night, dimness; [N.] night-fall, late evening; [S.] dim, dark”
sîr	“river, stream”
-ion	“-region, -land”

Variations

• Nan Duhirion ✧ RC/269; RC/768
• Duhir-ion ✧ RC/269

Nanduhirion

Nanduhirion

Nanduhirion contains the elements nan(d) ("vale"), dû ("dimness"), sîr ("stream") and the ending -(i)on.

nanduhirion

place name. Dimrill-dale

Cognates

• Kh. Azanulbizar “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Rills of the Shadows” ✧ TI/166

nanduhiriath

place name. Dimrill-dale

A precursor to S. Nanduhirion “Vale of Dim Streams” appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/433), apparently ending with the lenited class-plural hiriath of N. sîr “stream”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/1.14).

Changes

• Nanduhiriath → Nanduhirion ✧ TI/174
• Nanduhiriath → Nanduhirion ✧ TII/Nanduhirion

tum dincelon

place name. Dimrill-dale

Earliest name for S. Nanduhirion appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/432), apparently starting with N. tum “valley” and ending with Ilk. celon “river”, but the meaning of the middle element is unclear. Roman Rausch suggested it might be related to Ilk. dimb- “sad, gloomy” (EE/1.14).

Elements

Word	Gloss
tum	“(deep) valley”
dem	“sad, gloomy”
celon	“river”