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Nardol

noun. fiery head

naur (“fire”) + (n-)dôl (“head”) #The first element naur usually comes out as nor in compounds; the same vowel change is seen in Iarwain < iaur + wain.

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nardol

place name. Fire-hilltop

One of the beacon hills of Gondor (LotR/747), translated “Fire-hilltop” (UT/319, note #51), a combination of naur “fire” and dol(l) “head, hill” (SA/dol).

Conceptual Development: When it first appeared Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was already N. Nardol (WR/233).

Elements

WordGloss
naur“fire, fire, [N.] flame”
dol(l)“head, hill”
Sindarin [LotRI/Nardol; SA/dol; UT/319; UTI/Nardol; WJI/Nardol] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Nardol

Nardol

Nardol is Sindarin, meaning "fire-hilltop" (naur "fire" + dol "hill"), because its beacon-fire was so bright.

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