Qenya
noldórien
place name. Beleriand
Elements
Word Gloss Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” -ien “-land”
valariande
place name. Beleriand
Cognates
- N. Beleriand ✧ LR/202
Element in
- ᴹQ. masse lante Veleriande, masse láta sí? “where did Beleriand lie, where lies it now?” ✧ PE22/126
- ᴹQ. Nyarna Valarianden “Annals of Beleriand” ✧ LR/202
Variations
- Veleriande ✧ PE22/126
Another name for Beleriand appearing in early Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/174), a compound of the plural of Noldo and the suffix -ien “land” (Ety/ÑGOLOD).
Conceptual Development: A similar, rejected name ᴱQ. Noldórinan appeared in the list of names that Tolkien considered before adopting Beleriand (LB/160).