oroman

noun. mountain dweller

A word appearing only in its plural form oromandi in the 1950s verion of the Q. Nieninquë poem where Tolkien translated it as “mountain dweller” (PE16/96). In the versions of the poem from 1921-1931, ᴱQ. oromandi(n) was translated “wood-elves” (PE16/90, 92) or “wood-spirits” (MC/215).

Element in

• Q. i·oromandi tanna lendë “*the wood-spirits came thither” ✧ PE16/096

Elements

Word	Gloss
oro	“mount, mountain, hill”
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