ram(b) + tâl (“foot”, here: “end”)
Sindarin
ramdal
place name. Wall’s End
Ramdal
noun. wall end
Ramdal
Ramdal
Ramdal is Sindarin meaning "Wall's End", consisting of ram ("wall") + dal ("end"). The name is also spelt Rhamdal.
ramdal
place name. Wall’s End
Ramdal
noun. wall end
ram(b) + tâl (“foot”, here: “end”)
Ramdal
Ramdal
Ramdal is Sindarin meaning "Wall's End", consisting of ram ("wall") + dal ("end"). The name is also spelt Rhamdal.
End of the long falls of Andram, translated “Wall’s End” (S/122), a combination of ram “wall” and the lenited form of tâl “(lower) end” (SA/ram, tal).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as N. Ramdal (LR/262) >> Rhamdal (LR/283). The second form appeared in The Etymologies with essentially the same the derivation as given above, albeit with an initial rh- fitting the earlier Noldorin phonology (Ety/TAL).