rhovan

noun. wilderness; wild beast

rhovan

noun. wilderness

rhovan

wildness

n. wildness. >> roban

rhovan

a wild beast

n. a wild beast. Q. hrăvan.

rhovanion

place name. Wilderland

The wild lands of the East (LotR/1046), translated “Wilderland” (RC/779, PE17/78), a combination of rhovan “wilderness” and -ion “-land” (PE17/78).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor to this name, rhofannor “Wilderness” appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s (EtyAC/RAB), but with its final element being dôr; its gloss was capitalized, but the name was not. In draft maps for the Lord of the Rings from the 1940s, this name was N. Rhovanion (TI/296) and Rhovannion with two n’s (TI/318). At one point in the drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, it appeared as Róvannion with an initial R- instead of Rh- and a long ó (PM/214). In later writings, the form Rhóvannion with two n’s reappeared in Tolkien’s “Unfinished Index” of The Lord of the Rings (RC/14).

Rhovanion

Wilderland

topon. Wilderland. >> rhaw

roban

noun. wildness

n. wildness. >> rhovan

rhovan

wlderness

rhovan (?i throvan or ?i rovan the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhovain (not **rhevain since rhovan represents archaic *rhauvan). (VT46:10)

rhovan

wlderness

(?i throvan or ?i rovan *– the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhovain (not ✱✱rhevain since rhovan represents archaic ✱rhauvan). (VT46:10)*

Rhovanion

Rhovanion

Rhovanion is Sindarin for "wilderland" and contains rhovan, with the place-name ending -ion. Tolkien made Wilderland based on wilderness but with a side-reference to the verbs wilder, "wander astray" and bewilder.

Rhovanion

Wilderland

Rhovanion is Sindarin for "wilderland" and contains rhovan, with the place-name ending -ion.

rhovannor

wilderness

1) rhovannor (?i throvannor or ?i rovannor the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhovennyr (?idh rovennyr) (VT46:10); 2) Eriador (a region in Middle-earth), pl. eriadyr if there is a pl.; 3) gwaith (i **waith) (also meaning manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people, region), no distinct pl. form except when marked as pl. by article (in gwaith). 4) loss (construct los; pl. lyss). (Note: homophones mean ”flower” [more commonly loth**] and ”fallen snow”.)

rhovannor

wilderness

(?i throvannor or ?i rovannor – the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhovennyr (?idh rovennyr) (VT46:10)

eriador

wilderness

(a region in Middle-earth), pl. eriadyr if there is a pl.

gwaith

wilderness

(i ’waith) (also meaning manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people, region), no distinct pl. form except when marked as pl. by article (in gwaith).

loss

wilderness

(construct los; pl. lyss). (Note: homophones mean ”flower” [more commonly loth] and ”fallen snow”.)