rhovan

noun. wilderness; wild beast, large 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). In notes on the Sindarin definite article from 1969, Tolkien instead said the initial element meant “large beast, especially applied later to the great red deer of the Vales of Anduin and western Mirkwood”, specifying that the translation “Wilderland” was used due to “wild, wildor being an archaic English word for wild animal, now preserved only in wilderness” (PE23/136).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor to this name, rhofannor “Wilderness” appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s (EtyAC/RAB), 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). It also appeared as Rhovannion in the aforementioned 1969 notes on the definite article, along with “more correct Sindarin” Rhovennian (PE23/136).

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”.)