Ringló

noun. cold water

ring (“cold”) + lô (“shallow lake, fenland”)

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place name. Chillflood

A river in Gondor (LotR/875) translated “Chillflood” (VT42/13), a combination of ring “cold” and l(h)ô “flood” (SA/ring, VT42/13-4, VT48/27-8).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Ringlo with a short o (WR/287).

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Ringló

The name Ringló was composed of the elements Ring, meaning "cold, chill", and ló (earlier loga), meaning "fenland". The second element referred to the fact that at its source the Ringló came from a shallow lake fed by a high snowfield in the White Mountains.