rodwen

noun. high virgin noble

rodwen

feminine name. High Virgin Noble

A name Tolkien briefly considered for Turgon’s sister translated “High Virgin Noble” (WJ/317), a compound of the prefixal form rod- of raud “noble” with the lenited form of gwend “maiden”. It was ultimately replaced by Aredhel; see that entry for further discussion.

Elements

Word	Gloss
raud	“noble, eminent; lofty, high, tall; excellent”
gwend	“maiden, maiden, *young woman”

wen

maiden

in names means ”girl, maiden, virgin”.