rómen, Rómen noun "east" (RŌ, MEN, SA:men), "uprising, sunrise, east" (SA:rómen); also name of tengwa #25 (Appendix E). Possessive form rómenwa (PE17:59).Variant hrómen, PE17:18. Rómenna, a place in the eastern part of Númenor, is simply the allative "eastward" (SA:rómen), cf. also rómenna in LR:47, 56. Ablative Rómello "from the East" or "[to one] from the East", hence Tolkien's translation "to those from the East" in his rendering of Namárië (Nam, RGEO:67, PE17:59; Romello with a short o in VT49:32). Masc. name Rómendacil "East-victor" (Appendix A; cf. Letters:425). Masc. name Rómestámo, Róme(n)star "East-helper" (PM:384, 391; probably ?Rómenstar must always become Rómestar, but Tolkien cited the form as Róme(n)star to indicate the connection with rómen "east")
Quenya
rómendacil
masculine name. East-victor, East-slayer
Elements
Word Gloss rómen “east, uprising, sunrise” -ndacil “-victor, -slayer” Variations
- Rómendakil ✧ PMI/Rómendakil
rómen
east
Ambalar
east
Ambalar noun "East" (MC:221; this is "Qenya")
Rómë
east
Rómë noun "east", variant of Rómen (PE17:59). Possessive romeva (read rómeva?), genitive rómeö (Ibid.)
hrómen
east
hrómen noun "east", variant of the more common Rómen, q.v. (PE17:18)
róna
east
róna adj.? "east" (RŌ). Compare hróna.
A name assumed by the 8th and 19th kings of Gondor to celebrate their victories in the East (LotR/1038, 1044; Let/425). This name is a combination of rómen “east” and the suffix -(n)dacil “-victor, -slayer”, also seen in Hyarmendacil and Umbardacil.