prop. n. 'Grey-cloak'. Q. Sindacollo, Sindikollo. >> thin, thind, thinn
Sindarin
thingol
masculine name. Greycloak, Greymantle
Cognates
- Q. Sindacollo “Grey-cloak, Greymantle” ✧ PE17/072; SI/Greymantle; SI/Sindar; SI/Thingol
- Q. Sindicollo “Grey-cloak” ✧ PM/337; PMI/Sindikollo; PMI/Thingol; WJ/410; MR/217
- Q. Singollo “Grey-cloak, Greymantle” ✧ LBI/Elu; SI/Elwë; SI/Sindar; SI/Singollo; SI/Thingol; UTI/Elu; UTI/Thingol; PE21/85; WJI/Elwë
Elements
Word Gloss thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” coll “cloak, mantle”
Thingol
noun. 'Grey-cloak'
thin
adjective. grey
Thingol
Thingol
Thingol
Greycloak
His epessë (honorary name) was Thingol (thind "grey" and coll "mantle") which means "Greycloak".
Quenya tradition names him Elwë and Singollo.
thind
adjective. grey
thind
adjective. grey
_ adj. _grey. Obsolete except in names as Thingol. >> hithren
thinn
adjective. grey
thind
adjective. grey, grey, [N.] pale
if from þindā, why no a-affection? @@@
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺS. thindrostir “badger”
- S. Thindrim “Sindar”
- S. Thingódhel “*Grey Noldo”
- S. Thingol “Greycloak, Greymantle” ✧ PE17/072; PE17/112; SA/thin(d)
- S. Thinnedhel “Grey-elf”
- S. Thinrod “noble member of the Thindrim”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶þindā > thin(n) [tʰindā] > [tʰinda] > [θinda] > [θind] > [θinn] ✧ PE17/072 ✶þindĭ- > thind [tʰindi] > [tʰinde] > [θinde] > [θind] ✧ PE17/140 ✶thĭndĭ > thind [tʰindi] > [θindi] > [θind] > [θinn] ✧ PE17/141 Variations
- thin(n) ✧ PE17/072; PE17/112
- thinn ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
- thin(d) ✧ SA/thin(d)
caun
noun. prince, ruler
caun
prince
pl1. cónin {ō} n. prince, chief, head.
cund
noun. prince
ernil
noun. prince
ernil
noun. prince
A noun for “prince” appearing in phrases like Ernil i Pheriannath “Prince of the Halflings” (LotR/768) and Dor-en-Ernil “Land of the Prince” (UT/245). Its initial element is likely a reduced form of aran “king, noble person”; compare to ar(a)- “noble” of similar origin. If so, the a became e due to i-affection. The final -il is harder to explain, because normally -il is a feminine suffix. Perhaps it is a reduction of hîl “heir”, so that the literal meaning is “✱king’s heir, royal heir”.
Conceptual Development: N. ernil also appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/287).
Element in
- S. Dor-en-Ernil “Land of the Prince” ✧ UT/245
- S. Ernil i Pheriannath “Prince of the Halflings” ✧ Let/425; LotR/0768; LotR/0807
Elements
Word Gloss aran “king, lord, chief, (lit.) high or noble person, king, lord, chief, (lit.) high or noble person; [N.] lord (of a specific region)” hîl “heir” Variations
- Ernil ✧ Let/425; LotR/0768; LotR/0807; UT/245
hithren
adjective. grey
_ adj. _grey. >> thind
hithren
adjective. grey
Elements
Word Gloss hîth “mist”
mith
adjective. (pale) grey
mith
grey
adj. grey, light grey. >> Mithrandir, mithril
mithren
adjective. grey
mithren
adjective. grey
Changes
mithren→ hithren ✧ PE17/140Element in
- S. Ered Mithrin “Grey Mountains” ✧ LotR/1064
- S. Mithrellas
Elements
Word Gloss mith “grey, light grey, pale grey” -ren “adjective suffix”
thind
adjective. grey, pale
thinn
adjective. grey
_adj. _grey. Q. sinde.
thinn
adjective. grey
conin
prince
(i chonin), occurring in the Cormallen Praise, is translated "princes" (Conin en Annûn = "princes of the west", Letters:308), but it is unclear what the singular would be. (David Salo suggests caun, though this word has two different meanings already; see
cund
prince
(i gund, o chund, construct cun), pl. cynd (i chynd) (VT45:24).
ernil
prince
1) ernil (no distinct pl. form), 2) †cund (i gund, o chund, construct cun), pl. cynd (i chynd) (VT45:24). 3) The plural form conin (i chonin), occurring in the Cormallen Praise, is translated "princes" (Conin en Annûn = "princes of the west", Letters:308), but it is unclear what the singular would be. (David Salo suggests caun, though this word has two different meanings already; see SHOUT, VALOUR)
ernil
prince
(no distinct pl. form)
mith
grey
(lenited vith; no distinct pl. form). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone means ”white fog, wet mist”.
mithren
grey
1) *mithren (lenited vithren, pl. mithrin). 2) thind (pale); no distinct pl. form. 3) (pale grey) mith (lenited vith; no distinct pl. form). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone means ”white fog, wet mist”.
mithren
grey
(lenited vithren, pl. mithrin).
thind
grey
(pale); no distinct pl. form.
Lord of Doriath whose name was translated “Greymantle” (S/56) or “Greycloak” (WJ/410), a combination of thind “grey” (SA/thin(d)) and the lenited form of coll “cloak”.
Conceptual Development: In earliest Lost Tales, this name appeared variously as G. Tintoglin (LT1/131), G. Tinthellon or Tinto’ellon (LT2/50, 61) and G. Tinwelint, the last of these being his most common name in the early tales (LT1/115, LT2/50, GL/70). The name Thingol emerged in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/9) and was used thereafter. In Early Noldorin notes from this period, ᴱN. Thingol contained the word ᴱN. thing “prince” (PE13/154).
In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name Thingol was designated Doriathrin [Ilkorin], and its second element was first Ilk. gôl “light” (Ety/KAL) and then Ilk. (n)gôl “wise” (Ety/THIN). In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, the later meaning of his name “Greycloak” emerged along with its Quenya equivalent Sindicollo (MR/217).