Noldorin 

tindobel

place name. Twilit City, Starlit City

Earliest name of Barad Nimras in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/331; LR/129, 265). It appeared in The Etymologies with the gloss “Twilit City, Starlit City”, a combination of tinnu “twilight” and the lenited form of gobel “town” (Ety/PEL(ES), TIN).

Changes

  • Tindabel → Tindobel ✧ LR/270
  • Tindobel → Ingildon ✧ WJI/Ingildon

Elements

WordGloss
tinnu“(starry) twilight, dusk, early night (without moon)”
gobel“walled house or village, town”

Variations

  • Tindubel ✧ Ety/TIN; EtyAC/TIN
  • Tindabel ✧ LR/270; LRI/Tindobel; WJI/Tindobel
Noldorin [Ety/PEL(ES); Ety/TIN; EtyAC/TIN; LR/270; LRI/Tindobel; SMI/Tindobel; WJI/Ingildon; WJI/Tindobel] Group: Eldamo. Published by