A precursor to S. Nanduhirion “Vale of Dim Streams” appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/433), apparently ending with the lenited class-plural hiriath of N. sîr “stream”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/1.14).
Noldorin
tum dincelon
place name. Dimrill-dale
Elements
Word Gloss tum “(deep) valley” dem “sad, gloomy” celon “river”
nanduhirion
place name. Dimrill-dale
Cognates
- Kh. Azanulbizar “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Rills of the Shadows” ✧ TI/166
nanduhiriath
place name. Dimrill-dale
Changes
- Nanduhiriath → Nanduhirion ✧ TI/174
- Nanduhiriath → Nanduhirion ✧ TII/Nanduhirion
Earliest name for S. Nanduhirion appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/432), apparently starting with N. tum “valley” and ending with Ilk. celon “river”, but the meaning of the middle element is unclear. Roman Rausch suggested it might be related to Ilk. dimb- “sad, gloomy” (EE/1.14).