Noldorin 

palath-ledin

place name. Gladden Fields

Earliest Elvish name for the Gladden Fields appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/114), a combination of palath “iris” and a plural (possibly Ilkorin) form of lhad “plain”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.8).

Noldorin [TI/114; TII/Palath-ledin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

loeg ningloron

place name. Gladden Fields


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English

Gladden Fields

Gladden Fields

From Old English glaedene, "gladden" is another name for the "flag" or "iris", now usually spelt gladdon. Tolkien suggested to translators to avoid if possible the 'learned' name iris.

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