Sindarin 

Esgalduin

noun. veiled river

esgal (“veil, screen, cover”) + duin (“river”)

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Esgalduin

noun. 'the river under shadow'

n. lit. 'the river under shadow'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:15] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

esgalduin

place name. River under Veil, River under Shade

A river flowing through Doriath (S/121), translated “River under Shade” (PE17/15, 184) or “River under Veil” (Ety/SKAL¹). This name is a combination of esgal “shadow, screen” and duin “river” (SA/esgal, duin; PE17/184).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱN. Esgalduin first appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s where it was described as the “Elf-river” (LB/76), perhaps related to G. Egla “Elf” (GL/32). This name reappeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/103, LR/260), and in The Etymologies, Ilk. Esgalduin was designated an Ilkorin name, already with essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/DUI, SKAL¹).

Elements

WordGloss
esgal“cast shadow, shade; screen, hiding, veil, cast shadow, shade; screen, hiding; veil”
duin“(large) river, (large) river; [N.] water”
Sindarin [LotRI/Esgalduin; LT2I/Esgalduin; PE17/015; PE17/184; SA/duin; SA/esgal; SI/Bridge of Esgalduin; SI/Esgalduin; UTI/Esgalduin; WJI/Esgalduin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Doriathrin

esgalduin

place name. River under Veil

Elements

WordGloss
esgal“screen, hiding, roof of leaves”
duin“water, river”
Doriathrin [Ety/DUI; Ety/EZGE; Ety/SKAL¹; EtyAC/DUI; LRI/Esgalduin; SMI/Esgalduin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eglor

place name. Elf-river

An earlier name for S. Nenning, the river flowing past the haven of Eglorest, marked Ilkorin and translated “Elf-river” in The Etymologies (Ety/ELED). It is likely an elaboration of Ilk. Egla “Elf”. Earlier still the river was named Eldor (SM/227), perhaps containing the earlier (rejected) Ilkorin word Ilk. Eld “Elf”.

Changes

  • EldorEglor ✧ SM/227
  • EglorEglahir ✧ SM/227
  • EldorEglor ✧ SMI/Eglor
  • EldorEglor ✧ SMI/Eldor
  • EglorNenning ✧ SMI/Nenning
  • EglorNenning ✧ WJ/117
  • EglorEglahir ✧ WJ/117
  • EglorEglahir ✧ WJI/Eglahir

Element in

  • Ilk. Eglorest ✧ Ety/ELED; Ety/RIS²; SM/227; SM/227

Elements

WordGloss
Egla“Star-folk, Elf”
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Variations

  • Eldor ✧ SM/227; SMI/Eglor; SMI/Eldor
Doriathrin [Ety/ELED; Ety/RIS²; LRI/Eglor; RSI/Eglor; SM/227; SMI/Eglor; SMI/Eldor; SMI/Nenning; WJ/117; WJI/Eglahir] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

esgalduin

place name. Elf-river

Changes

  • EsgaduinEsgalduin ✧ LB/081

Variations

  • Esgaduin ✧ LB/081
Early Noldorin [LB/076; LB/081; LBI/Esgalduin] Group: Eldamo. Published by