Quenya
rithil-anamo
place name. Doom-ring
Elements
Word Gloss ? nam- “to judge”
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Valarin
māχananaškād
place name. Doom-ring
Derivatives
- Q. Máhanaxar “Ring of Doom, *(lit.) Ring of Judgement” ✧ WJ/401
Elements
Word Gloss māχan “authority, authoritative decision” Variations
- māχananaškād ✧ WJ/401
A translation of the Valarin name Māχananaškād, more commonly known by its direct adaptation into Quenya: Q. Máhanaxar (WJ/401). The presence of the sound “th” in Rithil-Anamo means this name must be either archaic or from the Vanyarin dialect of Quenya. The name is translated “Doom-ring”, but the etymology of its elements is unclear. The second element may be related to the verb nam- “to judge”, but nothing similar to the first element appears elsewhere in the published material.