fanuidhol

place name. Cloudyhead

Sindarin name of a peak in the Misty Mountains translated “Cloudyhead”, itself a translation of Kh. Bundushathûr of the same meaning (LotR/283). This name is a combination of fanui “cloudy” and the lenited form of dol(l) “head, hill” (PE17/26, 36 173).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien first wrote this name as N. Fanuiras “Horn of Cloud”, revised to N. Fanuidol (TI/174, 306) before settling on S. Fanuidhol.

Cognates

• Kh. Bundushathûr “Cloudy-head” ✧ LotR/0283; LotRI/Bundushathûr; LotRI/Fanuidhol; PE17/035
• Kh. shathûr “cloud(s)” ✧ RC/268

Elements

Word	Gloss
fanui	“cloudy, (lit.) having much cloud”
dol(l)	“head, hill”

Variations

• fanuiðol ✧ PE17/026
• Fanuiðol ✧ PE17/036
• Fanui-dhol ✧ RGEO/66

fanuidol

place name. Fanuidol

Elements

Word	Gloss
fanui	“cloudy”
dôl	“head, hill”