(construct flad, pl. flaid). Isolated from the name Fladrif ”skin-bark”.
Sindarin
fladrif
masculine name. Skinbark
Elements
Word Gloss flâd “skin” rîf “bark”
flâd
skilled
maed
skilled
1) maed (lenited vaed; no distinct pl. form) (handy). Note: a homophone means ”shapely”. 2) maen (lenited vaen; no distinct pl. form) (clever), 3) #flâd (construct flad, pl. flaid). Isolated from the name Fladrif ”skin-bark”.ee HEAVEN. SKY-BRIDGE, see RAINBOW
maed
skilled
(lenited vaed; no distinct pl. form) (handy). Note: a homophone means ”shapely”.
maen
skilled
(lenited vaen; no distinct pl. form) (clever)
An Ent name glossed “Skinbark” (LotR/474). It is unclear what the exact meaning of its elements are, though David Salo suggested that flâd is “skin” and rîf is “bark” (GS/255, 282).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Fladrib, quickly revised to N. Fladrif (TI/412).