fladrif

masculine name. Skinbark

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).

Elements

Word	Gloss
flâd	“skin”
rîf	“bark”

flâd

skilled

(construct flad, pl. flaid). Isolated from the name Fladrif ”skin-bark”.

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)