Forlindon

noun. Forlindon

North(ern) musical land; forn (“right, north”) + lindon (Ilk. “musical land”) Ilk probably explains the intervocalic nd instead of nn, for the Etym. also gives another form lhinnon #closer to TA S? Later was probably reconsidered to be derived from *lindânâ “[the land] of the Lindar” [HKF].

forlindon

place name. Lindon north of the Gulf of Lune

A name for the northern part of Lindon (PM/313), a combination of that name with the prefixal form for- of forn “north”.

Conceptual Development: The name N. Forlindon appeared on the draft maps for Lord of the Rings from the 1940s (TI/302).

Elements

Word	Gloss
forn	“north, north, [N.] right”
Lindon	“Land of Music”