gondolindrim

collective name. People of Gondolin

A term of the people Gondolin (S/138), a combination that city’s name with the class-plural suffix -rim.

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this term appeared as G. Gondothlim (LT2/155). It appeared as N. Gondothrim in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GOND), reflecting the change of G. -lim to N. -rim.

Elements

Word	Gloss
Gondolin	“Hidden Rock, (originally) Singing Stone”
-rim	“collective or group plural”

Gondolindrim;

people of gondolin

Gondolindrim;

gondothrim

collective name. People of Gondolin

Name for the people of Gondolin, a combination the alternate name for that city, Gondost, with the class-plural suffix -rim “city” (Ety/GOND), where the [[n|medial [str] became [θr] (“thr”)]] as it did in words like othrond.

Element in

• N. Gondothrimbar ✧ Ety/GOND

Variations

• Gondothlim ✧ SMI/Gondothlim