Noldorin 

gwîn

noun. wine, vine

The wine of Dor-Winion occurs in the Lay of the children of Húrin and a place located either in the "burning South" in the first version, or probably east of the Blue Mountains in the second. Then we have Dorwinion as a meadow-land in Tol Eressëa at the end of the Quenta Silmarillion. It reappears in The Hobbit, and was finally placed North-West of the Sea of Rhûn in the decorated map by Pauline Baynes (see HL/115-117 for discussion). The meaning of this name is unknown and has been largely discussed. What do we have indeed in this "Winion", or rather gwinion since the initial w- must come from lenition? According to Christopher Tolkien, the Lay was begun c. 1918 and was composed during his father's stay at Leeds, a date meaning that the word can be Gnomish, possibly Early Noldorin, or in an indigenous language of Beleriand. In Gnomish and later in Doriathrin and Ilkorin, there is a genitive plural ending -ion which may very well be contained in this word. Then we would segment gwin-ion "of gwin". The context calls for "wine", "vine" or something similar. It can hardly be a coincidence that gwin is precisely the Welsh word for "wine", a loan from the Latin vinum, as the English "wine" itself

Noldorin [Dorwinion LotR/Map, LB/11,26,17,112, LR/334,338,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwîn

adjective. young

Noldorin [EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwîn

noun. evening

Noldorin [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwîn

adjective. young

eden

adjective. new, begun again

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neth

adjective. young

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

neth

adjective. young

irregular, compare: tathor @@@

Noldorin [Ety/NETH; Ety/Nι; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nîth

noun. youth

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîth

noun. youth

Noldorin [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sein

adjective. new

Noldorin [Ety/385, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sein

adjective. new

thîn

noun. evening

Noldorin [Ety/392, VT/46:18] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thîn

noun. evening

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