Sindarin 

imrath gondraich

place name. Stonewain Valley

A Sindarin name for the Stonewain Valley, written as Imrath Gondraich by Christoper Tolkien in the index of the Unfinished Tales (UTI/Stonewain Valley), and as Imrath Gondraith by Hammond and Scull based on Tolkien’s “Unfinished Index” of The Lord of the Rings (RC/558). The first word is imrath “valley with a road” (RC/558), and the initial element of the second word is clearly gond “stone”, so the final element raich/raith may be a plural of “wain”. This is perhaps from a variant (✱rach/rath) of the other attested Sindarin word for “wagon” rasg, which appeared as a plural in the other name for the Stonewain Valley: Nan Gondresgion (PE17/28).

Elements

WordGloss
imrath“long narrow valley with road or watercourse running through it lengthwise, *(lit.) valley course”
gond“stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone”
rasg“wain, *wagon, cart”

Variations

  • Imrath Gondraith ✧ RC/558
Sindarin [RC/558; UTI/Stonewain Valley] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tum gondregain

place name. Stonewain Valley

Elements

WordGloss
tum“valley, vale, (deep) valley, vale; [ᴱN.] flat vale”
gond“stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone”
rant“course, water-channel; lode, course, water-channel; lode, [N.] vein”

nan gondresgion

place name. Stonewain Valley

Another Sindarin name for the Stonewain Valley (PE17/28), apparently a combination of nan(d) “valley”, gond “stone”, the plural of rasg “wagon” and the suffix -ion “-land”.

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
nan(d)“vale, valley, vale, valley, [ᴱN.] dale; [N.] wide grassland; [G.] field acre”
gond“stone, rock, stone, rock, [N.] stone (as a material), [G.] great stone”
rasg“wain, *wagon, cart”
-ion“-region, -land”
Sindarin [PE17/028] Group: Eldamo. Published by