nanduhirion
place name. Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams
Nanduhirion
'Vale of Dim Streams'
topon. 'Vale of Dim Streams', Dimrill Dale. Dw. Azanul-bizar.
Nanduhirion
noun. valley of dim streams
nan (“vally, grassland”) + dú (“nightfall, dimness”) + sîr (“river”) + ion (pl. genitive suffix)
Nanduhirion
Nanduhirion
Nanduhirion contains the elements nan(d) ("vale"), dû ("dimness"), sîr ("stream") and the ending -(i)on.
nanduhirion
place name. Dimrill-dale
nanduhiriath
place name. Dimrill-dale
A precursor to S. Nanduhirion “Vale of Dim Streams” appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/433), apparently ending with the lenited class-plural hiriath of N. sîr “stream”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/1.14).
tum dincelon
place name. Dimrill-dale
Earliest name for S. Nanduhirion appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/432), apparently starting with N. tum “valley” and ending with Ilk. celon “river”, but the meaning of the middle element is unclear. Roman Rausch suggested it might be related to Ilk. dimb- “sad, gloomy” (EE/1.14).
A valley in the Misty Mountains translated “Dimrill Dale” (LotR/283) or more literally “Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams” (RC/269, PE17/37). It is itself a translation of Kh. Azanulbizar of similar meaning (LotR/283, TI/166, PE17/35). This name is a combination of nan(d) “valley”, dû “night, dimness”, the lenited form hir of sîr “river, stream”, and the suffix -ion “-region, -land” (PE17/37).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this valley was first named N. Tum Dincelon “Dimrill Dale” (RS/434), later revised to N. Nanduhiriath (TI/174) and finally N. Nanduhirion (TI/166).