Sindarin 

Nanduhirion

noun. valley of dim streams

nan (“vally, grassland”) + dú (“nightfall, dimness”) + sîr (“river”) + ion (pl. genitive suffix)

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Nanduhirion

'Vale of Dim Streams'

topon. 'Vale of Dim Streams', Dimrill Dale. Dw. Azanul-bizar.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:35:37] < S. _nan(d) _vale + S. _dû_ dimness + S. _sîr_ stream + _-(i)on_ a suff. in names of regions. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nanduhirion

place name. Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams

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”, “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).

Cognates

  • Kh. Azanulbizar “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Rills of the Shadows” ✧ RC/269; LotR/0283; LotRI/Azanulbizar; LotRI/Dimrill Dale; PE17/035; PE17/037; PMI/Azanulbizar; PMI/Nanduhirion; RC/768; UTI/Azanulbizar; UTI/Nanduhirion

Elements

WordGloss
nan(d)“vale, valley, vale, valley, [ᴱN.] dale; [N.] wide grassland; [G.] field acre”
“night, dimness; dim, dark, night, dimness; [N.] night-fall, late evening; [S.] dim, dark”
sîr“river, stream”
-ion“-region, -land”

Variations

  • Nan Duhirion ✧ RC/269; RC/768
  • Duhir-ion ✧ RC/269
Sindarin [LotR/0283; LotRI/Azanulbizar; LotRI/Dimrill Dale; LotRI/Nanduhirion; PE17/035; PE17/037; PE17/042; PMI/Azanulbizar; PMI/Nanduhirion; RC/269; RC/768; RSI/Nanduhiriath; SA/sîr; UTI/Azanulbizar; UTI/Nanduhirion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Nanduhirion

Nanduhirion

Nanduhirion contains the elements nan(d) ("vale"), ("dimness"), sîr ("stream") and the ending -(i)on.

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Noldorin 

nanduhirion

place name. Dimrill-dale

Cognates

  • Kh. Azanulbizar “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Rills of the Shadows” ✧ TI/166
Noldorin [TI/166; TI/174; TII/Nanduhirion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Changes

  • NanduhiriathNanduhirion ✧ TI/174
  • NanduhiriathNanduhirion ✧ TII/Nanduhirion
Noldorin [RS/433; RSI/Nanduhiriath; TI/174; TII/Nanduhirion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Elements

WordGloss
tum“(deep) valley”
dem“sad, gloomy”
celon“river”
Noldorin [RS/432; RSI/Tum Dincelon] Group: Eldamo. Published by