Nísimaldar

fragrant trees

Nísimaldar noun "Fragrant trees", a region in Númenor (UT:167; evidently #nísima "fragrant", attested here only, + aldar "trees").

nísimaldar

place name. Fragrant Trees

The region of Númenor around Eldalondë, known for its many flowering tree (UT/167). This name is a compound of nísima “fragrant” and the plural form of alda “tree”.

nísima

fragrant

#nísima adj. "fragrant", isolated from Nísimaldar, q.v.

nísima

adjective. fragrant

Nísimaldar

Nísimaldar

The name means 'Fragrant Trees', and it was so called because of the great variety of rare and beautiful trees that grew there.

nes-

sweet smelling

nes- ?verb/?root "sweet smelling" (PE17:100); cf. Nísimaldar