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Parth Galen

noun. green sward

parth (“field or enclosed grassland”), calen (“green”)

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parth galen

place name. Green Sward

Field by the shore of Nen Hithoel glossed “Green Sward” (LotR/417, RC/349), a combination of parth “sward” and the lenited form of calen “green”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien considered several names for this field, first N. Kelufain and Forfain revised to Calenbel >> N. Calembel (TI/371, TI/382). The name Calembel went through a number of revision starting with Cale(m)- before Tolkien settled on Parth Galen (WR/301, 307). Later, the name S. Calembel was reused for a town in Gondor (LotR/790).

Elements

WordGloss
parth“field, enclosed grassland, sward”
calen“green; fresh, vigorous; †bright, green; †bright, [N.] bright-coloured; [S.] fresh, vigorous”
Sindarin [LotR/0417; LotRI/Parth Galen; RC/349; SA/calen; TI/377; TII/Parth Galen; UTI/Parth Galen; WR/307; WRI/Calembel; WRI/Parth Galen] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Parth Galen

Parth Galen

Parth Galen means "green sward" in Sindarin (parth "sward" + calen "green").

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