Terendul
slender-(and)-dark
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terendul
masculine name. Slender and Dark
Another name for Herendil in Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Lost Road”, translated “Slender and Dark” (LR/59). In The Etymologies, the name was glossed “slender-dark” given as a compound of teren “slender” and the root ᴹ√(N)DUL, which had derivatives such as nulla “dark” (Ety/DUL, NDUL, TER).
Elements
Word Gloss teren “slender, slender; [ᴱQ.] lissom, lithe” nulla “dark, dusky, obscure; hidden, secret” Variations
- Teren-dul ✧ Ety/DUL
Terendul masc. name "Slender-(and)-dark" (LR:59, TER/TERES, DUL, NDUL)