thuringwethil

feminine name. Woman of Secret Shadow

Name of a servant of Sauron translated “Woman of Secret Shadow” (SI/Thuringwethil, Ety/THUR), a combination of thurin “secret, hidden”, gwath “shadow” (SA/gwath) and the feminine suffix -iel.

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱN. Thuringwethil first appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s, where it was translated “She of Hidden Shadow” (LB/304). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, Thuringwethil was designated a Doriathrin [Ilkorin] name, translated “(Woman of) Secret Shadow”, and apparently had essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/THUR).

Elements

Word	Gloss
thurin	“secret, hidden”
gwath	“shadow, dim light, shadow, dim light, [N.] shade”
-il	“feminine suffix”

dolwethil

feminine name. (Woman of) Secret Shadow

Noldorin equivalent of Ilk. Thuringwethil (Ety/THUR), a combination of doll “secret” with the lenited form of gwath “shadow” where the [[n|[a] changed to [e] because of the following [i]]], ending with the feminine suffix -iel.

Cognates

• Ilk. Thuringwethil “(Woman of) Secret Shadow” ✧ Ety/THUR

Elements

Word	Gloss
doll	“obscure, dark, dusky, hidden, secret”
gwath	“shade”
-iel	“daughter; feminine suffix”