elvish placenames: water (1)

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common elements:

Celon ~ river
Duin ~ (long and large) river
Nen ~ water

Anduin, Lothlórien:
And
 meaning long and duin meaning river.  Known as the Great River.

Bruinen, Trollshaws
Brui
 meaning loud, noisy and nen meaning water.  Also known as the Loud-Water.

Celebrant, Lothlórien:
Celeb meaning silver (particularly of silver deposits) and rant meaning course or riverbed.  Known as the Silver-lode.

Mitheithel, Ettenmoors:
Mith meaning grey and eithel meaning spring or well. Otherwise known as the Hoarwell.

(Translations are from the Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin, The Silmarillion, J.R. R. Tolkien and  Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary.  I am not an expert at all – if you see any mistakes please let me know!)

11 thoughts on “elvish placenames: water (1)”

  1. thanks for the encouraging comments 🙂 still a bit worried it’s a bit dry… but can’t currently think of anything else to do… 😉

    1. I don’t think you need to worry about water being dry!

      Nice info, sometimes I’m always looking for this kind stuff if I decide to go all fancy with names for me legendary items. 🙂

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