falas 'shore, line of surf' (Quenya falass) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim.

Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma '(crested) wave', w hence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar. faroth is derived from a root meaning 'hunt, pursue'; in the Lay of Leithian th e Taur-en-Faroth above Nargothrond are called 'the Hills of the Hunters'. faug- 'gape' in Anfauglir, Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith. fea 'spirit' in Fanor, Fanturi. fin- 'hair' in Finduilas, Fingon, Finrod, Glorftndel. formen 'north' (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost . fuin 'gloom, darkness' (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin. gaer 'sea' in Belegaer (and in Gaerys, Sindarin name of Oss). Said to derive fro m the stem gaya 'awe, dread', and to have been the name made for the vast and terrifying Great Sea whe n the Eldar first came to its shores. gaur 'werewolf (from a root ngwaw- 'howl') m Tol-in-Gaurhoth. gil 'star' in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath 'host of stars'); Gil-Est el, Gil-galad. girith 'shuddering' in Nen Girith; cf. also Girithron, name of the last month o f the year in Sindarin (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). glin 'gleam' (particularly applied to the eyes) in Maeglin. golodh is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gul Plural Golodhrim, and Gely dh (in Annon-in-Gelydh). gond 'stone' in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of th e hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolind (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lind 'singing, song'); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen 'Hidden Rock'. gor 'horror, dread' in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with redu plicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth. groth (grod) 'delving, underground dwelling' m Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, 'lady of the white cave'). Nogrod was originally Novrod 'hollow delving' (hence the translation Hol lowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug 'dwarf'. gul 'sorcery' in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nl 'long study, lore, knowledge'. But the Sindarin w ord was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul 'black arts'. gurth 'death' in Gurthang (see also Melkor in the Index). gwaith 'people' in Gwaith-i-Mrdain; cf. Enedwaith 'Middle-folk', name of the lan d between the Greyflood and the Isen. gwalh, wath 'shadow' in Deldwath, Ephel Dath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, ThurIngwthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint 'dark shapes'.) hadhod in Hadhodrond (translation of Khazad-dm) was a rendering of Khazd into Sin darin sounds. haudh 'mound' in Haudh-en-Arwen, Haudh-en-Elleth, etc. heru 'lord' in Herumor, Herunmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; hril 'lady' in Hrilorn.

him 'cool' in Himlad (and Himring?). hn 'children' in Eruhini 'Children of Eru'; Narn i Hn Hrin. hith 'mist' in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hit hlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hsilm given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hsi 'mist', c f. Hsim, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). hoth 'host, horde' (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in L oss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth 'din-horde', a name for Orcs. hyarmen 'south' (Quenya) in Hyarmentir; Sindarin har-, harn, harad. ia 'void, abyss' m Moria. iant 'bridge' in Iant Iaur. ith 'fence' in Doriath. iaur 'old' in Iant Iaur; cf. the Elvish name of Bombadil, Iarwain. ilm- This stem appears in Ilmen, Ilmar, and also in Ilmarin ('mansion of the hig h airs', the dwelling of Manw and Varda upon Oioloss). ilv 'the whole, the all' in Ilvatar. kal' (gal-) This root, meaning 'shine', appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Ca lion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree', alth ough in the case of Galadriel such