naug 'dwarf' in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth.

Related is another Sin darin word for 'dwarf', nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin 'Petty-dwarves') and nogothrim. -(n)dil is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Erendil (shortened Ernil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies 'devotion', 'disinterested love' (see Mardil in entry bar). -{n)dur in names such as Erendur (shortened Ernur) is similar in meaning to -(n)d il. neldor 'beech' in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hri lorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde 'three' and orn). nen 'water', used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, N enuial, Nenya; Cuivinen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emy n Arnen, Nrnen. Nn 'wet' in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf. nim 'white' (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphre dil (niphred 'pallor'), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelt=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil. orn 'tree' in Celeborn, Hrilorn; cf. Fangorn 'Treebeard' and mallorn, plural mel lyrn, the trees of Lothlrien. orod 'mountain' in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromt. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Linden, etc. os(t) 'fortress' in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil. palan (Quenya) 'far and wide' in Palantri, Tar-Palantir. pel- 'go round, encircle' in Pelargir, Pelri, and in the Pelennor, the 'fenced l and' of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dath (ephel from et-pel 'outer fence'). quen- (quet-) 'say, speak' in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya , Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo 'speak' in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf's words before the gate, last o beth lammen 'listen to the words of my tongue', where beth 'word' corresponds to Quenya quetta. ram 'wall' (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall abo ut the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith. ran- 'wander, stray' in Rna, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor. rant 'course' in the river-names Adurant (with adu 'double') and Celebrant ('Si lverlode'). ras 'horn' in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras ('Redhorn') and Methedras ('Last Peak') in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais. rauko 'demon' in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog. ril 'brilliance' in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) a nd in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril's name in Quenya form was Itarill (or Itarild), from a stem ita- 'sparkle'. rim 'great number, host' (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective p lurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc. ring 'cold, chill' in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringl in Gondo r, and in Ringar, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). ris 'cleave' appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a

derivative of the root kir'cleave, cut', q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist 'Orc-cleaver', the sword of Th orin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris. roch 'horse' (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand 'land of horses') , Rohirrim; also in Roheryn 'horse of the lady' (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called bec ause given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2). rom- A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Orom and V alarma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bme 'trumpet'. romen 'uprising, sunrise, east' (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for 'ea st', rhn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrn, were of the same origin. rond meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so N argothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond 'star-dome'. ros 'foam, spindrift, spray' in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin. ruin 'red flame' (Quenya runya) in Orodruin. ruth 'anger' in Aranrth.