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Elvish by S.G. Prince5/23/2023 ![]() In a 1959 etymology Tolkien said Felagund was derived from Dwarvish Felakgundu “Cave Hewer” (PM/352), and in a 1969 etymology Tolkien said it meant “den-dweller” and that “the ending -gund could not be interpreted from Eldarin” (NM/304). ![]() cundo also appears in later writings (PM/260, PE17/117-8), indicating that † cund may have remained conceptually valid.Īlternate etymologies of the name Felagund complicate this picture, however. It still appears in later writings as a element in some first-age Sindarin names from The Silmarillion: Baragund, Belegund and perhaps Felagund (see below). † cunn “prince” (Ety/KUNDŪ) and marked as an archaic form (EtyAC/KUNDŪ). This word is only directly attested in The Etymologies, appearing as N. Aran Endór “King of Middle-earth” ✧ MR/121 ( Aran Endór) savin Elessar ar i nánë aran Ondórëo “I believe that E really existed and that he was a King of Gondor” ✧ PE22/158 VT49/27 i arani Eldaron “The kings of the Eldar” ✧ WJ/369 i arani Eldaive “The kings of the Eldar” ✧ WJ/369 Elwë, aran Sindaron “Elwe, King of the Sindar” ✧ WJ/369 Ciriáran “Mariner King, *(lit.) Ship King” Aran Meletyalda “king your mighty” ✧ WJ/369 aran linta ciryalíva “*king of swift ships” ✧ PE17/147 ![]() aran linta ciryalion “*king of swift ships” ✧ PE17/147 aran Lestanórëo “King of Doriath” ✧ WJ/369 arandur “minister, steward, (lit.) king’s servant” ![]()
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