ᴹQ. Terendul m. “Slender and Dark”

ᴹQ. Terendul, m. “Slender and Dark”

Another name for Herendil in Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Lost Road”, translated “Slender and Dark” (LR/59). In The Etymologies, the name was glossed “slender-dark” given as a compound of teren “slender” and the root ᴹ√(N)DUL, which had derivatives such as nulla “dark” (Ety/DUL, NDUL, TER).

References ✧ Ety/DUL, NDUL, TER; EtyAC/DUL; LR/59; LRI

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teren “slender” ✧ Ety/TER
nulla “dark, dusky, obscure; hidden, secret”
ᴹ√TER “pierce” ✧ Ety/DUL
ᴹ√(N)DUL “hide, conceal” strengthened ✧ Ety/DUL (NDUL); Ety/NDUL (NDUL); Ety/TER (NDUL)