Q. Hildórien loc. “*Land of the Followers”

Q. Hildórien, loc. “*Land of the Followers”

The land where Men first awoke (S/103). It clearly contains the Quenya word for Men: Hildor “Followers” (SA/khil). Its final element -ien² is seen in the names of other lands, such as Arvernien and Lórien.

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, the name for the land where Men awoke was ᴱQ. Murmenalda (LT1/233). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name changed to ᴹQ. Hildórien (LR/245). This name also appeared in The Etymologies as a derivative of ᴹ√KHIL (Ety/KHIL), and kept the form Hildórien in all later versions of the tales.

References ✧ MRI; S/103; SA/khil; SI; WJI

Elements

Hildor “Men, Aftercomers, (lit.) Followers” ✧ SA/khil
#-ien² “-land”

ᴹQ. Hildórien loc.

See Q. Hildórien for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KHIL, PHIR; LR/245; LRI/Hildórien, Palisor; SMI

Related

Elements

Hildi “Mortal Men, (lit.) Followers” ✧ Ety/KHIL; LR/245
#-ien² “-land”

ᴱQ. Murmenalda loc. “Vale of Sleep”

The valley where Men first awoke in the earliest Lost Tales, glossed “Vale of Sleep” (LT1/233). It is a combination of murme “sleep” and nalda “valley” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Murmenalda).

See Q. Hildórien for further discussion.

References ✧ LT1/233; LT1A/Murmenalda; LT1I; SMI

Glosses

Elements

murme “slumber, sleep” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
nalda “lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda