N. Tol Varad loc. “Defended Isle”
Earliest name for Cair Andros (WR/326), a combination of N. toll “isle” and the lenited form of barad¹ “fort” or perhaps an adjective form (?baradh) equivalent to ᴹQ. varna, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.33).
References ✧ WR/326; WRI/Cair Andros
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toll | “island, isle” | ✧ WR/326 (Tol) | |
barad¹ | “fort, tower, fortress” | soft-mutation | ✧ WR/326 (Varad) |