S. Rathlóriel loc. “Golden-bed”
Another name of the river Ascar translated “Golden-bed” (S/235), a combination of rath “river-bed” and the lenited form of glóriel “golden” (SA/laurë; Ety/RAT, LÁWAR).
Conceptual Development: When it first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was N. Rathlorion “Golden-bed” (SM/134), later changed to N. Rathloriel “Bed of Gold” (LR/141). The second name appeared in The Etymologies, with essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/RAT, LÁWAR). In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s the o was lengthened (WJ/346), and Tolkien considered changing the name to Rathmalad or Rathmallen (WJ/191, 353).
References ✧ S/235; SA/laurë; SI; WJI
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| rath | “street” | ||
| #glóriel | “golden” | soft-mutation | ✧ S/235 (-lóriel) |
| mallen | “golden” | ✧ WJI/Rathlóriel (#mallen) | |
N. Rathloriel loc. “Golden-bed, Bed of Gold”
References ✧ Ety/LÁWAR, RAT; EtyAC/RAT; LR/141; LRI; SM/134-135, 307, 313; SMI/Rathlorion; WJI/Rathlóriel
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| rath | “course, river-bed” | ✧ Ety/RAT | |
| gloriel | “golden” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/LÁWAR (loriel) |
| ᴹ√RAT | “walk, go in a line (as a road)” | ✧ Ety/LÁWAR | |
| ᴹ√(G)LAWAR | “*gold” | ✧ Ety/RAT (LÁWAR) | |