S. Andrast loc. “Long Cape”

S. Andrast, loc. “Long Cape”

A cape in southwest Gondor translated “Long Cape” (UT/214, note #6). This name is a combination of and “long” and ras(t) “cape”.

Conceptual Development: An earlier form of this name Angast appeared in Tolkien’s essay on the “Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor” (VT42/8, 15), composed between 1967-9 (VT42/5). The revised name Andrast is mentioned in notes for the posthumously published story “Aldarion and Erendis” (UT/214, note #6). The name was first published in the Pauline Baynes poster map of Middle-earth, made in consulation with Tolkien in 1969 (RC/lxiv).

References ✧ RC/lxiv; UT/214; UTI; WJI

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and “long”
ras(t) “cape, shore”

S. Angast loc. “Long Cape”

An earlier form of Andrast appearing in Tolkien’s essay on the “Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor” (VT42/8, 15), composed between 1967-9 (VT42/5). The second element of this name appears to be the lenited form gast of an otherwise unattested word cast “cape”, perhaps related to the root √KAS “head”, as suggested by Carl Hostetter (VT42/28, note #16).

References ✧ VT42/8, 15

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and “long” ✧ VT42/28 (an(n)-)
#cast “cape, headland” soft-mutation ✧ VT42/28 (#cast)