N. Anduin loc. “Great River”
References ✧ LR/33; LRI; RS/410; RSI; SDI1/Anduin; TI/124, 144, 298; TII; WRI
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| ann | “long” |
| duin | “water, river” |
Element In
ᴹQ. Sirvinya loc. “New Sirion”
A rejected name for the river Anduin in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/119). It is a compound of síre “river” and vinya¹ “new”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.11).
References ✧ TI/119; TII/Anduin
Glosses
Elements
| síre | “river” |
| vinya¹ | “young, new” |
N. Beleghir loc. “Great River”
Precursor to the river name Anduin appearing in the Lord of the Rings from the 1940s (RS/410), a combination of beleg “great” and the lenited form of sîr “river”.
See S. Anduin for further discussion.
References ✧ RS/410; RSI; TII/Anduin
Glosses
Changes
Elements
| beleg | “great, large” | |
| sîr | “river” | soft-mutation |