N. Math-Fuin-delos loc. “Deadly Nightshade”
Earliest name for S. Deldúwath appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s, glossed “Deadly Nightshade” (SM/299). It is a combination of G. math “dusk”, N. fuin “night” and a variant form delos of deloth “abhorrence”.
See S. Deldúwath for further discussion.
References ✧ SM/299, 311; SMI/Gwath-Fuin-daidelos, Math-Fuin-delos
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G. math | “dusk” |
fuin | “night, dead of night” |
deloth | “abhorrence, detestation, loathing” |