ᴹQ. Noldórien [ñ-] loc. “Beleriand”
Another name for Beleriand appearing in early Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/174), a compound of the plural of Noldo and the suffix -ien² “land” (Ety/ÑGOLOD).
Conceptual Development: A similar, rejected name ᴱQ. Noldórinan appeared in the list of names that Tolkien considered before adopting Beleriand (LB/160).
Reference ✧ SMI/Noldórien ✧ “Beleriand”
Elements
| Noldo | “one of the wise folk, Gnome” | plural |
| #-ien² | “-land” |
ᴱQ. Noldórinan loc.
References ✧ LB/160; LBI; SMI
Changes
Elements
| Noldo | “Gnome” | plural |
| nan | “woodland, *land” |