ᴹQ. Terendul m. “Slender and Dark”
Another name for Herendil in Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Lost Road”, translated “Slender and Dark” (LR/59). In The Etymologies, the name was glossed “slender-dark” given as a compound of teren “slender” and the root ᴹ√(N)DUL, which had derivatives such as nulla “dark” (Ety/DUL, NDUL, TER).
References ✧ Ety/DUL, NDUL, TER; EtyAC/DUL; LR/59; LRI
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| teren | “slender” | ✧ Ety/TER | |
| nulla | “dark, dusky, obscure; hidden, secret” | ||
| ᴹ√TER | “pierce” | ✧ Ety/DUL | |
| ᴹ√(N)DUL | “hide, conceal” | strengthened | ✧ Ety/DUL (NDUL); Ety/NDUL (NDUL); Ety/TER (NDUL) |