ᴹQ. Orondil m.

ᴹQ. Orondil, m.

Earlier name for Vorondil in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/288). Roman Rausch suggested that this name might be a combination of oron “mountain” and the suffix -(n)dil “friend” (EE/3.26).

See Q. Vorondil for further discussion.

References ✧ WR/288; WRI/Faragon, Orondil

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oron “mountain”
-(n)dil “-friend”

N. Faragon m.

Earliest name for Vorondil in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/281). Roman Rausch suggested that this name might be a combination of fara- “hunt” and the suffix -gon “lord”, since he was known for hunting wild oxen (EE/3.26).

See Q. Vorondil for further discussion.

References ✧ WR/281, 288; WRI

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fara- “to hunt”
-gon “valour”