Field by the shore of Nen Hithoel glossed “Green Sward” (LotR/417, RC/349), a combination of parth “sward” and the lenited form of calen “green”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien considered several names for this field, first N. Kelufain and Forfain revised to Calenbel >> N. Calembel (TI/371, TI/382). The name Calembel went through a number of revision starting with Cale(m)- before Tolkien settled on Parth Galen (WR/301, 307). Later, the name S. Calembel was reused for a town in Gondor (LotR/790).

An earlier name for S. Parth Galen that appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/382), also appearing in variant forms Calenbel (TI/371), Calledin (WR/301) and Calembrith (WR/307). These forms all seem to contain N. calen “green”, but the meaning of the second element not entirely clear; Roman Rausch offered several suggestions in his analysis of these forms (EE/3.32). The name S. Calembel was later used for the name of a town in Gondor.

An earlier name for S. Parth Galen that appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/382). It seems to be a combination of faur “beach, shore” and fein “white”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.62).

An earlier name for S. Parth Galen that appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/371, 382). It seems to be a combination of celw “spring, source” and fein “white”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.62).