S. Forodwaith loc. “North-region, Northmen”
Name of the northern region of Middle-earth or the ancient people who lived there (UT/14, LotR/1041), translated “North-region” or “Northmen” (Let/224, Ety/WEG). It is a combination of forod “north” and gwaith “people, region” (Ety/PHOR, WEG).
Conceptual Development: The name G. Forodwaith appeared in the earliest Lost Tales as a name for the “Men of the North” or Vikings (LT2/313), replacing earlier G. Gwasgonin “Winged Helms” (LT2/334). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, it appeared as both N. Forodwaith and N. Forodweith, reflecting Tolkien’s vacillation on the development of the diphthong [ai]; by this stage it already had the dual meaning given above (Ety/WEG, PHOR).
References ✧ Let/224; LotRI; UTI/Northern Waste
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| forod | “north” | |
| gwaith | “people; region” | ✧ Let/224 (#waith) |
N. Forodweith loc. “Northmen, Northland”
References ✧ Ety/PHOR, WEG; TI/296, 304; TII/Forodwaith
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| forod | “north” | ✧ Ety/PHOR | |
| gweith | “manhood; man-power, troop of able bodied men, host, regiment” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/WEG |
| ᴹ√WEG | “(manly) vigour” | ✧ Ety/PHOR | |
G. Forodwaith coll. “Men of the North”
References ✧ LT2/313, 334; LT2I/Forodwaith, Forwaith, Gwasgonin
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G. Gwasgonin coll. “Winged Helms”
References ✧ LT2/334; LT2I
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