N. Dunruin loc. “Red Valley”
Earlier name for Nanduhirion in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s that matched the river name Ruinnel “Red Way” (RS/464). It seems to be a combination of a variant form of tum “valley” and a variant or lenited form of gruin “ruddy”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/1.13).
References ✧ RS/464; RSI
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tum? | “(deep) valley” | |
gruin | “ruddy” | soft-mutation |