S. Drúadan pn. “Wose, (lit.) Wild-man”
The full Sindarin word for “Wose”, a compound of Drû “Wose” and Adan “Man” (PM/324, UT/385), also translated as “Wild Man” (PE17/99, WR/352).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the name N. Druadan appeared with a short u (WR/352). It also had a short u in Tolkien’s Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/99), but had a long ú in later writings.
References ✧ LotRI/Drúadan Forest; PE17/99; PM/324; PMI/Drúedain; UT/319, 385; UTI/Drúadan Forest, Drúedain, Oghor-hai, Rú; WJI/Druedain
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| Druedain | plural | ✧ WJI/Druedain | |
| Drúedain | plural | ✧ PMI/Drúedain; UT/319; UT/385; UTI/Oghor-hai | |
| Drúedain | plural | “Wild-men” | ✧ UTI/Drúadan Forest; UTI/Drúedain |
| Drû-edain | plural | ✧ PM/324 |
Elements
| Drû | “Wose” | ✧ PE17/99; UT/385; UTI/Drúedain |
| Adan | “Man (as a species)” | ✧ PM/324; UT/385; UTI/Drúedain |
Element In
Cognates
N. Druadan pn.
References ✧ SDI1/Druadan; WR/352; WRI/Druadan, Druedain
Variations
Inflections
| Druedain | plural | “Wild Men” | ✧ WR/352; WRI/Druedain |