S. Anduin loc. “Great River, (lit.) Long River”
The “Great River” of northwestern Middle-earth (LotR/52), a compound of and “long” and duin “river”, and thus literally meaning “Long River” (RC/765, VT48/23).
Conceptual Development: This river was first mentioned as N. Anduin in the earliest versions of the “Fall of Númenor” from the 1930s (LR/33). In the earliest drafts of the Lord of the Rings from the 1940s this river was named N. Beleghir “Great River”, but it was quickly changed to Anduin (RS/410). As he composed the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien considered other variants: Sirvinya “New Sirion” (TI/119) and Andon (TI/298), but all were rejected in favor of Anduin.
References ✧ LotR/52; LotRI/Anduin, Great River; MRI; PE17/12, 40; PE23/133; PMI; RC/350, 765; S/291; SA/an(d), duin; SI/Anduin, Great River; SMI; UTI; VT48/23; WJI
Glosses
Elements
| and | “long” | ✧ PE17/12 (ann); PE17/40 (ann); RC/765; SA/an(d) (an(d)) | |
| duin | “(large) river” | ✧ RC/765; SA/duin | |
| ✶duinē | “(large) river” | ✧ VT48/23 | |
Element In
Cognates
N. Anduin loc. “Great River”
References ✧ LR/33; LRI; RS/410; RSI; SDI1/Anduin; TI/124, 144, 298; TII; WRI
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| ann | “long” |
| duin | “water, river” |
Element In
ᴹQ. Sirvinya loc. “New Sirion”
A rejected name for the river Anduin in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/119). It is a compound of síre “river” and vinya¹ “new”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.11).
References ✧ TI/119; TII/Anduin
Glosses
Elements
| síre | “river” |
| vinya¹ | “young, new” |
N. Beleghir loc. “Great River”
Precursor to the river name Anduin appearing in the Lord of the Rings from the 1940s (RS/410), a combination of beleg “great” and the lenited form of sîr “river”.
See S. Anduin for further discussion.
References ✧ RS/410; RSI; TII/Anduin
Glosses
Changes
Elements
| beleg | “great, large” | |
| sîr | “river” | soft-mutation |