S. Gondolindrim coll. “People of Gondolin”

S. Gondolindrim, coll. “People of Gondolin”

A term of the people Gondolin (S/138), a combination that city’s name with the class-plural suffix -rim.

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this term appeared as G. Gondothlim (LT2/155). It appeared as N. Gondothrim in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GOND), reflecting the change of G. -lim to N. -rim.

References ✧ LT2I; SI; SMI; UTI

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Elements

Gondolin “Hidden Rock, (originally) Singing Stone” ✧ SI/Gondolin; UTI/Gondolin
-rim “collective or group plural”

N. Gondothrim coll. “People of Gondolin”

Name for the people of Gondolin, a combination the alternate name for that city, Gondost, with the class-plural suffix -rim “city” (Ety/GOND), where the medial [str] became [θr] (“thr”) as it did in words like othrond.

See S. Gondolindrim for further discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GOND; SMI/Gondothlim

Glosses

Variations

Elements

Gondost “Gondolin” ✧ Ety/GOND
-rim “group plural” ✧ Ety/GOND

Element In


G. Gondothlim coll. “Folk of Stone, Dwellers in Stone”

References ✧ LBI; LT2/155; LT2A/Glamhoth, Gondothlim; LT2I; PE13/102; PE15/26; PMI

Glosses

Elements

gonn “(great) stone, rock” ✧ LT2A/Gondothlim (Gond); PE15/26 (gond)
hoth “folk, people, †army” ✧ LT2A/Glamhoth; LT2A/Gondothlim; PE15/26
-lim “many” ✧ LT2A/Gondothlim; LT2A/Gondothlim; PE15/26

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