N. Beleghir loc. “Great River”

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

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beleg “great, large”
sîr “river” soft-mutation