S. Dúnadan pn. “Man of the West”
Sindarin term for a “Man of the West”, the descendants of the Elf-friends of Beleriand and Númenor (LotR/233). This name is a combination of dûn “west” and Adan “Man” (SA/andúnë, adan; PE17/18).
Conceptual Development: In an early version of Glorfindel’s greeting to Aragon, this term was N. Torfir (TI/61), and throughout the Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the most common term for “High Men” was ᴹQ. Tarkil (TI/84, WR/310). It was not until very late in the drafts that the terms Dúnadan/Dúnedain appeared (WR/363 note #6).
References ✧ Let/282; LotR/209, 233; LotRI/Dúnedain; MRI/Dúnedain; PE17/16, 18, 32; PM/55, 186, 324; PMI/Dúnedain; RSI/Dúnedain; SA/adan, andúnë; SDI1/Dúnedain; SDI2/Dúnedain; SI/Dúnedain; TII; UTI/Dúnedain; WJ/378, 386; WJI/Dúnedain, Núnatani; WR/363; WRI/Dúnedain
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| Dún-edain | plural | “Númenóreans” | ✧ Let/282 |
| Dúnedain | plural | “Men of the West” | ✧ LotRI/Dúnedain; PM/324 |
| Dúnedain | plural | ✧ MRI/Dúnedain; PMI/Dúnedain; RSI/Dúnedain; SA/adan; SA/andúnë; SDI1/Dúnedain; SDI2/Dúnedain; TII/Dúnadan; WJI/Dúnedain; WJI/Núnatani; WRI/Dúnedain | |
| Dúnedain | plural | “western men” | ✧ PE17/18; PE17/32 |
| ᴸN. Dúnedain | plural | ✧ PM/55 | |
| Dúnedain | plural | “Edain of the West” | ✧ SI/Dúnedain; UTI/Dúnedain |
| Dúnedain | plural | “West-men” | ✧ WJ/378 |
| Dúnedain | plural | “Western Men” | ✧ WJ/386 |
| N. Dúnedain | plural | ✧ WR/363 | |
| ᴸN. Dúnedein | plural | ✧ PM/55 | |
| Dúnedein | plural | ✧ PMI/Dúnedain |
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| dûn | “west” | ✧ PE17/18; SA/andúnë |
| Adan | “Man (as a species)” | ✧ Let/282 (Edain); PE17/18; PM/324; SA/adan (Edain) |
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