N. Nen-uinel loc.

N. Nen-uinel, loc.

Earlier name of Nen Hithoel in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/364). Its initial element seems to be nen “water”, but the meaning of its final element is unclear.

See S. Nen Hithoel for further discussion.

References ✧ TI/364; TII

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nen “water”
?

N. Kerin-muil loc.

Earliest name of Nen Hithoel in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/364). It may be a combination of cerin “enclosure” and a cognate of Ilk. muil, perhaps meaning “hidden”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.59).

See S. Nen Hithoel for further discussion.

References ✧ TI/364; TII/Nen-uinel

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cerin “round enclosure”
Ilk. muil “twilight, shadow, vagueness”