The Silmarillon

Idril's name in Quenya form was Itarille (or Itarilde), from a stem ita- 'sparkle'. rim 'great number, host' (Quenya rimbe) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc. ring 'cold, chill' in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringlo in Gondor, and in Ringare, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). ris 'cleave' appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir' cleave, cut', q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist 'Orc-cleaver', the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris. roch 'horse' (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand 'land of horses'), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn 'horse of the lady' (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2). rom-A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Orome and Valaroma; cf. Bema, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon beme 'trumpet'. romen 'uprising, sunrise, east' (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for 'east', rhun (in Talath Rhunen) and amrun, were of the same origin. rond meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond 'star-dome'. ros 'foam, spindrift, spray' in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin. ruin 'red flame' (Quenya runya) in Orodruin. ruth 'anger' in Aranruth. - 164 - sarn '(small) stone' in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir ('stone-spikes': ceber, plural cebir 'stakes'), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river m Gondor. sereg 'blood' (Quenya serke) in seregon. sil-(and variant thil-) 'shine (with white or silver light)' in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Feanor gave to the substance from which they were made. sir 'river', from root sir- 'flow', in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral 'seven', Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the 'Gate-stream' of Moria) and Sirith ('a flowing', as tirith 'watching' from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath 'between the rivers', the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion 'vale of dim streams', the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and du), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir). sul 'wind' in Amon Sul, Sulimo; cf. sulime, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). tal (dal) 'foot' in Celebrindal, and with the meaning 'end' in Ramdal. talath 'flat lands, plain' in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen. tar-'high' (Quenya tara 'lofty'), prefix of the Quenya names of the Numenorean Kings; also in Annatar.