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The [[Sindarin]] word '''naith''' literally meant 'spear-point', but over time it came to be used by the [[Elves]] for all manner of sharp or spear-like objects. Most famously, it was used to describe the approximately wedge-shaped land between the Rivers [[Celebrant]] and [[Anduin]], where the heartlands of [[Lórien]] lay, and its capital [[Caras Galadhon]] was found.  
The '''Naith''' of Lórien was a wedge-shaped land between the Rivers [[Celebrant]] and [[Anduin]], where [[Egladil]], the heartlands of [[Lothlórien]] lay, and its capital [[Caras Galadhon]] was found.<ref>{{FR|II6}}</ref>


[[Tolkien]] translates Naith into English using the word '[[Gore]]', a very close equivalent. Just like naith, 'gore' can describe any of a wide range of narrow or pointed items, though it is now so rarely used that many readers find it almost as obscure as its [[Elvish]] equivalent.
'''Gore''' was [[Haldir]]'s translation of the [[Elvish]] name Naith.


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==Etymology==
 
The [[Sindarin]] word ''naith'' is glossed as "angle".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 55</ref> In ''[[The Etymologies]]'' the word is glossed as "gore" and appears as a [[Noldorin]] word (the procursor of Sindarin), derived from the roots SNAS-/SNAT-. Other words derived from that root have the meaning of "spear-head, point, triangle", including a sketch of an arrow-head.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}</ref>
 
The English gloss ''[[Wiktionary:gore#Etymology_3|gore]]'' is a rare word which describes any of a wide range of narrow or pointed items, originally a narrow triangular piece of land.
 
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Revision as of 21:52, 11 November 2014

The Naith of Lórien was a wedge-shaped land between the Rivers Celebrant and Anduin, where Egladil, the heartlands of Lothlórien lay, and its capital Caras Galadhon was found.[1]

Gore was Haldir's translation of the Elvish name Naith.

Etymology

The Sindarin word naith is glossed as "angle".[2] In The Etymologies the word is glossed as "gore" and appears as a Noldorin word (the procursor of Sindarin), derived from the roots SNAS-/SNAT-. Other words derived from that root have the meaning of "spear-head, point, triangle", including a sketch of an arrow-head.[3]

The English gloss gore is a rare word which describes any of a wide range of narrow or pointed items, originally a narrow triangular piece of land.

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Lothlórien"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 55
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
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