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'''''randir'''''<ref name=PE>{{PE|17}}</ref> (or '''''randír'''''<ref name=VT>{{VT|42a}}, p.13</ref>) is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "wandering man, pilgrim"<ref name=PE/> or "wanderer"<ref name=VT/>. | |||
==Etymology== | |||
In the manuscript "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Word, Phrases and Passages]]", Sindarin ''randir'' consists of a derivative of the root [[RAN|RĂNĂ]] ("wander") + ''[[ndir]]'' ("man").<ref name=PE/> | |||
In the manuscript "[[The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor]]", Sindarin ''randír'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[RAN]].<ref name=VT/> | |||
The [[Old Sindarin]] form must have been *''ranandîro''.{{or}} | |||
==Examples== | |||
*''[[Mithrandir|Mith'''randir''']]'' | |||
*''[[Aerandir|Ae'''randir''']]'' | |||
==Inspiration== | |||
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] may have been inspired by the old, and now obsolete French verb ''randir'', meaning "to walk very fast".{{or}} | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Noldorin]]: ''[[rhandir]]'' ("wanderer, pilgrim") | |||
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Revision as of 01:16, 12 July 2011
randir[1] (or randír[2]) is a Sindarin word meaning "wandering man, pilgrim"[1] or "wanderer"[2].
Etymology
In the manuscript "Word, Phrases and Passages", Sindarin randir consists of a derivative of the root RĂNĂ ("wander") + ndir ("man").[1]
In the manuscript "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", Sindarin randír derives from the root RAN.[2]
The Old Sindarin form must have been *ranandîro.Template:Or
Examples
Inspiration
J.R.R. Tolkien may have been inspired by the old, and now obsolete French verb randir, meaning "to walk very fast".Template:Or
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p.13
