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==Etymology==
==Etymology==


The name ''Serni'' is an "adjectival formation" deriving from [[Sindarin]] ''[[sarn]]'' ("small stone, pebble").<ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref><ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 11</ref> The meaning is therefore "stony".<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p.348</ref>
The name ''Serni'' is an "adjectival formation" deriving from [[Sinda stone, pebble").<ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref><ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 11</ref> The meaning is thereforerin]] ''[[sarn]]'' ("small "stony".<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p.348</ref>


The name of the river is spelled ''Serni'' in the maps of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. In the footnote 1 of the Preface of [[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]] it is spelled ''Sernui''.<ref>{{AB|Preface}}</ref>
The name of the river is spelled ''Serni'' in the maps of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. In the footnote 1 of the Preface of [[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]] it was spelled ''Sernui''<ref>{{AB|Preface}}</ref> until the 2014 edition, where editors [[Christina Scull]] and [[Wayne G. Hammond]] have changed the name to ''Serni'', considering ''Sernui'' "very likely a typographic error for ''Serni''" even though they refer to a comment by [[Carl F. Hostetter]] who informed them that ''sernui'' "would be possible as an unattested adjectival formation *'stony' from ''sarn'' 'stone'".<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'', Expanded edition 2014, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, Commentary, p. 120-121; cf. Preface, p. 31.</ref>


==Portrayal in adaptations==
==Portrayal in adaptations==

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The Serni was a short river of southern Gondor; it rose beneath the eastern White Mountains, and flowed southwestward through Lebennin until it met the River Gilrain at Linhir.[1]

Etymology

The name Serni is an "adjectival formation" deriving from [[Sinda stone, pebble").[2][3] The meaning is thereforerin]] sarn ("small "stony".[4]

The name of the river is spelled Serni in the maps of The Lord of the Rings. In the footnote 1 of the Preface of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil it was spelled Sernui[5] until the 2014 edition, where editors Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond have changed the name to Serni, considering Sernui "very likely a typographic error for Serni" even though they refer to a comment by Carl F. Hostetter who informed them that sernui "would be possible as an unattested adjectival formation *'stony' from sarn 'stone'".[6]

Portrayal in adaptations

2014: The Lord of the Rings Online:

The river Serni was found in Lower Lebennin in the region of Central Gondor. As its name indicated,[source?] it was strewn with rocks. There were two fords, with the western one being south of the town of "Malbarth" and the eastern one south of "Ost Anglebed". The Serni was the domain of the stern River-maid Grey-eye, one of the Five Sisters, though she and her sisters were widely considered a myth by the time of the War of the Ring.

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