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Valwë was the father of Lindo, the keeper of the Cottage of Lost Play on Tol Eressëa.[1][2]
Etymology
Valwë is a Qenya name. The Gnomish version of the name was Gwalweg. Patrick H. Wynne has suggested that both appear to mean "the happy (or fortunate) one".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play", p. 16 ff
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin": "Notes and Commentary", p. 219
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), pp. 7, 10
