Mámandil

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Mámandil is a Quenya word meaning "friend or sheep" and possibly also "shepherd".

"Mámandil son of Úner" was the epithet of Hallacar of Hyarastorni while he stayed incognito among the pastoral lands of Emerië.[1]

Etymologies

The name derives from Máma "sheep"[2] and -ndil

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.395
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