Alandri
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Alandri were the fays of the woods, according to the early version of the legendarium associated with The Book of Lost Tales.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name Alandri[note 1] is in Qenya, and was based on the word aldarë ("wood"), which was probably derived from the word alda ("tree").[1] The word alda itself comes from the root ALA ("spread?").[2]
Notes
- ↑ The name Alandri was changed from an earlier, unfinished form ald-.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script", in Parma Eldalamberon XIV (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), "The Creatures of the Earth", pp. 7, 10
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), entry ALA (2), p. 29
