Felagund

Felagund was a surname given to Finrod by the Dwarves in their own tongue at the time of the delving of Nargothrond.

[edit] Etymology

From Khuzdul Felakgundu, "Hewer of Caves"^[1]

[edit] Other versions

An early explanation by Tolkien was that the word meant "cave-prince" in Noldorin, from Quenya felya+cundu.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth p.352
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies