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Revision as of 12:31, 26 January 2011
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Biographical Information | |
Position | King's Writer |
Language | Westron |
Birth | Early Fourth Age |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Findegil was the King's Writer of Gondor in the Fourth Age.
History
In Fo.A. 172, King Elessar ordered Findegil to write a copy of the Red Book of Westmarch.[1]
Etymology
Findegil is Sindarin and possibly means "skilled pen" and contains tegil "pen"
The first element of the name seems to be *fin- "skill" (root PHIN-; cf. Old Noldorin finde[2]). There is also a word fîn "hair".
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Note on the Shire Records"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"