Foen
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Foen was a tall peak in the center of Dorthonion, east of Rivil's Well and west of Aeluin.[1]
Etymology
The name Foen signified "Long Sight" due to its height. In a philological fragment of uncertain date it is stated that Dorthonion was also called Taur-na-Foen, the Forest of the Foen.[2][3]
In the Etymologies appears the Noldorin word foen, meaning "radiant, white".[4] Didier Willis has suggested that foen (retaining the same meaning) could be valid Neo-Sindarin.[5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", p. 183
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", p. 187
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenya Noun Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne and Arden R. Smith), p. 79
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 381 (root PHAY-)
- ↑ Didier Willis, "Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary", Jrrvf.com (accessed 3 March 2013)
